MKTG S+E is a global integrated agency that harnesses the power of sports and entertainment to impact human behavior through meaningful marketing solutions and experiences. Our key differentiator is “knowing people better than anyone else” and using deep consumer insights to establish powerful connections between sports properties and brands.

Across strategy, measurement, content, hospitality, and events, we connect the sports and entertainment industry and companies around the world to deliver meaningful marketing solutions and experiences that are truly differentiated. The experiences that we create engage customers, build memorable brands and deliver value. MKTG S+E is a part of the broader dentsu Sports International network.

By joining MKTG Sports + Entertainment, you’ll join a team of innovative, creative and caring people. We know that our agency’s success relies on the achievements of our team members – who we genuinely care about and value. MKTG S+E is led by our core values which focus on collaboration, community, inspiring change, pursuing excellence and celebrating bravery – all of which are foundational to our culture and how we treat each other and our clients. This is an opportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you’ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures, and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences, and opportunities to shape your future.

MKTG Sports + Entertainment is looking for a Senior Manager, Social and Influencer Marketing to join our fast-growing Content team. This is a vital role serving a key piece of business focused on strategy and execution for our client’s sponsorship in the motorsports/NASCAR space.

We're looking for someone to lead a team on social and influencer-led activations, while delivering excellent client service.

*Racing and/or motorsports knowledge and / or experience is required.  

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as our day-today account lead, guiding and reviewing our client and internal deliverables across social strategy, campaign ideation, editorial content planning / management, creative development (organic + paid), influencer partnerships, and reporting
• Support presentations of work and project updates, when necessary, both in written format and in face-to-face presentations
• Liaise and support cross-functional teams, clients, talent reps and vendors to successfully produce deliverables in line with creative and strategic vision, client expectations and budgets
• Develop yearlong social strategies and associated activation plans that deliver against client objectives, including ideation for incremental programmatic activations that are innovative and drive additional revenue
• Manage workflows, budgets and finance tracking across internal and external stakeholders; will assist Senior Leadership in drafting scopes of work in alignment with agency/client policies
• Partner with our sponsorship / consulting team to guide strategy, develop ongoing best practices and collaborate on new business opportunities
• Work with team to identify talent / influencers; will draft influencers contracts (along with the internal legal team), negotiate fees and manage the influencer relationship from contracting through campaign wrap-up
• Maintain a deep knowledge and keep abreast of emerging trends, social platforms and influencers
• This role will require frequent travel to various locations that correspond to the NASCAR schedule, including weekends and regular in person interaction/relationship-building with key client leads

The above outlines the keys areas of responsibilities for this role, but it is not exhaustive and may change over time. The job-holder is expected to be flexible and co-operate with reasonable changes as necessary.

We are looking for candidates with 5+ years of experience in a similar role, preferably with background in motorsports.

To be able to deliver this we need you to have the following attributes:

• A passion for sports and entertainment, particularly a love for motorsports and the ability to speak to the ins and outs of racing and NASCAR industry news
• Experience in social media content, strategy, creative and influencer / talent partnerships either in-house or at an agency
• You are a strong project manager, communicator, problem solver, and team player, with proven experience managing clients and fast-paced projects across multiple workflows
• Strong deck (PowerPoint) writing and presentation skills; ability to translate ideas into tangible deliverables for the client
• Knowledge of standard operations across disciplines including social, video production and Cceative; effectively manage team workflow and create timelines based on priorities, resource availability and other project requirements
• Comfortable with finance and reporting
• Commitment to help grow our business – this means sometimes working non-standard hours, wearing multiple hats when necessary and responding to real-time events under tight deadlines

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. To us, representation means more than just diversity, it means true equity. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. We are constantly evaluating our practices and policies, creating and sustaining pathways to promotion, and intentional in how we create and distribute resources, giving people what they need to grow. That’s what we care about. So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create opportunities for everyone. We offer team member support through flexible working arrangements and schedules that promote work/life balance along with progressive parental and caregiver programs as well as opportunities to give back to the community as part of our global social responsibility efforts.

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

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