Director, Talent Management & Negotiations

Job Description

Responsibilities
The Director, Talent Management & Negotiations supports and executes the objectives and initiatives of the Talent Division within Creative Partnerships at NBCU, the centralized destination of NBCU portfolio Advertising and Partnerships on-air talent strategy, events, and partnerships. The Talent Division supports four areas of the NBCUniversal business: The Company's annual Upfront presentation and preceding Talent marketing shoots; Cross-Portfolio Talent Advertising Deals, NBCU Talent Appearances at Advertising and Client Events, and Talent-led activations and marketing needs for client-facing and internal Ad Sales company initiatives.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/REQUIREMENTS:
• Provide creative casting expertise and insights for all Talent Advertising Deals and Activations, including curating Talent recommendations based on campaign and/or activation strategy, creative, budget, and deliverables
• Structure and negotiate Talent agreements for Advertising Deals, and in alignment with NBCU Legal, Business Affairs, Creative Strategy and Development
• Lead Talent Management, overseeing all Talent needs throughout the entirety of the activation/shoot, including but not limited to: Pre-production logistics (e.g. prepping talent, routing talent approvals, booking and negotiating talent vanities in accordance to precedent and BA approved rates, booking and managing travel); Managing shoot and/or activation logistics, providing talent management on set, and liaising between production and Talent directly; Overseeing wrap details such as facilitating on-time talent payments and routing approvals to Talent as contractually agreed upon; Campaign Launch (e.g. routing all Social to talent to ensure they post in accordance to the agreement and media plan)
• Manage tracking of post-event press coverage and event photos
• Oversee Talent Gifting program following Events and Shoots
• Conduct ongoing portfolio Talent research and maintain Talent reference documents, including regularly updating our public-facing Talent Room database
• Track and report Talent ad sales talent exclusivities based on talent brand partnerships on company-wide talent database

Qualifications/Requirements
• 8+ years of talent management experience on a television network or media organization
• Must be able to work outside of normal business hours as job duties or assignment requires, sometimes with little or no advance notification
• Experienced in managing multiple ongoing projects simultaneously and successfully
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA area
• Must attend production shoots and events as needed
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States

Desired Characteristics
• Candidate must be well organized, detail-oriented, self-motivated, resourceful and able to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment and juggle multiple projects at same time
• Long-standing and trusted industry relationships with Talent, Creators, Producers, Talent agencies/representation
• Must have a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills along with excellent interpersonal skills

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