Vice President, Publicis Sports

Overview

Publicis Sport, the sports marketing division within Publicis Media, is seeking a Vice President in New York, NY. This role involves leading the oversight of the team, managing client relationships, and liaising with sports properties and media partnerships. Responsibilities include account management, new business acquisition, and strategic thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Account leadership on multiple accounts within Publicis
• Lead analysis and understanding of client business strategies and objectives
• Utilize understanding to identify, develop, and deliver high-value marketing recommendations and executions
• Motivate and manage a team in the creation, development, and execution of strategies, solutions, tactics, and programs
• Facilitate team building through collaborative management style, open communication, and focused project management
• Build, maintain, and grow client relationships at all levels
• Build, maintain, and grow relationships with rights holders and media owners and internal agency counterparts
• Play active role in major agency new business pitches
• Maintain superior knowledge of the dynamic marketplace/client needs to react quickly to identify unique opportunities for revenue growth
• Strong interpersonal and management skills with the ability to influence senior-level decision makers, internal and external, in order to reach goals and objectives

Qualifications

• Minimum 12+ years Sports Marketing experience
• Strong senior-level industry relationships
• Experience in an agency environment
• History of success in supporting new business acquisitions
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically
• Self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to interact with people at all levels of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and results
• Significant experience in a service, delivery, and/or customer-focused organization
• Core competencies including Sports media knowledge, sports marketing strategy, sport media relationships and media buying/planning experience
• Possess significant (industry, property) marketing partnership/sponsorship experience, ideally within an agency setting
• Excel at handling expectations with multiple partners
• Strong Project Management skills, managing across several workstreams to connect all of the dots
• Excellent Presentation development (PowerPoint) and Excel skills a must
• Strong written and verbal communication skills a must
• Confident and comfortable presenting to senior clients and partners
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically
• Self-starter who works well in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Proven ability to lead and interact with people at all levels of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and results
• Existing relationships with sport properties and media members

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMTTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Compensation Range: USD $159,695.00 - USD $255,645.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/5/2026.