at Daniel J Edelman Inc in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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.
We are searching for a culture-hungry individual who believes in the power of talent to drive authentic brand-building work across our sports business. We don't believe in transactional relationships and therefore need a candidate who understands the art and science of landing the right voice/s for any one of the brands we oversee at UEG.This work is fast paced and demands a leader who has a strong POV of the sports landscape and is ahead of the trends.
A candidate must have relevant experience managing sports talent, a passion for pop-culture and its infusion into the consumer brand ecosphere.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversite of athlete relationships and campaigns for a variety of brands within the Client portfolio inclusive of the full life cycle of the program (research, procurement, deal development, management of execution & measurement).
- Day-to-day management of campaigns ensuring a high quality of work output across all deliverables while adhering to deadlines and budget parameters.
- Participation in the development of program/campaign ideas in the sports talent space.
- In partnership with social strategy team, development of athlete strategies and approach specifically around size and scale, archetype, and channel priorities.
- Research, identification, and negotiation for all sports talent.
- Ownership and creation of all sports talent contracts with a strong knowledge in Federal Trade Commission guidelines (FTC) and standard deals.
- Management of existing relationships within the athlete community (MCN's, Talent Agencies, Media Platforms, etc.)
- Serve as a subject matter expert proactively bringing thought leadership and trends both to the agency team and to Client partners.
- Oversite (in partnership with measurement team) of proprietary dashboard and data base to track and measure all campaigns.
- Ongoing business development and growth within the portfolio based on key client relationships, opportunistic pitches, ideation and overall quality/health of the business.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Possess strong knowledge and passion of the Sports industry, and future trends/opportunities shaping it
- At least 5-7 years of experience relevant to the role and industry with strong work examples.
- A deep knowledge of sports talent landscape including pricing and valuation, term development and platform performance.
- Should have good working relationships with brands, networks, and/or teams/leagues & talent.
- Superior written and verbal communications skills along with the proven ability to consistently make sound judgments and effectively motivate and manage teams.
- Strong collaborator and mentor with the ability to bring out the best in agency talent to produce great work for clients.
- Strong work ethic with the ability to deliver quality recommendations.
$65,000 - $94,000...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
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