Manager, New Media & Verticals

This is a Full Time Job

JOB DESCRIPTION & DUTIES

Manager, New Media & Verticals
Los Angeles, CA USA / Remote
Talent / Management
Job Id: R-0009
REPORTS TO: CEO, Partner

Description:
Seeking an experienced Manager, New Media & Verticals to manage a pre-existing list of working clientele as well as building up their own roster. As a Manager, New Media & Verticals, you will be responsible for identifying, recruiting, and managing artists within the new media + vertical spaces and managing a current roster of clients. This job will require you to be experienced in working with developed clients in addition to helping support their careers. In addition, the candidate will be working in a collaborative environment that deals with managing clients in film, new media, verticals, and influencers spaces. The candidate must also know the ins and outs of various breakdown websites such as Casting Networks, Breakdown Services, Catsting.com, and Casting Frontier and is experienced in Google Suite and Microsoft Office products. Managers MUST have agency or management experience to qualify.

You will be closely involved in the planning and scheduling of a varied range of projects and client management working within a multi-disciplined team. The ability to clearly communicate tasks, goals, priorities and deadlines in a professional manner to the CEO & Partner of Talent while motivating the team will be essential, as will the ability to proactively trouble shoot and feedback openly and transparently.

Job Requirements & Responsibilities:
• Recruitment of established artists in the film, television, new media, verticals, or theater backgrounds.
• Manage the artist’s career including career advice, pitching to casting directors, agents or production executives and giving business advice.
• Submitting artists using the necessary breakdown platforms that are provided including Breakdown Services, Casting.com, Casting Networks and Casting Frontier.
• Development, implementation, and manage successful, an artist-first strategy that works with the company brand.
• Experience working with union contracts and SAG.
• Knowledge of child labor laws and work permits within the state of CA or NY.
• Creating email pitches and packages for the artist and pitching to casting directors and producers.
• The ability to pitch the company’s talent division to new and existing businesses to extend relationships.
• 4-8 years prior talent management or agency experience IS REQUIRED.
• Strong record of managing client relationships, utilizing a network of industry contacts, and companies.
• Four-year degree in Management, Communications or Business-related field.
• Perform tasks and other services that are reasonably required by Company, specifically the CEO, VP and are usually customarily performed by Contractors in the entertainment industry.