Marketing Strategy Account Executive

Marketing Strategy Account Executive

Final date to receive applications: 20 February 2026

Department: Marketing

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Matt Pynn

ABOUT 54

GROUP:

54 is a sports and entertainment agency operating across five regions and ten offices:
United Kingdom (London & Manchester), Europe (Sotogrande, Spain), MENA (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), APAC (Vietnam, Singapore & Adelaide, Australia) and USA (West Palm Beach, Florida & New York). It works with rights holders, governing bodies, household brands and major investors who share its belief in the power of sport. 54 comprises three service areas each consisting of two divisions:
1. Strategic Advisory (Consultancy and Data & Insights), 2. Asset Optimisation (Operations and Commercial), 3. Activation & Engagement (Events and Marketing). At its core, the company has an unwavering belief in embracing the opportunities offered by pushing at the edges of conventional wisdom to turn the improbable into the unignorable.

ROLE OVERVIEW: We are looking for an enthusiastic, driven and creative Account Executive (Marketing Strategy & Account Services) to join the Strategy and Account Services team within the 54 Marketing division. This role supports the delivery of integrated marketing programmes across 54’s portfolio of Brand and Event Marketing clients
. You’ll help manage day-to-day client communications, support strategy development, and coordinate internal specialist teams to ensure work is delivered on time, on brief and to a high standard. Working closely with strategic and account leads, you’ll liaise with colleagues across Advertising, Brand & Creative, Earned Media, Social Media and Content, helping turn strategic direction into well-managed outputs and campaigns. The successful candidate will be based in 54’s Wimbledon office
, with some international travel to service clients around the world. An understanding and passion for sport (particularly golf), alongside awareness of the wider golf media landscape and an interest in marketing, is preferred. You’ll be highly organised, confident managing multiple projects and tight deadlines, and comfortable working across Microsoft Office applications with strong written and verbal communication skills.

Sitting within the Strategy and Account Services team, the Account Executive will support delivery across a diverse client portfolio, with responsibilities including:

• Support strategic leads in the development of marketing strategies, including research, competitor reviews, audience insights and channel recommendations.
• Help translate strategic direction into clear deliverables (briefs, timelines, asset lists, channel plans).
• Contribute to the development of client materials, including presentations, contact reports and recap documents.

Client Account Management

• Act as a day-to-day point of contact for clients alongside the account lead, ensuring responsive and professional communication.
• Maintain strong client relationships through clear updates, proactive follow-ups and consistent documentation.
• Support meeting preparation, agenda creation, note-taking, and action tracking to ensure momentum and accountability.

Project Management & Delivery

• Manage tasks and workflows across multiple work streams, ensuring deadlines, dependencies and approvals are clearly tracked.
• Coordinate internal teams and external suppliers to deliver work on time, on brief and within scope.
• Quality check outputs before client review, ensuring accuracy, consistency and attention to detail.

Marketing Consultancy & Integrated Coordination

• Support cross-channel campaign delivery, working with specialist teams across social, content, creative, advertising and earned media.
• Help brief internal teams clearly, ensuring objectives, deliverables, timelines and success measures are understood.
• Ensure alignment across channels so execution reflects the agreed strategy and brand standards.

Reporting, Analysis & Project Admin

• Support campaign and project reporting, including compiling updates, performance summaries and learnings.
• Assist with…