About Us

Verve is a Live Event and Brand Experience Agency that uses the power of live experience to win the hearts and minds of consumer and business audiences. Verve has offices in Dublin, London & Amsterdam and, as part of The Opus Group, we have partners throughout Europe and across the globe.

We are looking for a talented and experienced Sponsorship Account Director to join our London team on a permanent basis. As an Account Director at Verve, you will lead client relationships, oversee sponsorship campaigns, and drive experiential strategies. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of high-profile clients, ensuring exceptional delivery of sponsorship programs, partnerships, and live experiences.

This role requires a strategic thinker with strong leadership, client servicing, and project and team management skills to execute innovative brand activations across multiple touchpoints.

Roles & Responsibilities 

Client & Account Management:

• Serve as the senior point of contact for clients, developing strong and trusted relationships.
• Lead strategic planning and execution of our sponsorship and event activations.
• Oversee end-to-end client servicing, ensuring project objectives, timelines, and budgets are met.
• Identify opportunities to grow client accounts and drive additional revenue.

Sponsorship & Partnership Strategy:

• Develop and implement sponsorship strategies that align with client objectives.
• Manage sponsorship rights, assist with client partnership contracts, and achieve their deliverables.
• Work closely with brands, rights holders, and stakeholders to maximize partnership value.
• Analyse the sponsorship performance against pre-determined KPI’s and provide insights for future optimisation.

Event Management & Activation:

• Lead the development and execution of live experiences, including events, activations, and experiential marketing campaigns.
• Oversee event logistics, budgeting, and on-site execution.
• Collaborate with internal creative, production, and digital teams to deliver engaging activations.
• Ensure seamless execution of sponsorship assets across physical and digital platforms.

Team Leadership & Collaboration:

• Manage and mentor account managers and executives, fostering their professional growth.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including creative, production, and digital teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, vendors, and media.

Financial & Business Development:

• Manage budgets, financial forecasting, and profitability for assigned accounts.
• Consistently identify new business opportunities and contribute to agency growth across all sponsorships and partnerships.
• Lead and participate in new business pitches and proposal development.

The Person 

• 1-3 years as an experienced Account Director
• 7+ years of experience in sponsorship, brand partnerships, rights holder, events, or experiential marketing.
• Strong understanding of sponsorship rights, brand activation, and event management.
• Proven track record in managing high-value clients and delivering successful campaigns.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on revenue growth.
• Strong budget and Excel understanding
• Creative and PowerPoint know how to ensure constant evolution of brief responses
• Experience in further sectors away from sports such as entertainment, lifestyle, or corporate sponsorships is a plus.

Join Us!

• Working with the best in the business
• Be part of a dynamic and creative team in an ever expanding agency
• Great company culture (really) and fantastic office environment
• Year-round CSR and D&I programmes and opportunity
• Sustainability Mandate (Verve is B Corp certified), Volunteering projects, Give Back mentoring experiences
• Active Social activities within the London team and wider agency group
• Hybrid working between the London office in Bermondsey, London Bridge and WFH

Role Package

• Salary depending on experience
• Phone bill paid (up to £60 per month)
• 20 days holidays (excl paid holidays at Christmas between office close and New Year’s reopen)
• Private Healthcare (once employed with Verve for 1 year)
• Contributory pension
• TOIL (Paid Time Off in Lieu for working weekends / bank holidays)
• Bike To Work Scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme

The Verve Office Model

The Verve team operates a Hybrid working model between the London office on Bermondsey Street and working from home. We expect Tuesday – Thursdays in the office to allow for collaboration and learning. We always want to encourage a great social culture in the office.

Sustainability 

We’ve been championing sustainability in our events and brand experience with ISO20121 certification for a solid decade.We added ISO 14001 in 2023 and in 2024, we proudly became B Corp certified across all three of our offices.

B Corp represents our commitment to using our agency as a force for good in the world across 5 pillars: environment, community, employees, customers and governance. Both B Corp and ISO require regular audits to maintain certification.

Equal Opportunities

Verve is an equal opportunities employer.  We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy. Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is integral to Verve. We know that for our business to thrive and to realise its ambition, we depend on having a diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees