Account Executive, Brand Partnerships

Allied Global Marketing is a leading full-service entertainment, culture, and lifestyle-marketing agency. We build strategic campaigns for a diverse range of clients that connect audiences with experiences they love. Our team of experts captures the unique energy of each project with customized strategies that deliver on-target messaging and drive bottom-line results. An integrated approach is supported by our on-the-ground network of 24 offices and over 500 colleagues across the globe, providing resources and relationships that our partners and clients know and trust.

Position: Account Executive 

Division: Brand Partnerships

Location: New York City 

Reports to: Director, Brand Marketing  

Salary: $66,300 annually  

The Company:

Allied Sports launched in 2019 with a singular mission – to lead modern marketers in the undeniable shift from Sponsor to Storyteller™. Today, we are an independent, full-service agency operating from the Allied Global Marketing network. Led by industry veterans with a rookie spirit, our award-winning team helps buyers and sellers in sports find, negotiate, and activate high-performing partnerships. Sports Business Journal named Allied Sports one of the Best Places to Work in Sports in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and Front Office Sports named the agency among the Best Employers in Sports for 2024.  

At Allied Sports, we let our values speak louder than our value proposition.  

• Driven – All grit, no quit. We love what we do and use that drive to help our clients win every day.  


• Versatile – Built for change. We strive for continuous improvement; progress, not perfection.  


• Meticulous – Do the corners because details matter. Little things done well make big things happen.  


• Real – We lead with transparency and vulnerability to empower teammates who feel heard and seen.  


• One – We, not me. We always put team first and find every opportunity to reward the assist.  

The Opportunity: 

Allied Sports is hiring an Account Executive to join our fast-growing team. Built by a team of trusted industry leaders and backed by a full suite of integrated marketing solutions, Allied Sports is a rising agency committed to helping modern marketers accelerate the shift from Sponsor to Storyteller. 

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic person to join our team to assist with the day-to-day management of a Brand Marketing client and their partnership in NFL, Clubs and Venues space. The Account Executive will be responsible for assisting with the account and agency business initiatives with industry expertise, idea generation, research and development of presentation materials. 

Your Responsibilities: 

• The position of Account Executive is client facing and expected to maintain an in-depth understanding of clients’ businesses and forge partnerships internally, and externally with client-side counterparts


• Responsible for assisting with the day-to-day management of a brand consulting client and their respective sports and entertainment sponsorship portfolio with a focus in the NFL, Clubs and Venues space. 


• Responsible for ensuring that clients continually receive superior service, thinking and communication from Allied Sports and that strategy, insights, planning, programs, tactics, executions, budgets, schedules, documentation stay on track.


• Ideate, develop and implement sponsorship initiatives, including customized programs/events/promotions that build client brand and provide a foundation to drive client business growth.


• Assist with the creation and implementation of materials to support the sponsorship initiative.  This will include preparing marketing activation presentations and materials to be distributed to the client, agencies and other counterparts.


• Assist with managing the client-property approvals process on behalf of client.


• Support sponsorship tactical implementation/coordination at all events where agency staff is needed. Specific services could include on-site presence, event implementation, hospitality management, premium management, and client relationship management.


• Help manage the sponsorship measurement and recap process in conjunction with all programs. Manage the creation of implementation and tracking materials, as needed, to support programs and initiatives


• Manage client-vendor relationships and coordinate necessary activation deliverables on behalf of client.


• Help support any program and event related budgets 

The Qualifications:

• Client-based account management experience preferred; specific disciplines could include partnership marketing, event marketing, creative services, public relations and / or media 


• Project management experience preferred with the ability to manage multiple projects independently and with a larger team 


• Ability to think strategically and creatively 


• Exceptional organizational skills 


• Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills 


• Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time 


• Proficient in Microsoft suite 

Considerations

• Base salary range in New York, NY: $66,300 annually  


• Hybrid schedule: Office in New York, NY with 3 days in-office (Tues-Thurs) and 2 days remote (Mon & Fri) weekly.


• Benefits include Vision, Medical, Dental, Commuter Benefits etc.

Base salary represents the salary range that Allied Sports, in good faith, might be willing to pay for this job at the time of this posting. Actual base salary depends on several factors, including market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), and level of responsibility. Allied Sports expects to hire for this position near the middle of the range. Allied Sports would consider paying a salary or rate near the higher end of the range only in truly exceptional circumstances, where an external candidate has experience, credentials, or expertise that far exceed those required or expected for the position.

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