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We’re on the hunt for a sport-obsessed, highly-driven and passionate Account Director to join our branded content team, overseeing some of our most exciting sports and gaming partnerships yet. This is a unique opportunity to lead social-first, fast moving client campaigns by providing an exceptional level of service that results in industry-leading creative work. You’ll be working at the heart of our Client Projects team, plugging into multiple LAD departments while skillfully owning senior clients relationships day to day to make campaigns fly.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead some of our biggest sport and gaming brand partnerships day to day, delivering fast-paced campaign work on a weekly basis
  • Oversee a continual production and delivery schedule, working closely with our production team to skillfully execute on time and on budget
  • Build strong client relationships through consistent communication, managing client expectations and feedback with a positive, solutions-focused attitude
  • Chair briefing meetings to inform delivery strategy with consideration of client, company and project needs
  • Accurately manage project finances, budgets, contracts and creating SOWs
  • Drive accurate and informative reporting on campaign effectiveness, illustrating our ability to hit client KPI’s
  • Partner closely with wider LAD teams in order to optimise day to day campaign process and workflow
  • Lead on reporting on a weekly basis alongside quarter business review for a major client within the business

Requirements:

  • Strong background in delivering complex and challenging projects, specifically across social video and static content
  • A good knowledge and passion for sport, and ideally gaming
  • A thorough understanding of core account/project management skills including the ability to brief teams, understand and create timelines, development of clear and concise presentations, and management of costs
  • A natural leader with the ability to steer and nurture members of the team
  • Comfortable in building strong and constructive relationships with clients based on honesty and trust
  • Comfortable in fast-paced, creative environments with the ability to bring teams together to deliver the right solution
  • Strong written and verbal skills, confident at presenting clear and informative narratives both internally and externally
  • Have a solutions focused mindset

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Job Posted:
December 09, 2025

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