We’re looking for a dynamic and experienced VP to sit within the leadership team of our Experiences team.
This is a unique opportunity to contribute to client activations that bring partnership objectives to life globally with a particular specialism around motorsports. You will be called upon as a subject matter expert and lead and represent this specialism and across our agency network.
Key skills we’re looking for:
* Sponsorship Activation · Hospitality · Leadership · Project Management · People Management · Operations and Process · · Event Delivery · Strategic and Creative Thinking · Rights Management · Partnership Marketing · Process Management
We’re looking for someone who:
* Has 15+ years’ experience in a sponsorship activation role with agency or brand marketing experience.
* Is a strong people person and able to guide and lead a large team across our experiences specialism.
* Enjoys working and being part of a fast-paced big team and is able to communicate requirements, ideas and expectations at all levels.
* Has multiple years of experience working in sports events, specifically motorsports.
* Can clearly present ideas, creative solutions and address challenges / obstacles head on.
* Has the ability and flexibility to work some weekends and travel internationally as necessary.
* Is a keen collaborator, able to work across multiple functions and obtain optimum output from teams.
* Is used to be the senior point of escalation for internal client teams, solving problems and advising on best strategies forward.
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead an experiences focused team across our European network to implement and deliver on multiple client global activation plans across a multi-motorsports calendar.
* Work with the Head of Experiences to strategically plan, develop and execute staffing and resourcing models across multiple clients, series and events.
* Work with cross-functional teams to establish best-in-class collaboration and identify efficiencies in delivering work across our client base.
* Provide senior insights on motorsport industry trends and best practices, leveraging insights and industry knowledge to drive results internally, whilst continuously seeking opportunities for innovation and improvement.
* Nurture and develops best practice, driving efficiencies across the team, providing counsel and strategic insights and recommended ways of working.
* Provide oversight and direction of execution for the experiences team for best-in-class delivery.
* Working closely with the finance and legal leads to implement commercial processes that mitigate risk with both supplier and client contracting.
* Manage new and existing scoping conversations with clients, including proposals/costings, resource planning (internal), and ongoing tracking and reporting.
* Establishing and building key working relationships across the Octagon and IPG network.
* Build strong relationships with clients and rights holders at a senior level.
* Helps shape, set and drive the agenda for wider experiences group across the regiona as part of the department’s senior leadership team.
* Line management of 1-2 direct reports, providing day to day oversight, guidance and career development opportunities for the wider team.
You will also need to have:
* Solid Agency experience working in a similar role, ideally with experience in F1.
* High level Power Point Skills, Excel and Outlook and a confidence to present internally and externally.
It’s not essential but will be advantageous if:
* You are fluent in any other languages.
WHO YOU’LL BE JOINING
Recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work in Sports”, Octagon is the global sports, entertainment, and experiential marketing arm of the Interpublic Group.
We take pride in being Playmakers – finding insightful, bold ways to create play in our work, our lives, and in the world. We believe in the power of play to create big ideas and unlock potential for our clients and talent.
We can put ourselves in the shoes of fans because we ARE fans – of sports, entertainment, and culture at large. This expertise allows us to continually evolve the fan experience across sports and entertainment alongside some of the biggest brands and talent in the world.
The world needs play more than ever. Are you a Playmaker?