Hospitality Manager, Experiential

Who We Are:160over90 is an award-winning global marketing agency which forges stronger human connections and creates shared moments where people feel something real. With 800 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, Amazon, Coca-Cola, DP World, Macy’s, Marriott International, McDonald’s, Verizon and Visa. 160over90 is part of WME Group, a global representation business comprising the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands.

The Role and What You’ll Do:

160over90 is seeking an Account Manager to join the Hospitality Team. The Account Manager will play an integral role to lead and execute hospitality focused experiential programming for key 160/90 clients across multiple US markets.
 

• Lead the management, planning, coordination, and execution of client’s activation and event strategy and execution across multiple US markets
• Interact daily with client, partner agencies, properties, vendors, and other stakeholders relevant to support client activation initiatives
• Maintains initiative-taking, positive, and open line of communication with client and account teams to ensure understanding of deliverable timelines and roles and responsibilities
• Participate in the ideation, development and implementation of activation plans against the established criteria
• Liaise/interface with internal cross-functional departments and with external agency partners and vendors
• Develop presentations and client materials to support activation and or event strategy and implementation
• Manage all creative ideation approval processes with key stakeholders and clients
• Assist with strategic and creative concept development
• Provide oversight and management of success metrics, internal tracking documents, weekly updates and program recaps
• Maintain final electronic files through the process as required by company standard operating procedures
• Manage activation related administrational and budget/accounting matters, including payments to vendors
• Responsible for accurate program forecasting and updating business management system with current financials up until the file is turned over to operations
• Assist Client Services team in managing and planning site inspection documents
• Ability to negotiate preferred rates, terms and conditions, along with understanding of common contractual industry elements that influence key decisions
• High-level of accuracy and diligence.

You Have These:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Certified Meeting Professional, Meeting Manager, Event Professional (CMP, CMM, CSEP), Project Management certifications or similar preferred
• A minimum of 5+ years of agency or client-based experiential marketing, account management, hospitality or similar planning background
• Knowledge in MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events) Industry
• Experience in planning, sourcing, and designing with a hotel, convention center, DMC, Production Company, or 3rd Party Agency
• Previous experience in managing internal team members
• Capable of managing multiple projects independently and diligently while delivering under time pressure towards pre-defined goals
• Prior experience managing day-to-day relationships with client, agency(s) and vendors
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and attention to detail
• Enthusiastic and flexible team player with proactive approach to think strategically and creatively
• Ability to problem-solve independently and in groups
• Willing and able to work nonstandard work hours, weekends and travel as required
• Ability to plan and carry out responsibilities with passion, a can-do attitude, and minimal direction
• A team player with a positive attitude who can handle stressful situations and deadlines calmly

How we work: 

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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