Account Director - Partnerships (31141)

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced Account Director to work on a key client across an exciting sponsorship portfolio, specifically Rugby and Football properties in the UK. It will be a varied role, involving sponsorship rights management, creative activation across all channels and end to end delivery of all sponsorship campaigns and activities.

About You  

• Have experience working with major sports rightsholder properties.
• Have experience in managing junior and mid level team members with an ability to motivate and inspire.
• A proven record of delivering excellent creative activation within sport, that is brought to life across all channels.
• Can manage multiple workstreams, liaising with various internal and external teams, clients, and stakeholders.

Be Your Best Statement

We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Acquisition team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at to let us know how we can support you.

About Fuse

Fuse was founded in 2008 by the late, great David Pinnington, who sought to build a premium sports and entertainment marketing consultancy within Omnicom Media Group.  We are extremely proud that Fuse has become one of the leading agencies the industry, allowing us to attract incredible clients and talent.

We work with our clients to deliver growth for brand and business through the power of sport & entertainment marketing.  Our services cover strategy, data & insight, planning, creative, rights management, activation, events, PR and measurement.  Fuse Ignite is our rights holder service, offering insight and advice on everything from overall proposition and assets, use of data and digital, as well as valuation and partnership commercials. 

Our work has won numerous awards, and our people are frequently recognised by the industry as top performers in their field. We place high importance on our trusted relationships, sound moral judgement and good governance delivered through transparent processes.

Fuse has a team of 100 in the UK and 250 more across Europe, APAC and the US.  We work with clients including PepsiCo, Vodafone, Google, Nissan, Asahi, Trivago, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Carlsberg and Klarna.

We are committed to providing comprehensive training & development plans for all team members.

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