Associate Manager, Consulting
Job Description
Job title: Associate Manager, Consulting
Company: Wasserman
Job description: Job Description:
Wasserman is a global leader in sports, music, entertainment and culture. Founded in 2002, Wasserman represents many of the world’s most iconic sports and entertainment figures, musical artists, brands and properties, empowering them to shape culture and captivate audiences worldwide.
Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We’re a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman operates globally across 27 countries and more than 62 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit .
We are currently looking for an Associate Partnership Consulting Manager to join the team in London. This role is responsible for playing a key role on the development of marketing, partnership and commercial strategy projects for clients across EMEA, with a focus on brands and rights holders within sport, entertainment and culture. Projects could include but are not limited to: development of partnership strategies, valuing partnership rights and commercial strategies, building brand strategies, establishing and negotiating ambassadorial programmes, developing integrated marketing strategies and campaigns. All projects are likely to be consultative in nature, requiring outstanding creativity, a comfort with analytics and data, business savviness and an ability to serve and guide clients with confidence, quality and subject matter expertise.
Key Responsibilities;
- Support with the development of brand marketing, partnership and commercial strategy projects.
- Support clients and project leads with the identification, analysis, and assessment of partnerships across the sports, entertainment and culture sectors.
- Value partnership assets and help to develop partnership renewal and wider commercial strategies.
- Work with insight teams to guide strategies and campaigns that are acutely in line with our clients’ target audiences.
- Play a key role in fostering client relationships, whilst delivering world-class service.
- Contribute to the identification and curation of integrated marketing solutions for clients that challenge the norm, break boundaries and exceed expectations.
- Where relevant, manage relationships with client partners and ensure maximum return on marketing investments.
- Work closely with Directors and VPs on the development of all project work spanning multiple disciplines.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in marketing and partnership strategy. This is not an execution / delivery role.
- Some brand marketing experience either in-house or agency is preferred.
- Desire to become a passionate and skilled storyteller, able to translate detail of complex research and distil down into a simple and digestible narrative.
- High-level proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly PowerPoint.
- Confident communicator, both orally and in writing.
- High level of initiative and works well independently and in a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
Benefits:
- Annual Discretionary Bonus
- 25 days per annum plus UK bank holidays, and additional DE&I days
- Hybrid Working
- Pension: 4.5% employee // employer contribution with Aviva
- Income Protection: Pays you 75% of your base salary in the event that you are absent from work due to illness or injury for 13 consecutive weeks or more, capped at 5 years
- Life Assurance: Pays your nominated beneficiary four times your base salary in the event of your death whilst employed by the Company
- Employee Assistance Programme (Wellbeing support for you and family living with you // free legal and financial advice, including telephone and potentially in person counselling)
- Season Ticket Loan
Optional benefits (post probation)
- Health Cash back plan which provides you with reimbursements for everyday medical costs including dental, optical, prescriptions & physical therapies
- Season Ticket Loan: An interest free loan for the purpose of purchasing an annual season ticket for travel between home and work
- Cycle to work scheme: A one year hire agreement for a cycle and accessories worth up to £2,000, done via salary sacrifice with an option to purchase cycle at the end of the agreement
- Gym Flex: An interest free loan for the purpose of purchasing an annual Gym membership, providing a low corporate discounts at over 3,700 gyms, studios and outdoor fitness events
