Account Manager
Listed on 2026-09-24
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Marketing / Advertising / PR
Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, PR / Communications
We are looking for an experienced Account Manager to manage the day-to-day relationship between the Football Club
, the Group's marketing function, and the creative team.
The role will be responsible for understanding the Club's business, marketing and communication objectives and translating them into clear creative and marketing briefs. The Account Manager will coordinate with designers, content creators, videographers, social media teams and other creative resources to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality work aligned with the Club's brand, campaigns and commercial objectives.
The ideal candidate will have strong account management, marketing, communication and project coordination skills
, with a good understanding of sports, football, digital media and social media marketing.
1. Client & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary day-to-day contact between the club and the creative/marketing team.
- Build strong working relationships with Club management, marketing, commercial, communications and other relevant departments.
- Understand the Club's objectives, priorities, challenges and upcoming activities.
- Manage expectations, timelines, deliverables and approvals.
- Ensure clear communication between all stakeholders.
- Receive, clarify and translate client requirements into clear creative briefs.
- Coordinate the work of designers, copywriters, videographers, photographers, motion graphic designers and other creative resources.
- Prioritize and distribute projects according to deadlines and business priorities.
- Review work internally before presenting it to the client/stakeholders.
- Ensure creative output is consistent with the Club's brand identity and communication guidelines.
- Follow up on revisions and approvals to ensure projects are delivered on time.
- Support the development and execution of the Club's marketing and communication campaigns.
- Coordinate campaigns around matches, tournaments, player announcements, transfers, sponsor ships, events and Club initiatives.
- Work closely with the marketing and commercial teams to develop campaigns that support audience engagement and revenue objectives.
- Help develop annual and seasonal marketing calendars.
- Coordinate promotional campaigns across digital, social media, events, advertising and other relevant channels.
- Coordinate with social media and content teams to ensure consistent and timely content delivery.
- Help develop content plans around match days, training, players, coaches, fans, sponsors and Club activities.
- Ensure content is aligned with the Club's tone of voice, brand positioning and campaign objectives.
- Coordinate production of static, video, motion graphics and other digital content.
- Monitor deadlines and ensure match-day and event-related content is delivered according to schedule.
- Maintain project timelines, task lists and delivery schedules.
- Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and ensure deadlines are respected.
- Identify potential delays or production issues and proactively resolve them.
- Coordinate with external suppliers, production companies, photographers, videographers and other partners when required.
- Maintain organized documentation of briefs, approvals and deliverables.
- Work with the commercial team to support sponsor-related campaigns and activations.
- Coordinate creative deliverables required for sponsors and commercial partners.
- Ensure sponsor branding and contractual creative requirements are correctly implemented.
- Support the development of presentations, proposals and campaign materials for commercial opportunities.
- Strong account management and client servicing skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong understanding of marketing, branding and digital communication.
- Ability to manage creative teams and multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong organizational and project-management skills.
- Ability to write clear creative briefs and translate business requirements into actionable creative tasks.
- Good understanding of social media platforms and digital content.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines, particularly around match days and major Club events.
- Strong presentation and negotiation skills. Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Advertising or a related field.
- 3-6+ years of…
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