Account Manager (6 Month Ftc)

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Wasserman Live specializes in delivering branding and signage, custom fabrication, live event production and experiential operations across sports, music, entertainment and culture. Working with the world's most iconic properties and brands, we elevate live events to make them unforgettable.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 27 countries and more than 66 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com.

Job Description

At Wasserman Live we are focused by a clear purpose; to Pursue Extraordinary. We exist to create a positive impact on our partners, their audiences, our industry and our people, and to look for opportunities that can inspire a better world in everything we do.

Our diversity of experience, expertise and opinions is our greatest asset, which is why we celebrate our differences. We are looking for peers who want to put their hand up and challenge convention to create something exciting, bigger and better each and every time.

Wasserman Live is proud to share fresh perspectives and new ideas to produce work that others don't and won't. What we do is fast-paced, exciting and rewarding which is why we love it and why you'll love life at Wasserman Live.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, passionate and driven sustainability manager who will drive our external facing sustainability goals with clients and help deliver environmental actions for our clients.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

The role sits within our Brand Experience Division at Wasserman Live, working on an established account with a successful supermarket chain. You will account manage the planning of brand experiences and events, including multiple activation concepts across festivals, food and drink events, sporting events, cultural events, exhibitions and county shows.

As a key member of the team, you will be involved in the project planning from start to finish. From strategy, client presentations, budgeting, feasibility and event management, always striving to create ‘best in class' brand experiences. This will be a hybrid working role, with team each with in our Orpington and London offices.

Specifics

• Development and management of own relationship with the client, and day-to-day client management

• Maintaining good communication and reporting, externally with the client and internally within Wasserman Live and the wider group

• Understanding and developing client's project briefs and contribute thinking to shape strategic and creative platforms

• Steer in brainstorms, be creative and shape ideas, calling on your industry knowledge

• Deliver well written presentations in both content and narrative

• Project Management, ensuring the project systems and procedures are setup and structured correctly

• Plan and deliver projects, oversee on site activations, create and manage budgets and handle project administration

• Day to day financial control of client budgets – including pricing, profit, budget approvals and payments

• Managing venue selection and booking ensuring all H&S and other paperwork is in place

• Co-ordinate and manage staffing partners, production suppliers and any other third parties engaged for the delivery of projects

• Development and management of project timelines and maintaining project reports, job sheets and schedules

• KPI setting and campaign evaluation to include KPIs, key learnings and robust case studies

• Development of additional business opportunities within client accounts

• Lead by example: set standards and ensure best practice and high quality of work

THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE YOU NEED

• Experiential / Live events experience knowledge essential, both planning and on-site delivery

• Excellent Account Management skills

• Excellent planning and project management skills

• Ability to influence decision making processes, both within the Agency and the client organisation

• Ability to multi-task; you will be working across a number of activations with tight deadlines

• Ability to think on your feet and take appropriate actions to resolve any unforeseen issues as they arise

• Ability to enthuse and motivate others

• Ability to analyse project performance and provide confident structured feedback

• Financial and budget management, use of Microsoft Excel

• Presentation skills (both writing and delivery), internally and to clients / suppliers including use of Microsoft PowerPoint

• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written – and attention to detail

• Creative thinking - the ability to come up with forward thinking experiential ideas

• Negotiation skills

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.