Senior Manager, Brands

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit

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The Senior Manager, Brands & Experiential is an integral position on Wasserman's Brands & Experiential Team, responsible for the successful delivery of agency projects, from brief to execution. The Senior Manager will ensure that all of the client deliverables and project milestones are delivered on-time, on-budget and of a quality expected by Wasserman and its clients.

Please note this position will be based in our Mexico City office and work a hybrid schedule.
What You'll Do

• Lead the development and execution of medium/large-scale projects with support from an account team and oversight from an associate account director and senior director.
• Multitasks and prioritizes own work, while also coordinating with others to meet deadlines and project milestones.
• Assists Associate Directors within the accounts to ensure flawless project delivery against the client's objectives and agreed budget.
• Strategically plans workflows based upon deliverables. Understands the nuances of how certain tasks affect others, and prioritizes those items in order to keep projects moving along.
• Supports Associate Directors in developing the relationships with Wasserman trusted suppliers and third parties.
• Able to efficiently and effectively move information around the project to keep team on track.
• Operates in an organized manner, even under tight deadlines.
• Manage day-to-day client relationships, establish credibility, and anticipate client needs.
• Balances workload of multiple projects, overseeing up to 3 activations at once.
• Work in a collaborative manner with all Wasserman account teams to ensure flawless project delivery against the client's objectives and agreed upon budget.
• Ensure projects are correctly budgeted for and meet expected financial targets.
• Develop, manage and reconcile project budgets of certain medium scale projects.
• Manages project reports, research and analysis to help inform strategic ideation around client initiatives.
• Maintains positive relationships with clients and partners (e.g. teams, leagues, partner agencies) to ensure account success and encourage new and repeat business opportunities.
• May take on specialized roles or projects to assist the team such as working directly with third party vendors or partner agencies to execute client programs.
• Ability to support and lead business development initiatives and enthusiasm for taking on new challenges while managing client work first and foremost.
• Understand the landscape for each client's business/sector as well as the context for their investments.
• Create a positive, collaborative, teamwork environment that aligns with Wasserman company culture and values.
• Troubleshoot and creative problem solve throughout projects.
• Follow all project processes and procedures to uphold quality standards.
• Ensure consistent positive working relationships between departments and other Wasserman Experience team members.
• Attend conferences, tradeshows, etc. as necessary to ensure Wasserman always provides best-in-class programs and continues to increase its product offering for industry-leading clients.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• 4+ years relevant experience (preferably in the experiential, sports or entertainment field)
• Ability to remain calm under pressure, work on multiple projects simultaneously and achieve deadlines
• Possess exceptional written and oral communication skills in Spanish and English.
• Capable of navigating tough issues and influencing those involved toward a desired outcome
• Ability to foresee issues developing before they arise and develop a solution as needed
• Must be comfortable working as an integral part of a team environment
• Continuously demonstrates solution-oriented mentality. Adapts easily to problems
• Focused and strong-minded with an ambition to help grow the company
• Lead and inspire other team members and generate positive morale
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload while coordinating with others to proactively meet deadlines
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment and possess a 'can-do' attitude at all times
• Strong attention to detail and highly organized
• Fully bilingual in Spanish and English.

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.