Account Director

Omnicom Media; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Media seeks an Account Director to join our Rights Consultancy team, leading sponsorship and partnership campaigns across European football for two major global brands. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to clients, guiding strategic planning and delivery of activation programmes while coordinating with rights holders and agency partners.

In a fast-paced environment you’ll manage budgets, multi‑channel activations, and stakeholder expectations, mentor teams, and identify growth

Qualifications

• Significant experience in partnership marketing, sponsorship, communications, sport marketing, or entertainment marketing.
• Strong knowledge of the sponsorship landscape and how partnerships contribute to wider marketing objectives.
• Experience activating high-profile partnerships and working with major rights holders.
• Exposure to football partnerships and premium sports properties is highly desirable.
• Demonstrable experience managing senior client relationships and influencing key stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to develop compelling client recommendations.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and foster a positive team culture.
• Outstanding project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management and strategic delivery of sponsorship and partnership programmes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, rights holders, and agency partners.
• Translate client objectives into integrated activation plans that align with wider brand and sponsorship strategies.
• Drive the activation of partnership assets across multiple channels and touchpoints.
• Serve as the primary client contact, providing strategic counsel and ensuring exceptional account delivery.
• Manage campaign delivery from planning through to execution, reporting, and evaluation.
• Identify opportunities to grow client accounts through additional projects and services.
• Oversee significant project budgets, financial reporting, and scope management.
• Support talent and ambassador relationships, including contractual appearances, approvals, logistics, and briefing processes.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members, creating opportunities for growth and progression.
• Champion collaborative and efficient ways of working across internal and external teams.
• Contribute to agency initiatives and support new business opportunities where relevant.

Skills

Partnership marketing

Sponsorship

Client management

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Budget management

Presentation skills

Stakeholder engagement

Football partnerships

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced and confident

Agency

Omnicom Media

Job Function

Production

Job Subfunction

Experiential and Events Production

Job Description

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced and confident Account Director to join our Rights Consultancy team, working across European football partnerships for two major global brands.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced sponsorship and partnership marketing environment and is passionate about delivering best-in-class activation programmes. You'll act as a trusted advisor to clients, leading the strategic planning and delivery of complex partnership campaigns while managing relationships with multiple rights holders and agency partners.

Working across a range of projects spanning purpose-led activations, digital content, events and hospitality, experiential campaigns, and employee engagement programmes, you'll play a key role in ensuring partnerships deliver meaningful business outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the day-to-day management and strategic delivery of sponsorship and partnership programmes.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders, rights holders, and agency partners.
• Translate client objectives into integrated activation plans that align with wider brand and sponsorship strategies.
• Drive the activation of partnership assets across multiple channels and touchpoints.
• Serve as the primary client contact, providing strategic counsel and ensuring exceptional account delivery.
• Manage campaign delivery from planning through to execution, reporting, and evaluation.
• Identify opportunities to grow client accounts through additional projects and services.
• Oversee significant project budgets, financial reporting, and scope management.
• Support talent and ambassador relationships, including contractual appearances, approvals, logistics, and briefing processes.
• Lead, mentor, and develop team members, creating opportunities for growth and progression.
• Champion collaborative and efficient ways of working across internal and external teams.
• Contribute to agency initiatives and support new business opportunities where relevant.

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience within partnership marketing, sponsorship, communications, sport marketing, or entertainment marketing.
• Strong knowledge of the sponsorship landscape and how partnerships contribute to wider marketing objectives.
• Experience activating high-profile partnerships and working with major rights holders.
• Exposure to football partnerships and premium sports properties is highly desirable.
• Demonstrable experience managing senior client relationships and influencing key stakeholders.
• Strong strategic thinking and the ability to develop compelling client recommendations.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and storytelling skills.
• Proven ability to lead teams, develop talent, and foster a positive team culture.
• Outstanding project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong commercial and financial management capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and navigate complex stakeholder environments confidently.

About The Agency

Culturally Connected, Seriously Effective.

A global agency with local expertise, connecting brands to the things that matter most to their audiences in culture through partnerships in sport, music, film & television, gaming & esports. These connections make our clients more memorable - the key to unlocking effectiveness.

Powered by Omnicom Media Group, we bring an extra edge to strategy, execution, and measurement.

Our work has won numerous awards, and the industry frequently recognises our people as top performers in their field. We place great importance on trusted relationships, sound moral judgement, and strong governance, all delivered through transparent processes.

We have a fantastic team of 120 in our London HQ and 300 more across offices worldwide, working with incredible clients, including PepsiCo, Vodafone, Nissan, British Gas, Renault, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, McDonald’s, and Just Eat Takeaway.com.

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