Account Manager Football MENA

Who We Are:

We are recruiting for an Account Manager who will own the end to end management of projects between global IMG executives and senior management on IMG properties. They will also serve as the day to day contact managing the relationship between IMG and the clients.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
• End to end management of the projects between global IMG executives and senior management on IMG properties. Serves as day to day contact managing the relationship between IMG and the clients.
• Attend regular meetings with the clients to update them on all media related activities formulate action points from these meetings and follow up directly.
• Help with the rights acquisitions including client renewals in order to best shape the strategy.
• Strategize negotiate and execute media rights deals; report and ensure deals are executed to the highest standard and all obligations are fulfilled by broadcast/media partners.
• Providing technical servicing and management of all media license relationships interfacing with clients and IMG resources (IMG Studios) and/or technical distribution partners.
• Overseeing broadcaster distribution working alongside IMG Studios and/or distribution partner.
• Management of media websites ensuring all broadcasters have access and correct content is uploaded
• Monitor output on social media channels
• Serve as an additional liaison between media sales team and legal department to help with contract coordination and organisation
• Review draft agreements and coordinate with legal team on comments/changes/etc.; work with all parties (clients and customer) on .
• Communicate regularly with IMG finance and IMG execs to ensure projections invoices and receivables are all up to date.
• Develop and aggregate key media marketing information.
• Work alongside clients for the development of new media opportunities.
• Other responsibilities as required in scope of the role.

Knowledge and Experience

• A developed understanding of media practises.
• An ability to gain a detailed understanding of client business requirements.
• Previous experience of managing highlevel international client(s)
• A full understanding of media rights values
• An overview of the media business key players and key movements.
• Understanding of the new media customer base in the online and social space.
• Arabic speaker would be advantageous.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communications skills both written and verbal. Should be an articulate and compelling communicator with the ability to draft clear fluent grammatically accurate and concise written communications and also to present confidently;
• Competent using Microsoft Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook and the Internet;
• Able to multitask and highly organised with the ability to prioritise effectively;
• Able to build strong working relationships with key internal contacts e.g. Lawyers Accountants and Sales Executives (worldwide);
• Able to exercise sound judgement suggest logical solutions to problems and make decisions;
• Numerate and analytical in order to understand and interpret data.
• Positive personality and approach to work;
• Able to respond and adapt to change
• Selfsufficient and proactive; team player;
• An interest in sport television and programming; interest in the all aspects of the media business.