Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia • Full-time
DescriptionKOJO is a Sport, Experiences and Entertainment company with a mission to Captivate the World.
As part of our KOJO Sport team, we are seeking an Account Director, based in Brisbane, to nurture existing client relationships, as well as drive growth both with existing clients and new business. The role requires a high energy, entrepreneurial mindset, strategic thinking, deep understanding of our services and the sporting and brand activation industry, and a love of identifying and securing new business. This is a full-time permanent role which will require regular intrastate travel.
Working with the Group Account Director & Head of Partnerships and Growth, you will play a key role in identifying profitable growth areas, prioritising target clients across our service areas to build relationships and win new work. You will develop strong relationships with key existing clients to support the growth of these accounts and identify new opportunities to build profitable revenue.
KOJO's services cover the entire fan journey: brand and strategy development, marketing, digital, social, sports presentation, game-day production, content production, broadcast, streaming, events, commercial and activation work. Our clients include significant tournaments, national sporting bodies, clubs, and brands.
You will have strong experience and background across Sport and/or Live Experiences along with a significant network across Queensland. You will actively promote KOJO working in conjunction with the internal marketing team, always searching for new and innovative ways to build awareness and organically educate the industry on our business.
You will run a proactive internal reporting process that allows the KOJO executive team to have up-to-date and relevant information about the health of our client relationships, financial status, growth opportunities, risks or concerns, and profitability.
At KOJO, how we do business is as important as the business we do. KOJO operates under a 'one business' approach focusing on collaboration between our services to offer a unified offering to clients. It will be an important part of the role to monitor how the business is working and actively remove barriers to this approach. The role will require you to support internal team projects and tenders, working closely with other business areas, such as creative, strategy, content, digital, event, technical, and motion teams.
As an experienced Account Director, you will be capable of working in a fast-paced environment and have an attitude to 'go the extra mile', especially under tight deadlines. It is important that you have the ability to apply problem-solving skills to challenges, juggle multiple tasks at once, and have close attention to detail. People should love to work with you because you are caring, genuine, and positive even in the toughest of situations, always representing KOJO's values and attributes.
This role involves work in non-traditional hours including early mornings, late nights, weekends, and public holidays, and requires regular interstate travel.
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