Account Manager or Senior Account Manager – Sport

The role

We are the largest global socially-led creative agency, with unrivalled social media and influencer marketing expertise. With over 1,200 people in four continents, we deliver a global perspective to our clients in a time when social media is shaping culture.

We’re proud to be a multi award-winning agency, with Cannes Lions, One Show, Webby and Shorty Awards, to name but a few. Our most recent work has seen us help Amazon Music, Activision and Adidas deliver some of their biggest and most innovative campaigns to date.

As well as creating for clients, we help educate the wider industry. Our Instagram publication The Feed tracks culture at the speed of social. 6,500 people registered or tuned into our events last year, and our reports garnered more than 20 million views.

Requirements

The Opportunity 

Are you obsessed with sport, culture and the conversations that bring fans together?

Do you thrive in fast-moving environments where creativity, strategy and delivery matter more than job titles and departments?

Can you spot opportunities where others see noise, helping brands earn a meaningful place in the moments that matter most?

Are you ready to challenge convention and help rewrite the rules of sports marketing?

We Are looking for an experienced Senior Account Manager to join an established team here in London who are pushing the boundaries of marketing for world-class sporting brands like Lucozade, adidas, PepsiCo, Lego and others. You will have experience in always-on social strategy, content production and be used to managing day to day demands of your clients and team. You will be managing strategically important clients within We Are Social. You will have experience working with a Senior Account Director to lead campaign management for multi-million £ budgets and can explain how you have worked cross-departmental, to ensure alignment and deadlines have been met.

What You’ll Have Delivered Elsewhere

• Coordinated campaigns within given timelines, to budget and to the exceptionally high standard expected from our clients.
• Delivered high-profile productions with talent to ensure smooth operations and meeting the expectations of the client.
• Sustained success with a client over an extended period of time (retained relationship / client growth)
• Successfully identified opportunities with existing clients that have turned into future briefs and helped to grow the account.
• Led teams across production, research, strategy, creative, and editorial to deliver goals and measurable impact.
• Created captivating content from scratch and breathe new life into existing assets that have delivered high levels of engagement
• Demonstrable social expertise – you’ll be expected to draw on your knowledge of trends, developments and new technology through a genuine passion for social and provide recommendations to clients that are adopted.
• Orchestration of multiple workstreams / projects across multiple accounts whilst overseeing a team for delivery
• Ensuring all activities comply with established sign-off processes.
• Created client report presentations as required and appropriate, and managed status reporting both internally and externally.
• The ability to present confidently on camera and manage shoots independently

What Else Are We Looking For?

• Always takes full accountability for your results/deliverables
• Experience working on a fast paced account
• Being solutions-driven and be confident in vocalising them 
• Experience minimising the need for clients/stakeholders to escalate issues above me or to require unnecessary input from my colleagues
• Will Contribute new ideas and points internally which are then taken forward/adopted

Benefits

Our Culture and the Nice Stuff

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion runs in the water here at We Are Social. We are transparent about the changes that are needed, we are focused on making real strides, both internally and within the industry and we strive to truly be a workplace that represents, supports and advocates for ALL. Our Charter for Change in the UK  can be found here which details our focus areas across People, Work and Culture in 2026.

Inclusion at every level is crucial to creative innovation and success, and we want to create a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. We welcome and encourage talent from ALL backgrounds and are committed to creating a representative team that can deliver creative excellence. If you require any support, adjustments or accommodations for any reason whatsoever during the recruitment process, please let us know via [email protected]

So let’s get to the good stuff,  we offer all those things you would naturally expect; 25 days holiday, pension scheme & life assurance. But what we love most is connection, so we have our WAS Passport and Work From Anywhere schemes which allow you to truly connect to colleagues all over the world! 

But what’s life around here really like day-to-day? Well, we ask our people regularly what they think about us/their role and here are some of the most common things they say:

• I value my manager we have a good relationship
• We love to ‘get social’ with the people I work with
• Trusted to get on with the job, without ‘micro-management’!

If this all sounds like the place you have been waiting to find then apply now! What are you waiting for?