Senior Account Executive

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE 

FIXED TERM CONTRACT: JULY 2025 – FEBRUARY 2026, SYDNEY BASED 

Octagon is a creative agency at the intersection of sport, entertainment, and culture. 

We believe in earning attention — not buying it. Through powerful partnerships and generous ideas, we help brands and rights holders create stories and experiences that fans and audiences love, share, and play with.

Our work spans everything from major event activations to creative campaigns, commercial strategy and brand partnerships. Some of the projects we’re proud of include: 

• Mastercard – The Sonic Trophy (https://www.octagon.com/work/mastercard-the-sonic-trophy/) 

• Unilever x FWWC23 – Not Done Yet (https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cvwt10UA609/) 

• ANZ x Brisbane Festival – Partnership Management (https://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/whats-on/2024/anz-festival-garden) 

About the Role: 

We’re on the hunt for a Fixed Term (June 2025 – February 2026) Senior Account Executive to support on some of our key client relationships, with a specific focus on athlete & partner liaison and management. 

The ideal candidate would be enthusiastic and dynamic, possessing a culture-driven mindset and the ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously. They are expected to bring their unique skill set and solution focused thinking to the role, always eager to learn and committed to going the extra mile to achieve results. 

This role has exposure to integrated projects across sport, arts, culture and entertainment partnerships, creative campaigns, digital, social, event activations, and hospitality, and reporting into the project team lead.   

What we’re looking for: 

A team player who is solutions focused with a keen attention to detail. We’re looking for someone with strong communication skills and the ability to speak to talent managers, partners, suppliers, stakeholders and clients confidentially.  

We’re after someone who: 

• Has 2-3+ years’ work experience in marketing, events, partnerships or talent management, ideally in a client service/account executive role  

• Has a solution-focused attitude and is keen to make things happen 

• Is proficient in creating and presenting decks in PowerPoint & strong Microsoft skill set  

• Is passionate about sport and entertainment, ideally with strong knowledge of Australian sports  

• Is collaborative in nature, with a “no job is too small” attitude  

• Has experience in managing and maintaining budgets  

• Has exceptional organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously  

• A strong eye for & attention to detail  

• Bonus: has worked with sporting talent or celebrities, and their management, in a previous role

What you’ll do: 

• Support all aspects of client and project management, including status calls, agendas, status tracker and contact reports  

• Set up and manage asset matrixes, timing plans and budget trackers  

• Assist in the development of briefing presentations for clients and suppliers  

• Brief our creative team on design concepts to support client work  

• Create and foster relationships with internal and external partners as well as outside vendors, production houses and talent managers  

• Liaise with clients, production and events teams and talent managers on locations and schedules  

• Work into project timelines, budgets, briefs and project statuses across multiple workstreams 

• Onboard and facilitate the payment of suppliers  

• Collate evidence and data to feed into a comprehensive post-event wrap report  

Why Join Us? 

You’ll get to work on bold, culturally relevant projects with an agency that cares about ideas, clients, and people equally. We believe in supporting each other, backing our people, and creating work we’re proud of.  

We offer: 

• A flexible hybrid work environment 

• A social, collaborative team culture 

• The chance to work with globally recognised brands and rights holders 

• Opportunities to grow your career within a global agency network 

Octagon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability or age. We strongly encourage members of the LGBTQIA+ and First Nations communities to apply for this position.