Senior Manager, Celebrity Partnerships

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 11 days ago

Job Summary

Own and manage celebrity talent casting and end-to-end project delivery for brand campaigns, coordinating with strategy, creative, and business affairs teams.

  • Own talent negotiations and contracts in partnership with legal
  • Oversee shoots, events, and campaigns across geographies
  • Maintain strong relationships with agents, managers and publicists

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Provide custom talent casting ideas for our clients based on their strategic business goals, target audience(s) and budget.
  • Contribute to, as needed, presentations/decks for clients and talent.
  • Negotiate firm offers/term sheets and contracts in partnership with Omnicom Legal, outside counsel and/or client internal Legal.
  • Manage agency/client relationships with contracted celebrity talent to ensure timely and accurate completion of their SOW, including but not limited to shoots (advertising, PR, content), approval of campaign materials, major PR events/appearances, social media obligations, ad-hoc interviews, speaking engagements, etc.
  • Provide onsite management/support at brand events and shoots (domestic and international)
  • Provide strategic counsel to clients and creative/account teams about how to best leverage and partner with their celebrity talent (starting with casting and through the duration of the relationships)
  • Advise on crisis management, if needed.
  • When necessary, directly organize (or oversee the organization of) key logistics related to celebrity talent (e.g., negotiate glam deals, security, car services, schedules, etc.)
  • Build and manage project budgets and oversee post-project accounting, close-out with finance.
  • Regularly collaborate with the strategy, account, creative, production and business affairs teams during the lifecycle of any given project.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of agency (buyer) or in-house celebrity talent-related experience required.
  • Detailed experience in talent contract negotiation.
  • Deep, trusted relationships with talent, as well as agents and managers at all top and mid-level agencies and firms representing actors, musicians, athletes and more.
  • Ethical and discrete with sensitive information.
  • Consumer of all things pop culture, able to educate colleagues and clients about happenings and talent profiles across a mix of film, TV, music, sports, etc.
  • Understanding of SAG.
  • Willing and able to travel domestically and internationally (has current and valid passport)
  • Bachelor’s degree.

Preferred

  • Conversational level of French is a plus.
  • Prior experience or understanding of the beauty industry is a plus.
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Senior Manager, Celebrity Partnerships

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