Senior Manager, Celebrity Partnerships

McCann; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

McCann in NYC is seeking a Senior Manager, Celebrity Partnerships to lead celebrity strategy and partnerships for global brands. You will drive talent integration across campaigns, manage relationships with talent and agencies, and oversee contracts and logistics for shoots and events.

You will collaborate with strategy, creative, and production teams, ensure on-brand talent selection, and provide strategic counsel through campaigns.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of agency (buyer) or in-house celebrity talent-related experience.
• Detailed experience in talent contract negotiation.
• Understands SAG and has trusted relationships with talent and agents.

Responsibilities

• Provide custom talent casting ideas for clients based on strategic goals, audience and budget.
• Contribute to client and talent presentations and decks.
• Negotiate offers/term sheets and contracts with Legal and clients.
• Manage agency/client relationships with celebrity talent and oversee timeliness of SOWs and shoots.
• Provide onsite support at events and shoots domestically and internationally.
• Advise clients on how to leverage celebrity talent through duration of relationships.
• Organize logistics (glam, security, schedules) as needed.
• Build and manage project Budgets and oversee post-project accounting.
• Collaborate with strategy, account, creative, production and business affairs teams.
• Nurture relationships with agents, managers, publicists and attorneys.

Skills

Celebrity partnerships

Contract negotiation

Relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Description

The RoleWe are looking for a Senior Manager, Celebrity Partnerships to join our team here in NYC. This person will be an important member of the team driving celebrity strategy and partnerships for some of our largest global brands, and play an essential role in the continued success and management of key relationships.The TeamOur Celebrity + Creator Marketing department acts as a liaison between brands and the actors, musicians, athletes, artists, celebrity personalities and creators who are shaping pop culture and entertainment, or on the cusp of doing so. We develop and execute bespoke talent-driven plans for our clients to amplify the impact of their advertising, marketing and communications campaigns.What You Will Do…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.

Nurture relationships with talent agents, managers, publicists, attorneys and assistants.

Who You Will Be…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)

Conversational level of French is a plus.

Prior experience or understanding of the beauty industry is a plus.

Bachelor’s degree.

McCann New York is the headquarters of McCann Worldwide, one of the world's largest advertising agency networks with operations in over 120 countries. The agency opened in 1912 with Truth Well Told as its founding -- and enduring -- creative philosophy. As we have enhanced this strategy-based creative approach to keep it relevant in today’s multichannel brand communications world, we have strengthened our ability to unearth consumer insights, highlight behavioral brand truths, and create innovative multiplatform experiences that help our clients’ brands play a meaningful role in consumers’ lives. 90K-110K

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.

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90K-110K