Model Talent Coordinator

McCann; New York (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

McCann New York is seeking a Model Talent Coordinator to support the Talent Partnerships team. This role focuses on administrative tasks, tracking details, and coordinating talent availability, bookings, and assets for upcoming shoots.

You will build casting decks, maintain booking sheets, assist with presentations, and collaborate with agents, the Casting Director, and Project Management to manage talent usage rights and payments.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in a creative agency and/or production environment preferred.
• Understanding of SAG, tax paperwork, and/or contract structure is a plus.
• Interest in trends and culture to aid casting for brands.
• Highly organized, meticulous, proactive, and ready to grow casting career.

Responsibilities

• Correspond with agents for talent availability and maintain trackers for upcoming shoots.
• Build and update casting and asset tracking decks.
• Maintain booking sheets and manage fit model bookings.
• Assist with the creation of casting PowerPoint presentations for creative team reviews.
• Coordinate celebrity talent travel and manage talent library.
• Research Gen Z trends, music culture, and up-and-coming talent globally.
• Assist the Casting Director with day-to-day tasks including in-person castings.
• Support Casting Director with renewals and usage rights for campaigns using FADEL.

Skills

Excel trackers

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Word

Job description

Job Description

McCann New York is looking for a Model Talent Coordinator to support the Talent Partnerships team. The Model Talent Coordinator has a natural ability to maintain a solid focus, while dealing with ambiguity and constant change. They thrive in an administrative heavy position, love tracking details, and excel at multitasking and handling several projects at the same time. Overall, they should have a passion for casting, spreadsheets, data organization, and the industry, and will be trained on processes specific to the role and agency.

Agency

McCann

Job Function

Creative

Job Subfunction

Art Direction

What You’ll Do

• Correspond with agents for talent availability and maintain trackers for upcoming shoots
• Build and update casting and asset tracking decks
• Maintain booking sheets and manage fit model bookings
• Assist with the creation of casting PowerPoint presentations for creative team reviews
• Coordinate celebrity talent travel
• Manage talent library
• Research Gen Z trends, music culture, and up and coming talent of all ages and abilities around the globe
• Assist the Casting Director with day-to-day tasks including in-person castings
• Support Casting Director in working with Project Management team to renew and extend talent usage rights for campaigns using a data assessment management system (FADEL)
• Team up with Video Operations Manager on gathering final released and approved assets to share with talent
• Partner with Business Affairs and The Team Companies to process print talent payments, track final invoices, and manage SAG commercial motion contracts
• Open Purchase Orders
• Handle expense reporting for team and other administrative duties as assigned

What You Bring

• At least 1-2 years of professional experience in a creative agency and/or production environment is required
• Understanding of SAG, tax paperwork, and/or contract structure strongly preferred
• A passion for identifying new trends and culture – it’s the knowledge that helps us find who we need for the brand!
• Highly organized, meticulous, resourceful, and proactive in nature – ready to take on new challenges, immerse yourself in the role and grow your casting career in beauty
• Skilled at creating and maintaining easily digestible Excel trackers
• Ability to juggle several assignments at once and work on projects with multiple contributors
• Clear and concise communicator with excellent communication, critical thinking skills, and client-facing skills; you have a natural ability to effectively collaborate and are a good listener and problem solver
• Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word) required and Adobe Creative Suite preferred
• Culturally astute, with an innate interest and knowledge of the beauty and fashion categories; a passion for marketing and appreciation for all things creative

At McCann, each team member plays a significant role in our success. We recognize that our team members' contributions may extend beyond this job description. The job description is designed to outline primary responsibilities, qualifications, and role scope. It does not restrict team members or the organization to only those specified duties.

Salary range: $50,000-60,000

Salary ranges depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; the associated discipline market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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Salary range: $50,000-60,000

Salary ranges depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; the associated discipline market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.