Account Manager, Partnerships & Activations

Who You Are:
A self-starter, an achiever and a quick learner, you have a great can-do attitude, are curious and reliable. You persist through challenges and obstacles, breaking down barriers to drive positive momentum and keep those around you actively engaged and motivated.

You a few years into your advertising career and are interested in pursuing a path in Partnerships & Activation. You are passionate about creativity with a positive attitude and a strong work ethic, demonstrated presentation & writing skills and an eagerness to take on new responsibilities.
What You’ll Do:
The Partnership Planner will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities in support of Nissan’s national sponsorship initiatives (Nashville Predators, Tennessee Titans, Heisman House, etc.). This position will work closely with the Partnership Director and Supervisor on strategic planning, management and execution.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of Nissan’s sponsorships and partnerships (Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators, etc.)
• Integrate with partnership/experiential team members, the NU collective, clients and all appropriate agencies/properties to support various sponsorship initiatives.
• Manage client-vendor relationships and coordinate necessary deliverables on behalf of client.
• Manage the creation and implementation of materials to support sponsorship initiatives. This includes preparation of marketing activation presentations, budgets, and materials to be distributed to the client, agencies and other counterparts.
• Manage the client-property approval process on behalf of the client.
• Create and track sponsorship reports and measurement surrounding Nissan’s partnership initiatives.
• Oversee the processing and tracking all contracted assets for Nissan’s 40+ College Properties.
• Manage documents such as budgets, status reports, inventory tracking, meeting agendas and notes.
• Manage budgets and payments for Nissan partnerships.
• Coordination and assistance for local market and client-centric events.
• Teach, guide and mentor Associate Planner providing one-on-one communications and training sessions to help develop and grow skill sets.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of agency or client-based sponsorship account management experience. Specific disciplines could include sponsorship marketing, event marketing, sponsor servicing, and account management.
• Ability to manage day-to-day relationships with client, agency(s) and vendors.
• Experience with on-site event marketing operations and logistics.
• Experience working with internal teams (account/creative) as well as other agency partners.
• Superior client relationship/service skills.
• Strong ability to think strategically and creatively.
• Ability to problem-solve independently and in groups.
• Excellent time management, organization, written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel & Word.

Who We Are: 

We are a modern, integrated agency created and managed by Omnicom to lead all marketing and communications globally for Nissan. Designed to deliver marketing transformation, Nissan United is dedicated to helping Nissan grow its brand value around the world more effectively. The team brings expertise in data, analytics, media, customer experience and CRM, all of which help drive and inspire innovation and creativity. 

Nissan United is housed within TBWA, AdWeek’s 2021 Global Agency of the Year and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. TBWA is the Disruption agency, known for a long history of famous creative campaigns for some of the world’s greatest brands and home to Apple’s dedicated TBWAMedia Arts Lab. TBWA is at the cutting edge of building the most innovative agency models and teams. 

TBWAChiatDay Values

Our creative product is everyone’s responsibility.

We are tough on work. We are kind to each other.

When we take care of each other, the rest takes care of itself.
TBWAChiatDay Attitudes

Curiosity: Be open minded to ideas wherever they come; curious people are often unafraid of change;

Collaboration: Self-confidence without a big ego; work with all types of people;

Integrity: What we say is what we do; it is honesty and respect in our dealings with people;

Resourcefulness: To find ways to do whatever we have to do for our clients, and our people.
Location:
Given the nature of Media and the client assigned to this role, we are only considering candidates that currently live in or wish to relocate to Nashville, TN.