Executive, Creative & Strategy

Job Description

Who We Are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the world's leading entertainment and sports agency, with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London and Beijing. Founded in 1975, CAA represents many of the most successful professionals working in film, television, music, theater, video games, sport, and digital content, and provides a range of strategic marketing and consulting services to corporate clients.

The Department

In the rapidly expanding digital space, CAA's Digital Media department works with the agency's clients to package and monetize original IP, properties, and projects for digital platforms and distributors. The team forges strategic brand partnerships and content marketing solutions with leading global advertisers. It also represents many of the most accomplished digital endemic talent, including gamers, across all areas of their business, including touring, publishing, television, film, brand partnerships, and licensing. The team also works with AR/VR as a new method of storytelling.

The Acquisition

In early 2021, Tandem Entertainment was acquired by Creative Artist Agency, allowing CAA to expand its digital media partnerships and branded content offering. Situated in CAA's Digital Media division, we combined our deep relationships, creative strategy expertise and exceptional sales acumen with CAA's access and resources to deliver best in class opportunities for clients.

About Tandem

Through innovative storytelling, Tandem Entertainment delivers strategic and creatively led partnerships for leading global film studios, content creators, media publishers and celebrities alike. We specialize in connecting brands with consumers through pop culture moments and entertainment-based marketing strategies. With expertise across multiple disciplines, we have the talent, knowledge and relationships necessary to generate the biggest ideas and most compelling partnerships to ensure our clients stand out. We work with a diverse and exciting client portfolio including: Walt Disney Studios, Buzzfeed, Tastemade, ViacomCBS, Constellation Brands, Apple TV+, Rock The Bells and many more.

The Role

Tandem is seeking a full-time Executive, Creative & Strategy who is highly motivated, innovative, and entrepreneurial to join our rapidly growing team.

Core Responsibilities
• Manage the day-to-day communications with appointed clients.
• Oversee scope timelines and deliverable schedule for appointed clients, keeping the department head and internal stakeholders up to date on project status and delivery tracking.
• Guide the strategic creative vision for appointed clients / assigned projects which may include brand campaigns, RFP responses, content concepts across a range of platforms, crafting unique and sellable links between CAA talent and brands, and more.
• Work collaboratively with your teammates within Creative and Strategy, as well as the Sales Team and Talent Team.
• Lead internal and client meetings as needed for brainstorms, presentations, status updates, etc.
• Liaise with internal designers to develop presentation materials.
• Present creative and strategy work in internal and client-facing meetings.

You are
• Both exceptionally creative and business minded. This role sits at the intersection of developing big, clever ideas that must also meet brand and client objectives and sell-through.
• Excellent at learning on the fly and willing to push the limits of your abilities for the sake of the team.
• Passionate about what's happening in the world of entertainment and a drive to find unique ways to activate around what is current and relevant.
• An equal passion for brand marketing and unlocking creative solutions for brand needs.
• Highly organized, strategically minded, resourceful and an excellent communicator (both verbal and written). Someone with an entrepreneurial mindset and approach to everything they do: self-motivated, forward-thinking, accountable, and committed.
• Experienced with your own POV to bring to the table and career-built knowledge of marketing and entertainment trends, emerging media, consumer insights and the latest digital/social/mobile/video/interactive technologies.
• Flexible and enthusiastic to work within a fast-moving and ever-changing organization.

Qualifications
• 10 or more years of experience in entertainment, brand marketing and / or agencies in a strategic and/or creative role.
• Ability to engage & communicate effectively with senior level decision-makers both internally and client-facing
• Stellar interpersonal, analytical and organizational skills
• Desire to bring new thinking and your unique experience / perspective to each project.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rbmxmy-13-59-36-203-42 in your application.