The Account Manager, Promotional Products Marketing, is responsible for leading the strategic management and execution of day-to-day promotional marketing programs, including branded merchandise and premium solutions. This role is responsible for overseeing program performance, ensuring exceptional client service, and driving results across a portfolio of accounts. The Account Manager takes full ownership of program planning, client relationship management, vendor oversight, and sales growth initiatives—delivering high-impact, brand-aligned solutions with a focus on quality, timeliness, and client satisfaction.
What you’ll do as an Account Manager:
Lead the management of promotional programs: Take full ownership of planning, executing, and optimizing promotional initiatives for a diverse client portfolio, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Oversee development and sales of custom promotional solutions: Strategically guide clients—from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies—through the creation and execution of tailored merchandise programs that support their brand and goals.
Direct product sourcing and vendor management: Lead vendor negotiations, secure competitive pricing, and ensure timely and accurate order fulfillment through strong supplier relationships.
Leverage integrated systems for order management: Utilize TSMGI’s integrated order entry system to oversee end-to-end order processing, ensuring efficiency and accuracy across all accounts.
Collaborate across departments to drive results: Partner with TSMGI’s Sports & Event Marketing teams to align on cross-functional initiatives and ensure successful program execution.
Manage fulfillment strategy and vendor performance: Oversee outsourced fulfillment operations, ensuring service level expectations are consistently met and optimized.
Lead resolution of client order issues: Act as the primary escalation point for order-related challenges, resolving issues efficiently to maintain service excellence and client trust.
Serve as the main point of contact for clients: Build and maintain strong, consultative relationships through consistent, proactive communication and value-driven support.
Oversee the full order lifecycle: Monitor all phases of the order process from initiation through delivery, ensuring a seamless client experience and adherence to quality standards.
Develop and maintain strategic client partnerships: Build deep, long-term relationships with key marketing managers and field service teams, acting as a trusted advisor and business partner.
What We're Looking For:
Possess over 5 years of relevant industry experience: Extensive background in branded or licensed apparel and merchandise sales, production/fulfillment, and order processing/management.
Demonstrate expertise in the Promotional Product Marketing industry: Proven knowledge and hands-on experience in the promotional products sector.
Take full ownership of responsibilities: Capable of independently managing and leading projects, rather than merely coordinating or facilitating.
Ensure precision and high standards across multiple accounts: Apply meticulous attention to detail to deliver exceptional results and maintain the highest quality standards across all client accounts.
Communicate strategically and professionally, both verbally and in writing: Provide clear, concise, and strategic communication with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to ensure alignment and success.
Craft impactful and persuasive copy: Leverage advanced copywriting skills to create compelling promotional content that aligns with client goals and drives business outcomes.
Exercise expert time management and prioritization: Oversee competing priorities with a focus on maximizing efficiency and meeting both client expectations and organizational objectives.
Drive merchandising strategies to maximize sales: Apply deep merchandising knowledge to develop programs that enhance product presentation and drive consumer interest.
Manage complex organizational tasks with precision: Balance multiple projects with high organizational acuity, ensuring effective multitasking while maintaining top-quality results.
Provide innovative solutions to client challenges: Take the lead in resolving issues with creative problem-solving to ensure continuous client satisfaction and project success.
Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships: Take a proactive, customer-centric approach to account management, ensuring long-term satisfaction and fostering partnerships with clients.
Key Deliverables for this Role:
Drive the achievement of client program goals: Take full ownership of client programs, ensuring they not only meet but exceed objectives, delivering measurable and impactful results.
Ensure exceptional client satisfaction through proactive engagement: Actively manage client relationships by gathering feedback and using insights to continuously improve service and outcomes.
Lead the management of deadlines and deliverables: Strategically prioritize and track tasks across multiple accounts, ensuring all project milestones are met and delivered on time.
Develop and execute visually impactful, sales-driven programs: Lead the design and implementation of programs that are not only engaging but specifically designed to drive sales and meet client goals.
Oversee consistent follow-through on projects and programs: Maintain full accountability for the execution and delivery of projects, ensuring high standards and client satisfaction.
Cultivate and manage strong vendor relationships: Take charge of building and maintaining strategic partnerships with key suppliers to optimize program success and outcomes.
Champion a values-driven culture within the organization: Lead by example in supporting and promoting a work environment that reflects TSMGI’s core values of integrity, collaboration, and service excellence.
Communicate strategically and effectively: Provide clear, insightful, and professional communication to clients, vendors, and team members to ensure alignment and successful outcomes.
Ensure financial responsibility and budget management: Manage resources effectively, ensuring all programs are delivered within budgetary guidelines and contribute to financial goals.
Maintain a positive, proactive leadership mindset: Lead with a can-do attitude, reinforcing a collaborative, family-oriented culture while driving results and fostering team success.
Since 2000, we have been committed to creating the next great thing for our clients.
In our early years, we were just a small sports marketing company that grew a promotions arm and later an event marketing team. Today, we are one cohesive force united by a common goal.
We want to create valuable, honest, and worthwhile work that has never been done before. And we want our competitors to find us really, really annoying. It is this straightforward attitude that keeps us learning and always on our toes.
With minimal layers of management, there is no bureaucracy. No excessive hoops to jump through. And no global headquarters, even though our reach delivers impactful experiences around the world.
We treat each other like family — not an impersonal hierarchy — and we’ve brought that thinking into markets we fill with innovative ideas and engaging programs.
Our hope is that our work is a little better, lasts a little longer, and helps our clients grow their brands a little faster.
We believe that “value” isn’t a dead concept. That “wow” moments are still possible. That excitement isn’t extinct. The next great thing is right around the corner, closer than you think.