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Senior Client Manager, Sponsorship & Consultancy
Dentsu
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
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About the Role
Dentsu seeks a Senior Client Manager for the MKTG team to deliver sponsorship and consultancy projects in Formula 1. The role involves managing client relationships, project management, and activation programmes.
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Sponsorship ManagementProject ManagementClient Relationship ManagementFormula 1 KnowledgeArabicEvent Planning
Responsibilities
- Manage day to day CEMEA client relationships
- Own client connections and relationships
- Understand your client’s business and the wider industry competitor set
- Lead by example on client service excellence
- Have full ownership and accountability for client/account fees and activation budgets
- Oversee and direct the client team to effectively and efficiently manage retained client work and project work
- Effectively and efficiently manage retained client work and project work including race day planning, at track branding, merchandise, events, programme planning across social, ambassador, PR, on ground activations, showcar and gaming rig assets
- Hold overall responsibility for ensuring the project delivers above client expectations
- Be accountable for setting timelines, expectations, and meeting deadlines
- Support the Directors with the management of resource and workloads across the team on designated projects
- Ensure that timesheets for self and direct reports are completed on time and accurately
- Oversee and be the key point of contact for finance related activities on the account
Requirements
- Resident in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Proficient in Arabic speaking, reading and writing
- Experience working with in motorsport and specifically Formula 1
- Proven, consistent, experience in marketing either agency side, client side or with a rights holder
- Proven, consistent, experience working on sport, ambassadors, music or entertainment sponsorships and activation programmes
- Demonstrable experience in project management and client servicing excellence
- A good understanding of brand ambassador management
- A good understanding of the wider marketing landscape
- Superstar project management skills
- A strategic and logical thinker who can provide council to our clients and suppliers in delivering best in class solutions
- Acumen to look at business performance for our clients and how this can be measured to make sponsorship assets more accountable
- A team mentality, building high performing teams both through line management and brilliant project work
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Role Overview
- We are looking for a Senior Client Manager to join the MKTG team to work on delivering and implementing some of the most exciting collaborations in Sport and Entertainment, for this role specifically Formula 1.
- As a Senior Client Manager in Sponsorship + Consultancy, your role is to lead in managing the client’s business and to keep day to day activities running smoothly. You will support the wider team in delivery on accounts, managing the capabilities and team to ensure on time delivery and excellence in
- This role will report into Client Director (based in London) and the role is based in Dubai.
Responsibilities
- Manage day to day CEMEA client relationships.
- Own client connections and relationships.
- Understand your client’s business and the wider industry competitor set.
- Lead by example on client service excellence.
- Have full ownership and accountability for client/account fees and activation budgets.
- Oversee and direct the client team to effectively and efficiently manage retained client work and project work.
- Effectively and efficiently manage retained client work and project work including race day planning, management of at track branding, merchandise, at and off track events, programme planning across social, ambassador, PR, on ground activations, showcar and gaming rig assets, working with Visa clien
- Hold overall responsibility for ensuring the project delivers above client expectations.
- Be accountable for setting timelines, expectations, and meeting deadlines.
- Support the Directors with the management of resource and workloads across the team on designated projects.
- Ensure that timesheets for self and direct reports are completed on time and accurately.
- Oversee and be the key point of contact for finance related activities on the account.
What we’re looking for
- You are excited by the prospect of working on award winning sports and entertainment sponsorship projects and are passionate about delivering brilliant solutions for clients.
- You have the technical knowledge of sponsorships and partnership marketing, as well as attention to detail and drive to manage and develop existing activation programmes.
- You take pride in your work, thrive in managing projects and are comfortable with strategic thinking needed to develop campaigns, activations and integrated marketing solutions.
- You also thrive under pressure, enjoy working on sports/events and like to be part of a close knit team.
Requirements
- Resident in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Proficient in Arabic speaking, reading and writing
- Experience working with in motorsport and specifically Formula 1
- Proven, consistent, experience in marketing either agency side, client side or with a rights holder
- Proven, consistent, experience working on sport, ambassadors, music or entertainment sponsorships and activation programmes
- Demonstrable experience in project management and client servicing excellence
- A good understanding of brand ambassador management
- A good understanding of the wider marketing landscape
- Superstar project management skills
- A strategic and logical thinker who can provide council to our clients and suppliers in delivering best in class solutions
- Acumen to look at business performance for our clients and how this can be measured to make sponsorship assets more accountable
- A team mentality, building high performing teams both through line management and brilliant project work.
Why MKTG Sports + Entertainment
- MKTG Sports & Entertainment is a global integrated agency that help brands and rights holders move at the speed of fans. For over 20 years, we've ignited fandom and innovated activation in the world of sports and entertainment.
- We are part of Dentsu Sports International, a global sports network comprised of MKTG Sports & Entertainment and Dentsu Sports, a leading sports rights holder including federations, leagues, events, teams, and venues.
Inclusion and Diversity
- We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
- We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles.
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