Account Executive, Sports Management

Who We Are

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euro league Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and P .

IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO) is a premium sports and entertainment company. TKO owns iconic properties including UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization; WWE, the global leader in sports entertainment; and P , the world’s premier bull riding organization. Together, these properties reach 1 billion households across 210 countries and territories and organize more than 500 live events year-round, attracting more than three million fans.

TKO also services and partners with major sports rights holders through IMG, an industry-leading global sports marketing agency; and On Location, a global leader in premium experiential hospitality.

• Responsible for supporting on multiple key accounts with a variety of tasks across the IMG sports portfolio to achieve the department’s objective of creating best in class client servicing
• Assist in the day-to-day management of tasks across the Sports Management accounts – working with the relevant Account Managers, Account Director and Vice President
• Developing clear and concise internal and external presentations/reports – pre and post event
• Ensuring internal systems and tools such as Stadium and Legal Online are up-to-date and accurate
• Assist in contract management and the creation of rights audits
• Assist in broadcaster management across key client accounts
• Assist and track the progress of key initiatives to be delivered by the team within Sports Management
• Assist in the creation of key client presentations and documentation
• Assist in the creation of sales collateral and market reports/playbooks as required by the business and clients
• Assist with arranging meetings and the creation of detailed notes to summarise and distribute internally and externally
• Work with multiple areas of the business on a day-to-day basis including – commercial, new business, finance, legal, creative, strategy, production, distribution, digital, brand partnerships and others
• Attend events on an ad-hoc basis to support with a multitude of tasks
• To learn and develop expert-level operational skills across our key client portfolio to ensure all accounts are optimised to deliver against key business objectives
• You may also be required to carry out any other duties which are within the scope and purpose of the job

• Knowledge of the media industry
• Knowledge of the tennis and motor sport industry
• Ability to learn and closely follow business practices, resources and personnel within IMG Media
• Good commercial acumen
• Numerate and analytical in order to understand and interpret data
• Ability to present at all levels both internally and externally
• Experience achieving long-range objectives and implementing the strategies and actions to achieve them
• Experience of working in sports/entertainment media

• Very strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent relationship building and networking skills
• Excellent time management skills, ability to work calmly under pressure whilst meeting deadlines
• Team player and a self-starter
• Committed to client service excellence and quality business relationships
• Organisational skills that enable the individual to prioritise a varied work-load. Priorities will often change to dictate focus of work – the candidate must have the ability to handle competing demands and last‑minute changes effectively
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office software, including Word, Excel,…