Job Description
50 Sport is a multi-award winning creative and social media agency in sponsorship and sport.
Our partner roster includes; FIFA (incl. FIFA Club World Cup 2025 & World Cup 2026), Ferrari Formula One Team, DHL Express, The Football Association, England Football, NBA, Qatar Airways, EPCR (Investec Champions Cup and Challenge Cup, Celsius, The Ryder Cup, Arsenal, LIV Golf, VGW, UBS and Wembley Stadium.
Due to a number of recent business wins and existing client demand, we are looking to bolster our growing team with an Account Manager.
Key responsibilities
We’re looking for an Account Manager to work across a number of key client accounts, with the remit to drive excellence across all client activity. They will support an Account Director and Business Director to work with our strategy, editorial and creative teams to deliver world class editorially led social content and integrated creative. A passion for and belief in the power of sport is mandatory.
They have strong organisational skills, with the ability to support the day-to-day management of the account, including presentation development, running internal and client meetings, development of timing plans, estimates and client contact reports. They have the ability to interrogate and respond to client briefs, aligning with other departments on budget and timings, as needed.
They will work with their Account Director and Business Director to support the long-term vision and direction for their clients, including the finances and profitability, the quality of the output, and the strength of the client relationship. Reporting to an Account Director, they work at pace and hold themselves to a high standard.
The candidate will feel as at home reviewing social content alongside the Editorial team, as they do reviewing integrated creative. They will be an advocate for the client internally and an ambassador for the agency externally. The right person will have a breadth of channel experience and be comfortable turning their hand to everything, with a strong understanding of social first content.
We’re looking for an ambitious self-starter, capable of demonstrating entrepreneurialism, versatility and resilience. Energy, positivity and a can-do attitude are non-negotiables.
Office presence is required as part of the role, 3 days a week in the agency or client offices.
The successful candidate will demonstrate empathy and understanding of the agency behaviours and buy into the idea that, together, we can innovate and reimagine possibilities in sport.
What you're excellent at:
• Experience in building strong internal and client relationships
• Passionate about sport and creativity
• Proven track record of contributing to growing clients
• Juggling several priorities with different deadlines
• Natural born collaborator
• High standards and example to more junior members of the team
• Strong communication skills
• Diving into and finding ways to solve new challenges
• Working at pace
The role is for you, if:
• An independent and fast-moving agency environment excites you
• You fancy taking on the industry’s biggest sporting brands
• You’re hungry for an opportunity working on sport’s top brands and rights holders
• You love socially driven content, big, integrated campaigns and everything in between
• You have a healthy dose of positivity with great appreciation for the need to scenario plan
• You’re passionate about how our industry can positively affect change around sustainability and DE&I
• You believe in the potential of women’s sport
We recognise the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates. We do not discriminate based upon the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.
Due to a high volume of applicants we may not be able to reply to everyone.