Account Manager, Sports Management

Who We Are:

TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and PBR, the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans. TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

Are you a driven Account Manager who would love to work with high-profile international sports clients in an exciting fast-paced environment?

We help our partners stay ahead of the game and bring more fans close to the action; from delivering high-impact transformation, media rights distribution and brand partnerships, to producing world-class live coverage, content and events.

Register your interest today for the opportunity to work as an Account support with end-to-end relationship management between IMG and our key rightsholder partners!

What You’ll Do:

Account Management, Reporting and Contracts Management 

• Set up and attend regular meetings with key sports clients to discuss workstreams and update them on activities related to the partnership, capture action points from these meetings and ensure effective follow-up. 

• Manage an internal and external project/action tracker, gathering regular updates for the IMG key workstream leads and communicating appropriately. 

• Be accountable for ensuring projects/actions are clearly defined, assigned to team members, completed and reviewed. 

• Show potential to take on broader account responsibilities, with a view to directing the account in the medium term. 

• Manage internal meetings at IMG to ensure stakeholders across each sports account are constantly joined-up. 

• Develop and aggregate key markets information for sharing internally and with the client. 

• Serve as an additional liaison between IMG Media teams and legal department to support contract coordination for the account. 

• Review draft agreements and coordinate with legal team on comments/changes/etc.; work with all parties (clients and customer) on execution. 

• Communicate regularly with IMG finance and IMG execs to ensure projections, invoices and receivables are all up to date. 

• Work alongside workstream leads and other stakeholders to identify and develop new opportunities for IMG’s sports clients. 

• Show flexibility and intent to lean in on other sports account business as required.  

Strategic Planning & Project Management 

• Manage the strategic planning needs of the account, collaborating with internal and external workstream leads and internal strategy team to ensure 12 – 18 month rolling strategic plan is up-to-date and communicated across all workstreams. 

• End-to-end management of IMG and client projects. Serve as day-to-day contact, managing the relationship between IMG departments and key external stakeholders  

• Organise workshops and meetings both internally and with key clients to ensure workstreams are delivered consistently to a high standard. 

What You’ll Bring:

• Previous experience of managing high-level international client(s) 

• A strong understanding of IMG’s capabilities. 

• An ability to gain a detailed understanding of client business requirements. 

• Knowledge of technical deliveries and rates – i.e. ability to interpret rate cards for distribution of feeds, different delivery options outside satellite etc. 

• Understanding of the new media customer base in the online and social space. 

• A developed understanding of contemporary media practises and demands. 

• An understanding of IMG priorities  

• Strong knowledge of systems, business practises, resources and personnel within IMG Media 

• An overview of the global media business, key players and key movements. 

• An interest in sports and all aspects of the media business. 

Location: Chiswick Park, London

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