Kyra

Account Lead, Sports & Entertainment (US, Fully Remote, ET Hours)

New York Metropolitan Area, Remote. Posted 11 days ago

The role

You will own a single large sports and entertainment account end to end. You will manage two Campaign Managers and oversee creator programs for sportsbook, fantasy, and live events.

What you will do

  • Own the client relationship and retention
  • Manage the operating playbook for casting, outreach, and reporting
  • Set casting strategy, creator profiles, and negotiation approaches
  • Ensure compliance with age gates, state restrictions, and platform policies
  • Oversee live campaigns from outreach to content go-live
  • Track creator spend and delivery against the contracted plan
  • Manage two Campaign Managers by setting priorities and reviewing work
  • Monitor performance and adjust creator mix or creative based on data
  • Conduct debriefs to improve future campaigns

Required qualifications

  • 5+ years agency-side running creator programmes for sportsbook, DFS or fantasy brands, or US league partnerships (NFL, NBA)
  • Ability to show real numbers including CPV targets, creator/post volumes, and turnaround times
  • Experience owning a senior client relationship including difficult conversations
  • Experience managing Campaign Managers while staying close to the work
  • Fluency in views, CPV and CPM
  • Knowledge of FTC disclosure and compliance rules around betting content
  • US-based
  • Working EST hours
  • Not currently working on a competing sportsbook, DFS or betting brand
  • Organised, direct and calm when plans change at short notice
  • Experience in a fast-growing business or account
  • Already using Claude or similar AI tools to do real work with own workflows

Benefits

  • Remote-first
  • 25 days PTO + bank holidays
  • 3 wellness days
  • Paid sick leave
  • Annual Learning and Development budget
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Healthcare coverage for US-based team members

About the company

Kyra is an enterprise influencer marketing platform working with brands like SharkNinja, Coach, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Converse. Their platform manages the full lifecycle of creator discovery, campaign management, content review, payments, and analytics.