Senior Account Executive

Job Description

THE AGENCY

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency, with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy. Distinguished by its culture of collaboration and exceptional client service, CAA’s diverse workforce identifies, innovates, and amplifies opportunities for the people and organisations that shape culture and inspire the world. The trailblazer of the agency business, CAA was the first to build a sports business, create an investment bank, launch a venture fund, found technology start-up companies, establish a philanthropic arm, build a business in China, and form a brand marketing services division, among other innovations.

Named Most Valuable Sports Agency by Forbes for eight consecutive years, CAA represents more than 2,000 of the world’s top athletes in football, baseball, basketball, hockey, soccer, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities and works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, social impact, and sports properties for sales and sponsorship opportunities. Founded in 1975, CAA is headquartered in Los Angeles, and has offices in New York, Nashville, Memphis, Chicago, Miami, London, Munich, Geneva, Stockholm, Shanghai, and Beijing, among other locations globally.

OVERVIEW

Within CAA Brand Consulting we have 200+ specialists working with over 40 leading brands. Our vision is to be the strategic partner for brands in helping them solve their biggest challenges. Our services range from analytics & insights, strategy & planning, creative, communications, experiential and content.

In London our clients include the likes of OKX, Volvo, Allianz, Salesforce, Gulf Oil. There is also a unique culture within CAA; for a global agency it has a small agency feel, with a great sense of teamwork, ambition, empowerment and entrepreneurialism.

Our London office is hiring a Senior Account Executive to help service our growing Culture & Entertainment clients. We are seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic, reliable, hardworking individual with a natural curiosity and passion for how Culture & Entertainment can build brands and business.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Account Executive, this individual will play a critical support role on one of our flagship accounts. They will help the team advise, activate and manage our client’s unique Culture & Entertainment remit on a global and multi functional scale.

Reporting into the Account Director, the Senior Account Executive will get exposure to a range of marketing and project management disciplines and tasks: from research and ideation, to social and PR through to relationship management and beyond.

What does the role involve?

• Assist the Account Director with day-to-day operations

• Assist with tracking, fulfilling and managing rights and assets

• Assist with identifying, reviewing and managing opportunities from within, but not limited to, the Culture & Arts industries

• Internal department liaison where necessary

• Account administration, budget tracking and client reporting

• Monitoring the latest trends in Entertainment & Culture and Technology

• Additional ad hoc support as required

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Ambition, enthusiasm, reliability and a strong work ethic

• A self-starter with a proactive can-do attitude

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build new relationships quickly

• An organised, detail-oriented approach with the ability to work under pressure

• A team player who is also comfortable working autonomously

• Creative flair with a passion for ideas and innovative thinking

• A natural communicator with strong written skills and attention to detail

• A passion for entertainment and sport with a finger on the pulse of popular culture

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Creative Artists Agency (“CAA”) is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, you and any job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally recognised protected basis under UK law.

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