At Prism, we inspire growth for ambitious brands through sport and entertainment. For more than 25 years, we’ve made it our mission to engage audiences across the world’s biggest sports, major competitions and bespoke experiences. We work solely for brands, and we are rights-holder agnostic, meaning that we won’t compromise on driving the best results and ROI for our clients through their sport and entertainment partnerships.

We are a close-knit, collaborative team with a unique and vibrant culture. Clients value our creativity, our innovative thinking and our strategic, insight-based approach to every challenge. With our HQ in London with offices in other key locations, we are proud to be a division of VML and a WPP Group agency.

Prism is offering an exciting opportunity to become part of a large agency, we are looking for a Senior Experiential Manager to deliver an exciting role with a major F1 team partner. The role will see you working as part of a dynamic agency team managing global activations, partnership rights and assets, digital projects and events for a global client. We are looking for someone who will hit the ground running and create an immediate impact within our agency and across our client accounts.

The Senior Experiential Manager will play a key role within a wider collaborative team of approximately twelve. The core team delivers hospitality programmes at F1 races around the world on behalf of the client, in addition to internal events and F1 team HQ events, as well as consulting on and managing global market partnership activations. Ideally, you should be familiar with and passionate about sports sponsorships and F1, along with demonstrating a solid understanding of brand awareness, sport partnership activations and event delivery, particularly guest hospitality programmes, to a high level.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Show senior leadership throughout the account team and deliver to the highest standards on behalf of the agency and our client at events
Demonstrate a solutions-driven focus and think on your feet to prevent problems occurring before they’ve happened
Support the Account Director in leading and motivating the team to deliver successful Client hospitality programmes and race activations
Liaise directly with senior client and quickly establish ‘trusted advisor’ status
Manage, influence and maintain a productive partnership with the core client and regional/end market offices
Lead key aspects of our client’s global events calendar across the year where required - your events work will involve delivering F1 race hospitality programmes as part of a wider events team so a strong understanding of and experience in hospitality logistics is essential
Guide the client’s partner agencies to ensure consistency throughout their global events programme and local partnership activations
Expand our current business relationships by identifying and securing growth opportunities as part of the dedicated client project/s and across the wider business
Coordinate and collaborate with cross-discipline team members to ensure that all parties are on-track and kept up to date with project requirements, deadlines and schedules
Prepare status reports by gathering, analysing and summarising relevant information
Facilitate change requests whilst ensuring that all parties are informed of any impacts to schedules/budgets
Conduct post-event evaluations for all events, identifying successful, unsuccessful elements and room for improvement
Management of complex global budgets, negotiations with Clients/suppliers and timely reconciliation of all project/race budgets
Manage hospitality suppliers (transportation, accommodation, photography) and ensure events are GDPR- and H&S-compliant
Review client activation proposals and coordinate approvals with key stakeholders including the F1 team
Manage display / partnership asset requests and accompanying activation plans against partnership guidelines
Willingness to travel when required and for long periods where necessary

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with impeccable attention to detail
Professional experience and proven track record in full event delivery for major hospitality programmes in sport
Strong budgeting/finance skills within major events background
Ability to work independently while delivering high quality work on deadline
Team player with a positive attitude and ability to lead and inspire a team
International mindset with ability to operate in global regions simultaneously
Excellent organisation skills; confident in managing multiple work streams across various projects
Enthusiasm, energy and an innovative approach to the role
Confidence and professionalism to engage with clients at a senior level
Line management experience
The desire to immerse yourself in our agency environment and to contribute to the wider agency culture

In addition to the day-to-day, this role offers the opportunity to become a part of an ambitious and hardworking team with a passionate, nurturing and trusting culture. We provide competitive benefits, a flexible working model and initiatives that support your career and wellbeing and enable creativity to flourish including; 28 days holiday (+bank holidays), gym membership, ClassPass, HeadSpace, Private Medical insurance to name a few.

At Prism, a WPP Company, we are committed to actively building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued and heard, and is treated with dignity and respect. As leaders and creative partners across industries, it is our responsibility to cultivate an environment reflective of our greatest asset; our people. We believe that this commitment inspires growth and delivers equitable outcomes for everyone as well as the clients and communities we serve.

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Senior Experiential Manager