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 Director, Social and Influencer Marketing to join our fast-growing Content team. This is a vital role serving across key pieces of business focused on strategy and execution for our client’s sponsorship across football, motorsports, soccer and more.

We're looking for someone to lead a team on social and influencer-led activations while delivering excellent client service. Knowledge and / or experience in sports marketing is a plus.

This role will report into the VP of Social and Influencer Marketing.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of social activation plans against client deliverables; inclusive of strategy, ideation, editorial content planning / management, creative development (organic + paid), influencer partnerships, and reporting
• Partner with our sponsorship / consulting team to guide integrated strategies, develop ongoing best practices, identify new business opportunities
• Manage, maintain and grow the relationship with clients and key stakeholders
• Advocate for new ideas in support of continuous improvement / innovation across client work to ultimately drive incremental revenue
• Oversee workflows, budgets and finance tracking
• Draft scopes of work in alignment with agency/client policies
• Remain up-to-date on new technologies, social media trends, tools, platforms, and best practices
• Manage and mentor junior team members

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 10+ years of experience with the following attributes:

• A passion for sports and social culture at large
• Strong digital/social agency acumen with experience partnering with clients, agency teams and internal cross-functional departments to drive integrated initiatives
• Leader, creative thinker, excellent communicator and problem solver who is comfortable in a 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, creative, finance
• Commitment to growing our business – this means working non-standard hours when necessary, 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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