Director, Talent Influencers (LA)
Daniel J Edelman Holdings, Australia

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: - Manage and execute 4-10 campaigns at a time, ensuring deadlines are hit, deliverables are completed, etc. - Ability to determine the necessary mix of staffing and levels needed for an integrated project, ultimately develop a staff plan - Pivot between developing a process-oriented environment and flexing to meet client needs - Responsible for accurate forecasting, oversight of utilization, and OOP budgets - Manage digital campaigns from start to finish, acting as the main point of contact between client, brand teams and talent, ensuring deadlines are hit, deliverables are completed, etc. - Serve as Project Manager on accounts who will handle financial forecasting, budget parameters, OOP spending, PO submission, SAG-related paperwork, job codes and ensuring all invoices are paid in a timely matter - Manage existing relationships within the digital influencer community (MCN’s, Talent Agencies, Content Creators, Media Platforms, etc.) - Lead day-to-day tactical management of projects and long-term client relationship development - Create client-facing case studies and wrap-up reports after completing brand campaigns and activations, which include any relevant metrics. - Own the creation of influencer contracts with a strong knowledge in Federal Trade Commission Guidelines (FTC) and standard deal points - Draft legal agreements and negotiate the terms, services and usage with influencers on behalf of brand campaign - Provide client service administration including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls and compiling competitor coverage - Pull E-Scores, understand them and being able to knowledgably share information about them - Responsible for conducting relevant research and vetting influencer candidates (against criteria, for competitive partnerships, looking at upcoming projects, utilizing existing databases, etc.). - Participate in the brainstorming of Influencers (Digital amp; Social) for relevant programs - Understand strategic priorities and business objectives - Collaborate across sectors/practices and acknowledge mutual impacts; - Work effectively with agency’Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an accredited college or university
• Understand key client information including business strategy, industry issues, products and services, key customers and competitors
• Proven ability to manage large projects and small teams on one or more sizable accounts
• Experience identifying and securing Influencers for brand campaigns
• Stay on top of trends and plugged into the digital community and access to top tier influencers, emerging talent and YouTube channels
• Strong relationships with influencer representatives
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and demonstrated ability to delegate tactical assignments and accurately judge and edit work of others
• Ability to think creatively on your feet and take initiative to improve or create effective processes
• Strong industry contacts a must (agents, managers, publicists, and attorneys, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and written and oral communications skills
• Experience managing the creation and negotiation of influencer contracts with a strong knowledge in Federal Trade Commission Guidelines (FTC) and standard deal points
• Must have experience handling communication directly with brands and the ability to act in a professional when working directly with clients Client management experience
• Strong work ethic with the ability to deliver quality recommendations
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment

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 wo