Account Manager (Football Focused)

Bukhash Brothers; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Bukhash Brothers is seeking an Account Manager to own client relationships and brand output across sports marketing campaigns. You will lead strategy, coordinate with internal teams, and oversee timelines and budgets to ensure on-brand execution.

The role requires experience in football-related marketing, strong bilingual communication, and the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously in a fast-paced agency setting.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in account management or client services at a marketing, social, or full-service agency.
• Experience in sports, specifically football.
• Experience coordinating influencer marketing and/or paid media campaigns.
• Experience managing creative production, including briefing and quality control of final assets.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Own the client account, the brand's marketing output, and overall account performance across all workstreams.
• Serve as the primary client contact, including strategy phase led by internal team.
• Present strategy and creative deliverables and manage approvals.
• Manage timelines, expectations, and budgets across all workstreams.
• Coordinate PR, influencer campaigns, and paid media efforts.
• Collaborate with social media, creative production, and community management teams.

Skills

Account management

Client services

Sports marketing

Arabic language

English language

Job description

The Account Manager owns the client account in full, the brand, its marketing output, and

its performance across every channel, alongside ensuring execution of all deliverables. This

includes social media, creative production, as well as coordination of community

management, PR, influencer marketing, and paid media. The Account Manager is

accountable for brand consistency and marketing effectiveness across all of it, and

manages the client relationship from the initial strategy phase through to full ownership

once always-on execution begins. This role requires account management experience in

sports, specifically football.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Account Management

• Own the account in full: the client relationship, the brand's marketing output, and overall account performance across every workstream.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the client across the engagement, including the initial strategy phase led by the internal strategy team.
• Present strategy and creative deliverables to the client and manage the approval process.
• Manage timelines, expectations, and budget across all work streams.

Social Media Execution

Threads, LinkedIn.

• Coordinate with the community manager on community engagement, including monitoring and responding to comments, DMs, mentions, and complaints, and tracking sentiment
• Deliver monthly performance reports against agreed KPIs

Creative Production

• Own the production pipeline for all monthly content, including quality control of final assets
• Coordinate with creative producer, videographers, photographers, content creators, graphic designers, and animators.
• Develop and manage shoot plans, content calendars, posting schedules, and

PR & Communications (Coordination)

• Coordinate press and media relations related to campaigns, milestones, and announcements.

Influencer Marketing (Coordination)

• Coordinate execution of influencer campaigns against strategy set by the internal team, including briefing, deliverable tracking, and reporting

Paid Media / Performance Marketing (Coordination)

• Coordinate with the performance marketing team or media buying partner on campaign rollout, optimization, and reporting

Requirements:

• 4–6 years of experience in account management or client services at a marketing, social, or full-service agency
• Experience in sports, specifically football, is required (club, league, federation, or sports brand account)
• Experience managing creative production, including briefing and quality control of final assets
• Experience coordinating influencer marketing and/or paid media campaigns
• Familiarity with PR and media relations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Arabic
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and workstreams simultaneously