Account Director

Fuse; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking an organized and strategic Account Director to manage talent workflows at key accounts like PepsiCo. This role involves overseeing multiple workstreams, ensuring project success, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in the entertainment and sports marketing sectors, coupled with excellent project management and communication skills.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

Comprehensive Training and Development Plans

Hybrid Working Model

Qualifications

• Experience in the entertainment and/or sports marketing sector.
• Proven project management skills, able to drive projects from start to finish.
• Strong communication skills for presenting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversee talent-related workflows for key accounts like PepsiCo.
• Manage project logistics and ensure creative alignment.
• Participate in stakeholder teams for talent representations.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Attention to Detail

Collaboration

Leadership

Creativity

Tools

Project Management Tools

Job description

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About The Role

We are seeking a highly organised and strategic Account Director to oversee talent-related workflows across one of our key accounts, PepsiCo. This role sits within the Rights Consultancy team and offers the unique opportunity to work with high profile talent teams across major rights holder properties, such as the UEFA Champions League, Women’s Champions League and Women’s EURO.

About The Role

We are seeking a highly organised and strategic Account Director to oversee talent-related workflows across one of our key accounts, PepsiCo. This role sits within the Rights Consultancy team and offers the unique opportunity to work with high profile talent teams across major rights holder properties, such as the UEFA Champions League, Women’s Champions League and Women’s EURO.

This role requires a detail-oriented, proactive, and adaptable individual who can thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments while ensuring seamless collaboration between multiple internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience working with rights holders and managing talent approvals, coordinating production logistics, and ensuring creative alignment, blending strategic oversight with hands-on talent operations.

• The successful candidate will be joining a well-established & dynamic team, you will report to a Senior Account Director and Group Director / Client Lead. Main day-to-day responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
• Participate in ad hoc and weekly project discussions to consult on topics affecting market activation plans from a talent perspective
• Keep abreast of brand positioning and project briefs to inform approval workstreams and talent related POVs
• Author player’s preproduction manuals and coordinate all approvals leading to production efforts, including on-site coordination
• Participate in multi stakeholder teams for any workstreams representing talent
• Be comfortable providing creative evaluation and assessments when it comes to talent efforts when required
• Work closely and collaboratively with the client, their agencies, rights holders and talent managers to drive forward client workstreams and develop solutions
• Take a leading responsibility in the success of a high-profile partnership and the delivery of existing and upcoming projects
• Assemble and lead global toolkits to guarantee they reflect approved materials and realities of talent contracts. Evaluate creative compliance against established toolkits– know when to escalate when required
• Have an understanding of the UEFA guidelines and client toolkits to ensure campaigns are executed successfully and within the desired timeframe
• Ensure team members maintain cohesive and up to date reports on contracted talent fixtures to inform talent approval process and production cadence
• Oversee the coordination of talent social posting calendars and on-site commitments
• Manage junior team members, giving regular performance feedback, motivating them and supporting their growth
• This role may include European travel, on-site support at events and some weekend work
  
  

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience in the entertainment and / or sports marketing sector, working with talent
• Experience presenting and packaging creative to senior leadership teams as well as selling creative POVs when required
• Comfortable working in grey areas and able to compile and summarise large sets of data in executive summaries
• Strong knowledge of entertainment and sports culture, keeping up with up current trends and insights and strong understanding of talent landscape
• Experience on production shoots or events with talent and talent teams
• Excellent project management and attention to detail, able to own projects from start to finish, yet ability to multitask and think on your feet
• Proficiency in project management tools, approval platforms, and document tracking systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in coaching junior team members to help facilitate career growth in others
• Self-started, entrepreneurial, and can-do spirit - be able to anticipate your team and clients’ needs before they do & be ready to go that extra mile
  
  

You need to have the ability and willingness to work flexibly, usually in the London office, with occasional international travel.

This is a full-time role and you must be eligible to work in the UK.

Fuse job descriptions are not intended to be restrictive and are a guideline to the duties in this role.

We are committed to providing comprehensive training and development plans for all team members.

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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Flexible Working

At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.

We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.

Be Your Best

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [e-mail] to let us know how we can support you.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG

At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.

We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice which is available on https://omnicommediagroup.com/recruitment-privacy-notices/.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Marketing Services

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