Senior Manager, Brands (gaming/esports)

Wasserman is a global sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing agency with expertise in creating connections between brands, properties, talent, and consumers. Today, Wasserman offers global expertise in Athlete Management, Marketing, and Media. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman also has offices in New York, Miami, Encinitas, Raleigh, London, Toronto, Dubai, and Mexico City.

Wasserman’s Brands division is looking for a motivated individual to join one of our priority client account teams. The role will lead the day-to-day management of select partnerships, developing and executing core experiential, social, and digital programs, as well as supporting broader strategic initiatives across the business. This position is responsible for leading, developing and managing a variety of current and prospective business relationships, sponsorships, and other partnerships in order to ensure client satisfaction.

Duties:

• Leads the day-to-day management of select partnerships, with responsibility for crafting, executing, and measuring key sponsorship, experiential, social, digital and programs.
• Supports the research and strategy work leading into key partnership exploration, specifically in the gaming, esports, and web 3.0 ecosystem; assists the internal team with partner negotiations.
• Takes on specialized roles or projects, including working with properties, agencies, and client teams to execute programs.
• Helps cross functional team Leads with event logistics planning, implementation, and execution as applicable.
• Performs research and analysis of various demographics and statistics to help inform strategies and initiatives.
• Monitors media, trends and changing sports, entertainment and cultural landscape to keep company executives and team members aware and to maintain Wasserman’s position as the most knowledgeable in the industry.
• Works creatively with client team members to develop decks and report materials.
• Coordinates client and company programs through various tools such as email, phone calls, and conference calls.
• Performs various tasks as needed by internal team members such as research, reports, daily updates, editing of materials, etc.
• Stays up to date on client product / service offering and is able to thoughtfully present to potential partners.
• Learns and manages client-facing project management systems and legal processes for the purposes of supporting the creation and approval of different project documents.
• Maintains positive relationships with clients to encourage new and repeat business opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required
• 5+ years relevant experience with minimum 3 years of direct experience in account and project management(preferably in Gaming Publisher, Tournament Organizer, esports Team or Gaming Talent agency).
• Tertiary understanding of US Telecommunication brands and wired and wireless product offerings
• Up-to-date knowledge of the gaming / esports landscape and relevant gaming culture with a working knowledge of what is happening across culture today
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Suite, particularly with PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Must be able to multi-task and self-manage to meet deadlines and handle multiple priorities.
• Must be flexible and comfortable to assume multiple roles as needed by the team.
• Possess exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Carries out responsibilities with minimal direction.
• Motivated, goal oriented, persistent and a skilled negotiator.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
• Ability to think creatively in a team environment.
• Must be flexible and react calmly under stressful circumstances.