Manager, IMG Models

WME Group; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

WME Group in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Manager to identify and secure commercial opportunities for Men’s Models and digital talent, leveraging international fashion experience to grow revenue across runway, editorial, and creator platforms.

You will collaborate with IMG Models and WME Fashion teams, cultivate luxury brand and editor relationships, and align initiatives with global offices to maximize brand positioning.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in major fashion markets; international exposure preferred.
• Proven experience representing or marketing Men’s fashion talent or fashion-led digital creators.
• Strong understanding of how social platforms amplify fashion storytelling and talent brand-building.
• Demonstrated ability to build high-level industry relationships and culturally relevant partnerships.
• Track record of identifying and securing commercially viable opportunities for talent across fashion and digital spaces.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across IMG Models, WME Fashion, and the wider Company.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Multilingual abilities are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Identify and coordinate commercial opportunities for Men’s Models and Digital talent with strong fashion credibility, drawing upon international expertise.
• Cultivate and establish relationships with luxury and contemporary brands, editors, casting directors, and digital-forward partners.
• Collaborate strategically with colleagues in the Models and Fashion department at our Los Angeles office to maximize revenue and long-term brand positioning.
• Work closely with global IMG Models offices to align Men’s and Digital initiatives with broader organizational objectives.
• Support the development of digital prospects for existing models and creator-led talent, including crossover opportunities across fashion, editorial, and brand partnerships.

Skills

Fashion experience

Talent representation

Social platforms

Industry relationships

Commercial opportunities

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

MS Office

Adobe

Job description

WME Fashion is the world’s preeminent cultivator of talent, curator of experiences, and creator of brand partnerships across the fashion, luxury & beauty ecosystem. Our robust global portfolio includes Art + Commerce, IMG Fashion Events and Properties, IMG Models, and The Wall Group.

The Role And What You’ll Do

The Manager plays a vital role in identifying and securing commercial opportunities for Men’s Models and fashion-forward Digital talent, leveraging international experience across traditional fashion and creator-led platforms. Working collaboratively with colleagues across the IMG Models team, this position focuses on expanding networks, cultivating relationships, and maximizing revenue streams for a roster that includes runway, editorial, and culturally influential digital-first talent.

• Identify and coordinate commercial opportunities for Men’s Models and Digital talent with strong fashion credibility, drawing upon international expertise.
• Cultivate and establish relationships with luxury and contemporary brands, editors, casting directors, and digital-forward partners.
• Collaborate strategically with colleagues in the Models and Fashion department at our Los Angeles office to maximize revenue and long-term brand positioning.
• Work closely with global IMG Models offices to align Men’s and Digital initiatives with broader organizational objectives.
• Support the development of digital prospects for existing models and creator-led talent, including crossover opportunities across fashion, editorial, and brand partnerships.

You Have These

• 5+ years of experience in major fashion markets, with international exposure preferred.
• Proven experience representing or marketing Men’s fashion talent and/or fashion-led digital creators.
• Strong understanding of how social platforms amplify fashion storytelling and talent brand-building.
• Demonstrated ability to build high-level industry relationships and culturally relevant partnerships.
• Track record of identifying and securing commercially viable opportunities for talent across fashion and digital spaces.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across IMG Models, WME Fashion, and the wider Company.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Adobe.
• Multilingual abilities are advantageous.

Compensation

Competitive base salary plus incentive compensation and participation in WME’s benefits programs. Compensation will be based on experience, qualifications and location.

HowWeWork

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Rate Minimum

$68,850 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum

$91,800 annually