Director, Entertainment Marketing & Advisory

Beverly Hills, CA (On-site)

$113K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own and lead talent partnerships for brands across paid, earned, owned, and experiential channels, driving strategic talent selection, negotiations, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver measurable campaigns.

  • Own end-to-end partnership lifecycle and partner ecosystem
  • Provide strategic counsel on talent, culture, and risk
  • Lead negotiations and cross-functional execution

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead comprehensive talent partnerships that align with brand objectives, cultural trends, and broader marketing initiatives.
  • Identify, evaluate, secure, and execute celebrity, creator, athlete, musician, and entertainment partnerships for brands, across their paid, earned, owned and experiential channels. Oversee the full partnership lifecycle—from opportunity identification and talent sourcing through post-campaign measurement.
  • Provide strategic counsel on talent selection, cultural relevance, risk assessment, usage rights, and partnership optimization.
  • Lead complex talent negotiations in partnership with Business Affairs and legal teams, balancing budget considerations and production/service requirements. Fundamental understanding of SAG agreements and implications is a must.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with talent representatives, agencies, managers, publicists, production companies, studios, networks, streamers, and other key industry partners.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with brand, internal teams and third party stakeholders (IATs) across production, strategy, creative, experiential, communications, media and legal.
  • Lead day-to-day client relationships, maintaining account organization and regular communications with the brand.
  • Oversee project timelines, budgets and forecasting, across multiple client engagements.
  • Develop executive-level presentations, strategic POVs, talent recommendations, and client-facing proposals that drive strategic decision-making.
  • Contribute to business development by identifying growth opportunities, generating upstream insights, and supporting new business pitches.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Media Studies, Entertainment, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience in entertainment marketing, talent partnerships, and/or influencer marketing.
  • Extensive experience developing and executing celebrity, creator, athlete, and entertainment partnership strategies for leading brands.
  • Proven track record leading high-profile talent negotiations and managing complex partnership agreements from inception through execution.
  • Deep understanding of the entertainment industry, including established relationships across production, talent, studios, and digital platforms, and familiarity with Gen Z-focused content and talent
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple high-priority client engagements simultaneously while delivering exceptional client service.
  • Strong creative, strategic, and business acumen with experience developing compelling creative briefs, pitch decks, and content proposals
  • Excellent communication, presentation, storytelling, negotiation, and relationship management skills, including engagement with executive stakeholders
  • Experience managing direct reports, account financials and revenue planning.
  • Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
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WME | William Morris Endeavor

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WME is the world’s preeminent talent agency. With over 125 years of experience, WME enables artists, athletes and brands to grow their businesses, leverage the full potential of their intellectual property, and bring projects to life that define the cultural landscape. WME’s expertise spans books, comedy, digital media, fashion, film, food, licensing, music, sports, television, theater, and more. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, WME’s office locations include Australia, Chicago, China, London, Miami, Nashville, and New York. WME is part of WME Group, a global network of businesses that represent the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands. For more information, please visit www.wmeagency.com.

Founded in 2009
Beverly Hills, California, USA
1.8K employees (511 in marketing)
49% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$113K/yr – $150K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
303 (17% of company)
Median Career Experience
5 years
Median Tenure
3.5 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$650M
Last Raise
$400M
Private Equity, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2017
    Private Equity • $400M
  • Mar 2016
    Private Equity • $250M
  • May 2012
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
89.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.7%
Direct
51.5%
Referral
7.2%
Social
2%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.8K

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