Director, Talent & Influencers Jobs

UEG is an award-winning global agency specializing in entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing. We create breakthrough marketing by leveraging the people, places and platforms that shape pop culture. Our suite of services includes celebrity/influencer programming, music-film-tv/digital-sports partnerships, communications, branded content and experiential.

The team at UEG is a dynamic group, bringing together best-in-class expertise across entertainment, sports and lifestyle, paired with a strong understanding of brand building and effective marketing communications. This is a work hard, play hard environment where a true passion for culture are married with the desire to create business changing work for our clients.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the full lifecycle of a project from New Business/Strategy/Planning to Execution/Wrap
• Actively participate in agency brainstorm sessions, on topics and clients, throughout the organization
• Responsible for conducting relevant research and vetting influencer candidates (against criteria, for competitive partnerships, looking at upcoming projects, utilizing existing databases, etc.).
• Educate UEG colleagues and sister agencies on the latest news within the digital influencer landscape
• Drive execution on projects, ensuring seamless execution on deliverables
• Understand internal operations and inter-team cooperation
• Own the creation of influencer contracts with a strong knowledge in Federal Trade Commission Guidelines (FTC) and standard deal points
• Dashboard Database – stay current on ongoing updates to our influencer database that will alleviate the need to draft new slides when we recommend influencers & talent
• Bring a network of partners and potential client connections
• Able to articulate business requirements of the account – both external and internal to ensure projects are running on schedule
• Negotiate with influencers for campaigns and brand programs.
• Provide client service administration including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls and compiling competitor coverage
• Consistently fielding and building pitch decks for potential new business opportunities and existing agency cliental
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, trends and influencers
• Team Meeting Schedule – to discuss who needs help and how we can support each other
• Demonstrate professional behaviors and pursuit of excellence in all operations
• In conjunction with internal partners and agencies, contribute content ideas that can express appropriate key brand messaging points in ways that can resonate with the targeted consumer and demographic
• Lead by example; demonstrate proven strong work ethic
• Manage and execute 4-10 campaigns at a time for a portfolio of major CPG and beauty brands, ensuring deadlines are hit, deliverables are completed, etc.
• Manage existing relationships within the digital influencer community (MCN’s, Talent Agencies, Content Creators, Media Platforms, etc.)
• Ensure deliverables and timelines are communicated effectively to all stakeholders
• Maintain reliable and accurate pipeline projections
• Manage down, across and up by working closely with staff and peers
• Serve as subject matter expert
• Manage and develop junior level teammates
• Participate in the brainstorming of Influencers (Digital & Social) for relevant programs
• Collaborate with internal business practices across all disciplines to identify project opportunities for new and existing clients
• Strategically identify Influencers (Digital & Social) for brand campaigns and programs, in a way that helps maximize ROI and will hit brand KPIs. Influencer (Social & Digital)

Qualifications:

• Strong industry contacts a must (agents, managers, publicists, and attorneys, etc.)
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Experience managing the creation and negotiation of influencer contracts with a strong knowledge in Federal Trade Commission Guidelines (FTC) and standard deal points
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and written and oral communications skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and demonstrated ability to delegate tactical assignments and accurately judge and edit work of others
• Understand key client information including business strategy, industry issues, products and services, key customers and competitors
• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
• Ability to think creatively on your feet and take initiative to improve or create effective processes
• Familiar with best practice integrated Communications Marketing tactics and tools and will be able to recommend them to his/her clients
• Proven ability to manage large projects and small teams on one or more sizable accounts
• Stay on top of trends and plugged into the digital community Strong relationships with influencer representatives.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to deliver quality recommendations
• Experience identifying and securing Influencers (Digital & Social) for brand campaigns

PAY RANGE: $65,000 - $94,000

An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

United Entertainment Group is a global entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing agency and part of the DJE Holdings network. UEG creates breakthrough marketing with the people, properties and platforms that shape culture, and has been recognized with industry awards including Cannes Lions, Clios, OneShow, Sabre Awards, Tellys, and more. UEG, founded in 2007, is headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, London, Hamburg and Tokyo and works with FORTUNE 500 companies, celebrities, athletes and leading media properties.

For more information visit http://www.uegworldwide.com .

United Entertainment Group is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage racially and ethnically diverse people, members of the LGBTQ community, veterans, parents, individuals with disabilities and members of any and all protected classes to apply.