Account Manager

Game Seven Agency, an Excel Sports Management Company, is a full service creative and experiential agency that lives for sport, music and culture. From the biggest moments to the smallest details, we pride ourselves on being in the know and building relationships that matter, for brands that matter.

Our team is comprised of creatives, strategists, producers, designers, project managers, influencer managers, filmmakers, volunteers, activists, ballplayers, hype beasts, social media moguls, runners, mixologists, party promoters, hip-hop elitists, show-bingers, hot-take havers, vintage t-shirt collectors, fitness fanatics, pet parents, plant parents, human parents, and general good time havers.

Clients include Hennessey, Nike, Jordan, Spotify, Meta, Instagram, Tik Tok, Amazon, Timberland, Oakley, Footlocker, Chime, Fanatics, Bleacher Report, Uninterrupted, and more.

The Account Manager will help lead an ambitious, multi-year retail operational and experiential program for a culturally influential athletic brand. This role centers on the launch and management of an ongoing pop-up retail experience
-overseeing everything from operational maintenance, in-store staffing and programming, community moments, and ad-hoc experiential events. You'll guide day-to-day client relationships, steward work that pushes culture forward, and ensure integrated teams deliver best-in‑class retail and experiential executions. This role requires a strategic, detail-driven operator who can balance long-term roadmaps with fast-moving production needs, driving clarity and alignment across internal teams, partners, and clients.

• Serve as the primary project manager for the full lifecycle of the retail pop-up program - owning timelines, resourcing, workbacks, documentation, priorities, and cross-functional alignment.
• Lead the planning, build, launch, and ongoing management of a long-term retail pop-up experience, ensuring all work meets objectives, stays on schedule, and aligns with Game Seven's creative and experiential standards.
• Establish and maintain detailed project plans, weekly status trackers, and milestone calendars to create clarity and ensure all partners are working in lockstep.
• Manage client communication and relationships, earning trust through clear updates, proactive problem-solving, and cultural fluency.
• Manage in-store staff communication and relationships ensuring agency and brand standards are met on a day-to-day basis
• Push forward small format production elements integral to maintaining the space between larger brand programming and initiatives
• Translate client briefs into actionable plans across retail build, merchandising, experiential programming, consumer engagement, and integrated marketing.
• Partner closely with strategy, creative, digital, production, and experiential teams to ensure seamless collaboration from concepting through execution.
• Support and guide cross-functional teams throughout design, fabrication, install, operations, and event activation phases - driving accountability and keeping work streams on track.
• Anticipate client and project needs - identifying opportunities to streamline processes, elevate creative work, or solve production, operational, or budget challenges.
• Build and maintain vendor, partner, and industry relationships across fabrication, retail operations, event production, and cultural programming.
• Ensure all retail and experiential touchpoints remain fresh, relevant, and aligned with the brand's cultural point of view throughout the two-year pop-up lifecycle.

• 3-5 years of account management experience within an agency or brand, ideally with retail, experiential, or integrated marketing work.
• Experience working on long-term, multi-phase builds or programs (retail, pop-ups, installations, experiential tours, or similar).
• Strong communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience collaborating with creative, strategy, production, digital, and operations teams.
• Confident negotiator with an understanding of vendor pricing, fabrication timelines, and retail/experiential production needs.
• Creative problem-solver able to think…