Account Manager (Advertising)
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The posting
Job Overview
We are seeking a dedicated Account Manager to join our team and manage our relationship with a sports focused brand. If you’re a meticulous task manager, a natural-born leader, obsessive about creating exciting work, and adept at forming and strengthening bonds with various personalities, we want to hear from you.
What You'll Do
- Manage, maintain, and grow relationships with the client and key stakeholders
- Set priorities, organize work streams, and assume a leadership role for assigned projects
- Act as the glue that holds internal teams together, delegate work when necessary, and help define the brand vision alongside creative, strategy, and other teams
- Manage projects and creative timelines with the client, working closely with Project Managers to adhere to campaign schedules
- Influence the development of the highest-quality creative work by sharing knowledge of the client, business, and brand, while demonstrating strong creative judgment and providing strategic recommendations
- Act as a leader of the integrated marketing team, ensuring partnership and collaboration between THE·TEAM and other agencies
- Attend on-site activations and manage client relationships on-site when required
What We're Looking For
- 2-3 years experience in an account role or related role in an advertising agency or marketing agency
- Experience in implementing culturally relevant social media campaigns
- Ability to develop detailed plans and lead team meetings, identify and resolve issues and manage risk
- Detail-focused with strong communication skills: persuasive, strategic, proactive, diplomatic
- Ability to forge strong relationships with clients as well as internal stakeholders
- A demonstrated passion for and superb understanding of the social media landscape
- Commitment to excellence - working nonstandard hours when necessary, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation.
What We Offer
- Professional Development : Take advantage of our learning and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and career advancement support.
- Generous Time Off : Enjoy generous paid time off and holiday allowances to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
- Parental Leave : We provide paid parental leave to support your family during important life events.
- Retirement Plan : 401k plan including contribution matching.
- Healthcare : Medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability coverage options.
- Ancillary : Critical illness, identity protection, pet insurance, 529 plans and more
- Commuter Benefits : Access support for travel and commuting needs, where available
Base salary range: $70,000 - $85,000 plus bonus potential.
Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each hire.
THE·TEAM does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Taken from THE·TEAM (formerly Wasserman)'s own posting, last seen live on 13 Nov 2026.
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About THE·TEAM (formerly Wasserman)
Talent representation, sponsorship rights sales, VIP hospitality and ticket packages, live event branding and brand marketing for athletes, artists, creators, rights holders and the brands that sponsor them.
Pay schedule: Salary plus commission on the hospitality, rights and live event sales roles and salary with a possible bonus on account roles, hybrid at three office days a week, with US benefits that add critical illness, identity protection and pet cover and 529 plans; some roles are short-term employee or freelance contracts running to the end of 2026.
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