Account Manager, Experiential

Job Description

Who We Are:
160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow. 160over90 works with leading brands including AB InBev, Amazon, Coca-Cola, DP World, Macy's, Marriott International, McDonald's, Verizon and Visa. 160over90 is part of WME Group, a global representation business comprising the world's leading talent, intellectual property and brands.

The Role And What You'll Do:

The Account Manager, Experiential will support one of 160over90's key accounts and all their exciting experiential efforts around the FIFA World Cup 26TM.  The Account Manager will be a key contributor to the planning, coordination and bringing to life experiential marketing activations at FIFA Fan FestivalTM 2026 across multiple Host Cities for the duration of the FIFA World Cup 26TM.  This role will ensure our clients receive superior service while motivating a team of professionals to achieve sustainable results.
Our ideal candidate is a demonstrated leader that understands how to drive strategy across the holistic consumer journey but focusing on the event marketing landscape (e.g. events, mobile tours, hospitality, large productions, etc.), ultimately to drive conversion. This individual will be responsible for engagement across a large client and have a proven success rate across programs, while being part of a cross functional team and client projects.

The best candidate for the Account Manager - Experiential position must have direct experience in the experiential marketing industry, but also knowledge of delivering digital, mobile and social elements within this landscape.
Our desired candidate is a trusted and highly collaborative thought leader that can work cross-functionally in a large network organization with a variety of people and work styles.

Responsibilities

Account Management
• Manage activity with Account Team
• Partner with Strategy & Creative team to ensure all needs are delivered from client briefs
• Ensure briefs are received from clients that clearly deliver timing, expectations, and budgets
• Align expectations and monitor cross functional team's workflow
• Provide critical day-to-day supervision of client programs
• Ensure the team is providing problem solving resolutions for clients across programs
• Provide ongoing performance feedback across projects and areas of opportunity
• Manage the collective experiential process
• Engaged in projects from client brief, to strategy, to creative, to production to activation and everything in between
• Part of the creative process
• In conjunction with the strategy team, be part of the briefing to the creative team either personally or through oversight of account team members, reviewing internal deliverables and client expectations
• Work with team in the development of concepts and supporting tactics for projects
• Work with Account Leadership to develop scopes of work with clients
• Key player in the development of client proposals/deck presentations
• High-level thinking
• Work with Account Leadership to maintain high standards and push forward key insights and ideas
• Identify opportunities for incremental business with Account Leadership

Production
• Understanding and knowledge of producing various size events, types of materials, fabrication of elements, cost perimeters and production timelines
• Work across several vendors in conjunction with the Production team to deliver the best work, but drive efficiencies within client budgets

Finance Management
• Work with Account Leadership on managing client budgets and appropriate resources needed for each project
• Manage client billings and financial status reports to Account Leadership

Strategic Thought Leadership
• Team member in helping to guide upfront planning process
• Partner with strategic planning and creative teams for concept development

And All Along the Way
• Always conduct oneself in a professional manner, focused on the success of the team and agency
• Maintain control and steer all conversations toward successful resolution of any issues
• Include your manager to help mentor cross-functionally, as you have visibility to the wider team

You Have These:
• Bachelor's Degree in Communication, Marketing, Advertising or similar
• Enthusiasm for the promotions/experiential/advertising/event marketing fields
• 6+ years of experiential/event marketing within a client or agency environment
• Experience in the beverage and sports industries a plus
• Excellent management skills, with the proven experience to lead a team and client with confidence and magnetic, intelligent, strategic leadership
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team player who is positive and upbeat with high potential for coaching and mentoring

How we work:

Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:
$68,640 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:
$90,000 annually

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5x4k0-18-116-82-202-42 in your application.