Senior Director, Sports Marketing

Omnicom; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Healthcare Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending</name

Vacation days

Sick days

Personal days

Parental leave

Medical leave

STD/LTD insurance

Job summary

Omnicom Media seeks a Senior Director to lead sponsorship marketing and ticketing strategies for assigned clients. You will lead a team to analyze, design, initiate, and oversee sponsorship programs, evaluate fit with client objectives, manage day-to-day execution, and provide follow-up analysis as needed.

This role reports to the Managing Director and interfaces with clients, planners, and investment teams.

Qualifications

• 12 years’ experience in integrated strategy role and/or sponsorship marketing with direct client-facing access
• 7+ years of relevant experience in sports
• Experience across mainstream media channels (national TV, local, digital, social, etc)
• Strong written and verbal communication; effective presenter
• Undergraduate degree in Marketing, Business, Sports Management or Communications
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Google Docs, Teams

Responsibilities

• Support direct reports in developing overarching strategy across multiple media channels
• Lead broader sports strategy development for client education
• Interpret relevant research from third party data, industry trades and additional sources
• Primarily manage day-to-day comms with client POCs and across internal teams
• Develop broad understanding of clients’ business needs, KPI’s, goals and objectives
• Ability to work seamlessly across internal and external groups
• Work directly and daily with planning and investment teams to develop holistic client strategy
• Promote use of data and other insight tools to build strategic recommendations (e.g., Target analysis, competitive, marketplace intelligence)
• Collaborate with external agency partners on IAT deliverables including annual business planning, brand/master brand communications strategy, tactical media recommendations
• Responsible for budget tracking across a portfolio; knowledge of budget reporting

Skills

Sports sponsorships

Integrated strategy

Sports industry experience

Media channels knowledge

Communication skills

Client facing

Organization skills

Bachelor degree

Office tools

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Google Docs, Teams

Job description

Omnicom Media (OM), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) – delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients, and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OM connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, PHD, and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 24,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in OM agencies around the globe.

Optimum Sports is the dedicated sports marketing agency within OMG. Unlike traditional sports marketing agencies, Optimum Sports operates in both the Sports Sponsorship and Sports Media landscapes. With the combination of both disciplines under a single offering, Optimum Sports is able to provide its clients with unique and advantageous marketplace leverage through which it delivers cohesive, multi-platform sports marketing strategies. Ingrained with the latest research and ROI tools, Optimum Sports facilitates everything from Ideation to Execution to Actualization.

Our approach integrates media, investment, property, and insights to develop strategy, manage negotiation and execution, and evaluate performance of partnerships. Established in 2003, we continue to innovate in the sports marketplace and build solutions for our constantly evolving world.

The Senior Directorreports directly to the Managing Director and serves as the direct line of communication with clients. This person willlead a team to analyze, design, initiate, and oversee sponsorship marketing and ticketing strategies for assigned client(s).This includes the overall investigating of opportunities, evaluating them for fit with client/brand objectives, managing day-to-day execution, and providing follow-up analysis of instituted programs, as needed.

Requirements:

• Experience leading sportssponsorshipsand360 activationsis a plus
• 12 years’ experience working inan integrated strategyroleand/or sponsorship marketing positionwith direct client-facing access
• 7+ years of relevant experience in sports
• Experience acrossmainstream mediachannels (national TV, local, digital, social,etc)
• Strong communicator-both written and verbal-and presenter, in person and on conference calls
• Extensive client facing experience
• Highly organized, with the ability to manage and prioritize many simultaneous deliverables
• Undergraduate degreerequired(preferably Marketing, Business, Sports Management or Communications)
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Google Docs,Teams

Critical Skills:

• Strong background inmarketing andmedia strategy, with experience inbuilding out integrated recommendations across variousbudgetscenarios
• Strong ability to effectively communicate ideas in both a written and verbal setting
• Ability to work well under pressure and deliver assignments under deadline
• Industry knowledge and understanding of sports marketing and media vernacular and trend
• Strong management skills and the ability to be a team leader
• Self-sufficient,enthusiasticand proactively pursues assignments

Key Responsibilities:

• Support direct reports in developingoverarching strategy across multiplemediachannels
• Lead broader sports strategy development for client education
• Interpret relevant research from third party data, industrytradesandadditionalsource
• Primarily manage day-to-day comms with client POCs and across internal teams
• Develop broad understanding of clients’ business needs, KPI’s, goals andobjectives
• Ability to work seamlessly across internal and external groups
• Work directlyand dailywithplanning and investmentteamstodevelopholisticclientstrategy
• Promote use of data and other insight tools to build strategic recommendations
  • g., Target analysis, competitive,marketplace intelligence
• Collaborate with external agency partners on IAT deliverables including but not limited to a respectiveannual business planning, brand/master brandcommunications strategy, tactical media recommendations,etc
• Responsible forbudget trackingacross a portfolio, where fundingmay besourced from variousLOBs
• Detailed knowledge of all working budgets; accountability to address internal and client-based budget allocation questionsand responsible foranybudget reporting
• Familiar withand staying up-to-speedonthe evolvingdigitallandscape -both related to sports-specificpropertiesas well as social channels and content strategies
• Have strong knowledge of the sports marketplace toidentifynew opportunities, areas of white space, vacant ownership positions,etcthatfit within the overarchingclientstrategyand workin conjunction withinternal planning andinvestment teamsto bring these to life
• Overseedirect reportsby managing workload, delegating responsibilities, checking work for accuracyand being their lead POC in terms of mentorship and growth development

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health insurance, vision insurance, dental insurance, 401(k), Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, vacation days, sick days, personal days, paid parental leave, paid medical leave, and STD/LTD insurance benefits.

Compensation Range

$150,000—$180,000 USD

This role is hybrid, requiring three (3) days per week in the office. The remaining two (2) days may be worked remotely. Specific in-office days will be discussed during the interview process, with flexibility to align with team needs. Please note that the number or required in-office days may be adjusted over time, potentially increasing the number of required in-office days based on business needs.

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