About this opportunity
Omnicom Media Group lists this Manager opportunity in los angeles, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Optimum Sports Manager, Investment
Optimum Sports is the dedicated sports marketing agency within OMG. Unlike traditional sports marketing agencies, Optimum Sports operates in both the Sports Sponsorship and Sports Media landscapes. With the combination of both disciplines under a single offering, Optimum Sports can provide its clients with unique and advantageous marketplace leverage through which it delivers cohesive, multi-platform sports marketing strategies. Ingrained with the latest proprietary research and ROI tools, Optimum Sports facilitates everything from Ideation to Execution to Actualization.
Our approach integrates media, investment, property, hospitality, experiential, and insights to develop strategy, manage negotiation and execution, and evaluate performance of partnerships. Established in 2003, we continue to innovate in the sports marketplace and build solutions for our constantly evolving world.
The Sports Investment Manager reports to a Director within a vertical team structure. He/she will have marketplace, interagency and client facing responsibilities.
This specific role will be 100% dedicated to the adidas footwear and apparel business.
Responsibilities
Maintain client relationships where applicable
Contribute to new business efforts including research, ideation, pricing, and presenting
Analyze, identify, and realize compelling insights and trends and apply those to buy executions
Elevate strategic thinking at all levels, inspiring and creating new ideas that permeate across our people
Meet with media sales reps and industry representatives on a regular basis to pursue ideas that are strategically aligned with the client's business and needs
Works in direct cooperation with respective strategy teams
Interacts with members of other interagency teams and SBU's as the respective disciplines of those SBU's are pertinent to proposed and executed media investments and sponsorship marketing strategies
Develop expertise and serve in an advisory capacity on all emerging TV trends (i.e., Programmatic, Addressable, OTT)
Provide oversight to junior level and supervisory staff by providing oversight to their buys and aiding them in identifying insights and trends
Lead multiple projects concurrently, while prioritizing the most important, right-fit opportunities at hand
Optimum Sports is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
3-5 years' experience as a member of a Local Video Investment team
Track record of negotiating complex strategic partnership agreements
Proficient in analyzing and interpreting data and insights to help drive and inform meaningful insights
Strong business acumen and interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations
Highly effective mentor, motivator, and leader of junior level staff
Strength in relationship development and management, as it pertains to clients, partners, and coworkers
Able to hit and exceed targeted goals and deliverables as agreed upon
Drive to be proactive and bring their informed point of view to deliver the highest quality of work
Ability to develop ideas independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of Sports/Media business models preferred
Experience working in related role in the sports/media industry
A personal passion for sports and/or media technology
Background within the Television & Digital buying systems, not required, but a plus (can be but not limited to DDS & Prisma)
$50,000 - $95,000
Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we're focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Worksite address
los angeles, CA, 90079, US
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