Experiential Account Manager

The Opportunity:

The Experiential Account Manager is a client facing creative role, responsible for the seamless planning, management and running of live experiences and activations; working closely with both the Events team and the Client Services team to respond to client requests and build live experiences that are in line with client objectives.

Primary Responsibilities:

Account Management

• Managing the day-to-day relationship with allocated clients and stakeholders
• Understand the client’s brand/organisation to provide recommendations in line with objectives
• Interrogate client briefs and contribute to budget proposals to provide a creative responses
• Work alongside the Account Manager to facilitate client requests
• Working with the Senior Account Manager / Account Director to provide project updates as required

Live Event Delivery

• Implement the event plan in line with client requirements and to ensure continued market leading innovation
• Provide creative solutions in the design and delivery of the activation or live event
• Bring the client brand to life through creative solutions
• Understand the client needs and always on top of latest industry developments
• Ensure the safe and successful delivery of your live event / activation across all aspects including but not limited to:
• Licensing permits and consultation
• Venue Management
• Branding
• Customer / Event Experience
• Competition Management
• Production & Logistics
• Show Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Staffing
• Health & Safety
• Work with any stakeholders and suppliers and create and maintain great relationships
• Completion of key project documentation including but not limited to health and safety documents, project delivery plans and post event evaluations

Financial Management

• Negotiate preferable rates with key suppliers and partners
• Support the senior team with cost estimates and forecasts for campaign budgets
• Create budgets, where required, for your events
• Closely monitor and manage campaign budgets on Procim, specifically on operational budget lines
• Raising client invoices and PO’s in a timely manner

People Management

• Working collaboratively with Client Services and Events Teams
• Management of the internal delivery team, undertaking regular meetings with each area lead to track progress and providing thorough briefings and ensuring the team have a full understanding of the KPI’s & objectives, budget & timelines
• On the ground empowerment of the wider team, making sure they have the tools, knowledge and skills required to lead on Limelight’s behalf
• Line management as required

What you'll need:

The ideal candidate should have excellent interpersonal skills and prior client facing experience as well as displaying the following qualities:

• A passion for participation in sport
• A creative solution driven approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Good people management skills
• Great multitasker
• A problem solver
• Approachable and calm under pressure
• Valid right to work in the UK

The Package:

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday. Weekends may be required in order to deliver events

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid working between home and office location London, SE1

Salary Bracket: £32,000 - £40,000

Holiday: 25 Days annual leave + bank holidays + time off in lieu for every weekend day worked

Benefits:

• Private health care with Vitality
• 3% employer pension contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible exercise time
• Two free spaces a year to any LimeLight Sports Club Original Events.
• Flexi-Friday lunch time finish
• Access to a learning & development fund
• Monthly socials and activities

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer!

If you've got the right skills for the job, no matter your age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, we want to hear from you!

If you need any reasonable adjustments, please do not hesitate to contact our People & Culture Manager, Theka Walcott-Jones, on Theka.Walcott-Jones@LimeLightSports.com