Sr. Account Executive, Hospitality

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 and 2024, 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. We begin every weekly all-company meeting by reinforcing the organizational values that define what it means to be Allied.

• 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.

Allied Sports is recruiting a motivated, dedicated, and enthusiastic person to join our fast-paced team to assist with the ideation, execution, and day-to-day management of C‑Suite customer hosting programs for a technology client, in the golf & NFL space. This person will report to the Director and will be responsible for supporting event planning and execution of exclusive and memorable customer hosting experiences, and agency business initiatives.

The position of Senior Account Executive is client and C‑Suite executive facing. The role’s primary objective is to support Cisco in building bespoke customer hosting experiences while keeping all event and program deliverables on track, ensuring a successful customer hosting program through deliverable creation, asset management, vendor and hotel management, tier‑1 hospitality and white glove service, customer registration and communications, project management and onsite event execution.

• Responsible for assisting with the day‑to‑day and onsite management of a client and their respective sports and entertainment customer hosting (events) portfolio.
• Ideate, create, develop and execute customer hosting programs. This will include, but is not limited to the following materials distributed to a C‑Suite level audience, the client, vendors or other counterparts.
• Lead strategic program development, including research, concepting, and preparation of client‑facing recommendations and presentations
• Own end‑to‑end project management, including timelines, run‑of‑show documents, execution guides, staff materials, tracking tools, status reporting, meeting notes and presenting on calls with clients and vendors
• Develop and manage all event communications and materials, including guest and executive communications, print assets, customized registration, event briefings, and post‑event recaps/reporting
• Source, contract, and manage vendor and production partners, overseeing relationships and coordinating all deliverables on behalf of the client
• Manage event financials, including budgets, estimates, reconciliation, client invoicing, and expense tracking
• Maintain exceptional quality control across all experiential and operational elements and deliver exemplary onsite client and guest service during program execution
• Work with various stakeholders; including client, agency partners and vendors to bring these customer hosting programs to life. This will include but is not limited to:
• Manage assets: inventory, allocation, reporting and tracking
• Lead travel and guest logistics, including hotel research and sourcing, rooming lists, on‑site lodging management, transportation planning, and executive/VIP movements
• Design and execute curated gifting experiences and premium guest amenities, including hands‑on build and on‑site delivery
• Lead décor sourcing, signage, and spatial design for hospitality environments, including…