Environmental Impact Associate Director

Built on passion, driven by purpose.  At Wasserman, the Impact group are a dedicated team of specialists that exist to create positive impact for people and planet through the transformative power of sport, music, and entertainment by leveraging our influence, knowledge and ideas to shape bold vision into innovative & measurable impact.

We are looking for an action-oriented Associate Director, Environmental Impact (London based) to lead and innovate our environmental efforts across our business. This role will drive measurable environmental impact through internal transformation, client activations and strategic partnerships. The successful candidate will have experience of behaviour change campaigns working with cross functional teams, as well as leading client initiatives for positive change.

Travel will be expected to travel throughout the year.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

Work closely with our Snr Director, Environmental Impact to scale our new strategy and ambitious plans across four impact areas.

Operational

• Collaborate with our sustainability tech provider and key stakeholders to improve coverage and reporting accuracy across all regions and locations.
• Design and implement environmental impact strategies across agency operations to reduce our scope 1 & 2.
• Lead carbon footprint assessments and reduction roadmaps for campaigns and events.
• Integrate circular economy principles into event design, merchandise, and content production.
• Collaborate with our 3rd party consultant to ensure timely completion of mandatory regulations & disclosures e.g. California Climate Act, CDP & Ecovadis.

Commercial

• Work with Wass account teams across Talent, Brands & Properties, Entertainment, Music & Sales to integrate positive environmental impact into strategies and execution for client campaigns, events and activations
• Provide consultancy expertise for commercial opportunities across the business with clients expecting knowledge and guidance as standard

People

• Collaborate with the People team to embed environmental impact into company culture and practices.
• Develop and implement upskilling programmes for client facing teams that require it to empower them with the knowledge to create lasting legacy with our work

Brand

• Represent the agency in industry forums, panels, and working groups
• Identify and develop partnerships that supports our strategy and environmental impact
• Work with our Marketing team to drive impactful behaviour change campaigns at Wasserman, with our stakeholders and industry wide

WHAT YOU NEED:

• 6+years’ experience in environmental impact within sport, music, or entertainment with a proven track record of success in behaviour change campaigns
• Demonstrated success in client-facing roles, especially in designing and delivering carbon reduction initiatives.
• Strong grasp of sustainability principles: systems thinking, circularity, regenerative design
• Experience of working with carbon accounting tools, impact measurement platforms, and sustainability certifications
• Understanding of brands, rights holders and competitor agencies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strategic thinker with a creative mindset and entrepreneurial spirit
• Knowledge of wellbeing economy principles and social impact integration
• Ability to translate complex environmental impact concepts into compelling narratives and activations.
• Not afraid to challenge/question the status quo
• Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated empathy and commitment to success, along with a proven ability to manage expectations
• Confident, articulate, passionate individual with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively as well as ability to listen
• Strong project management style that can own and lead the client relationship and create the right team structure and environment to deliver proactively and beyond the client expectations

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.