Olympic Account Manager - Partnerships

Company description

160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With over 600 thinkers, doers, and makers across every cultural corner of the world, the agency offers a full-service, channel-agnostic approach and a deep connection to the people, places, and properties that drive the conversation of tomorrow. 160over90 works with leading brands including AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Marriott International, McDonald’s, Verizon and Visa.

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Overview

This role will support a global financial services client's Olympic and Paralympic sponsorship portfolio, with primary responsibility for managing a select National Governing Body (NGB) partnership while supporting broader Team USA, LA28, and Olympic & Paralympic marketing initiatives. The role will also serve as a key point of contact across designated North America Marketing workstreams and support Olympic and Paralympic property approvals processes.

The ideal candidate is a strong relationship manager with partnership marketing experience who is comfortable balancing strategic thinking with day-to-day execution across multiple stakeholders, projects, and properties.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day management of select Olympic and Paralympic partnership workstreams, including responsibility for a designated National Governing Body (NGB) partnership.
• Serve as a key liaison across client stakeholders, rights holders, agency partners, and third-party vendors to ensure seamless communication and program execution.
• Support the development and execution of partnership strategies, activation plans, and annual programming designed to maximize sponsorship value and achieve business objectives.
• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for assigned North America Marketing initiatives, helping coordinate cross-functional planning and execution across internal and external stakeholders.
• Support Olympic and Paralympic property approvals processes, helping ensure programs and materials align with partnership rights, brand standards, and rights-holder requirements.
• Develop client-ready materials including presentations, POVs, strategic recommendations, partnership recaps, and project plans while managing timelines and key deliverables.
• Coordinate planning and execution across marketing, hospitality, events, communications, licensing, operations, and other partnership-related initiatives.
• Support management of partnership assets, rights, contractual deliverables, and engagement opportunities to maximize partnership value.
• Assist in identifying new activation opportunities, partnership enhancements, and strategic recommendations that support client objectives.
• Support budget management, forecasting, invoicing, and overall program administration across assigned workstreams.
• Contribute strategic thinking, partnership recommendations, and marketplace insights related to the Olympic and Paralympic landscape, sponsorship trends, and emerging property opportunities.
• Provide support to Account Leadership on broader account management, planning, and business operations initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of agency, property, rights holder, or client-side experience in sponsorship marketing, partnership marketing, account management, sports marketing, or a related field.
• Experience working with sports properties, governing bodies, rights holders, leagues, teams, or brand sponsors preferred.
• Experience managing sponsorship rights, assets, contractual deliverables, and partnership benefits preferred. 
• Strong understanding of sponsorship marketing, partnership management, and the sports business landscape; Olympic and Paralympic experience is a plus.
• Experience working across cross-functional marketing teams and stakeholders preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage day-to-day relationships with clients, agency partners, rights holders, vendors, and other key stakeholders.
• Experience supporting the development and execution of sponsorship marketing strategies, partnership activations, and integrated marketing programs.
• Experience supporting events, hospitality programs, experiential marketing initiatives, and/or large-scale sponsorship activations.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, balance competing priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop thoughtful recommendations and actionable solutions.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong project management, written, verbal, and presentation skills. 
• Collaborative, team-first mindset with a positive attitude and willingness to take ownership. 
• Ability to travel 30% of the time.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook).

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

 

Compensation Range: USD $70,000.00 - USD $90,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/27/2026.