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Guided by a Human First philosophy, VML is known for its innovative work for brands and consistently ranks among the world’s leading creative companies, including the WARC Creative 100. VML’s global network spans 55+ markets with principal offices in Buenos Aires, Kansas City, London, New York, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. \nVML is part of WPP, the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. Powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform WPP Open, WPP unites cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. \nFor more information, please visit www.vml.com and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.\nAbout the job\nAt VML Live, 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.\nWe 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 worldwide locations, we are proud to be part of the Wunderman Thompson global network, and a WPP Group agency.\nThis role provides an exciting opportunity to join a large WPP agency team managing global activation and content for a major F1 team partner brand.\nWe’re looking for a driven Senior Partnership Manager to play a lead role in liaising with the F1 team, other WPP agencies, our client’s global brand team and our client’s central partnership team, as we work to support them in delivering their partnership activation plans with best-in-class project management.\nBased at our office, Sea Containers in Blackfriars, the Senior Partnership Manager will work within a five person immediate Brand team which sits within a wider client team of 14. This is a client facing role, with line management responsibilities, which provides extensive autonomy and significant opportunity for growth.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nAct as a key senior member of the account management team with the confidence, knowledge and experience to guide the client with a solutions-driven focus\nDay to day responsibility for development and delivery of complex creative content projects, all with the aim of bringing to life our client’s F1 partnership for their key target audiences\nTake the lead in working closely with the brand team, regional/end market clients and relevant internal teams to ensure all activation plans are proactively delivered to a high standard with full approval of the F1 team and internal client stakeholders as required\nManage, influence, and maintain a productive partnership with the core client, their regions and end markets.\nWork across multiple projects with seamless efficiency\nDevelop and maintain a strong working relationship with the F1 team to foster a collective culture of creativity, problem solving and positivity\nPossess outstanding project management skills and a high level of organisation\nCoordinating and collaborating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules\nSupport the Account Director with regular client and F1 team reporting\nExpand our current business relationships by identifying and securing growth opportunities as part of the dedicated projects and across the wider business\nMaintain an awareness of best practice in sponsorship activation to fully maximise the potential of market activation plans\nKEY REQUIREMENTS\nExtensive experience of managing complex and creative content projects\nAppropriate years of account management experience, preferably working within F1 or with another major sports sponsor and their markets on a global basis\nExperience in working to tight deadlines as well as successfully managing complex client finance, briefs and proposals\nProven ability to juggle multiple work streams, stakeholders and projects with a flexible attitude\nInternational mindset with the ability to operate in global regions seamlessly when required\nConfident communicator with experience of successfully managing client expectation\nEnthusiasm, energy and an innovative approach to the role\nAgile mindset and ability to pivot as project requirements change\nResilient and forward thinking in nature\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with impeccable attention to detail\nStrong team player with a positive attitude and desire to grow both personally and professionally as the role requires\nDemonstrate the ability to generate creative ideas that make our current and prospective clients sit up and notice\nA willingness to travel both inside and outside of the UK as may be required from time to time\nAbility to write and speak a leading foreign language, whilst not essential, would be beneficial\nA passion for entertainment, culture, and sport is highly sought after\nWe believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office an average of four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.\nWPP (VML) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. \nWhen you click \"Submit Application\", this will send any information you add below to VML. Before you do this, we think it's a good idea to read through our Recruitment Privacy Policy. California residents should read our California Recruitment Privacy Notice. 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