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About Us
DDA is a leading global communications practice, offering a bespoke service and a truly worldwide viewpoint. From offices in London and Los Angeles, and affiliates throughout the world. DDA provides a full management service for talent who operate both on digital first and in traditional entertainment.About You
You will be a passionate, driven and hard-working talent agent who will help manage the team and work with our fantastic roster. You must have a huge passion for influencers and influencer management, have experience in a similar role and be able to demonstrate this is your dream job!The Role
This role will manage a diverse list of talent (including tentpole talent) and necessitates the ability to build strong relationships with your talent, acting as a trusted advisor to help them to achieve the best possible outcomes through your own work and the work of the team around you.You will be involved in developing DDA’s share of business across the Creator division ensuring every step of the way that both the talent and the business are reaching their potential via strategic thinking, collaborative work processes and the highest operational work ethics.Key Responsibilities
Client RelationshipsLead on a number of talent accounts (with at least 3 tentpole talent), making sure all operational and day to day aspects of their working lives run smoothly with campaigns run to the highest standardsAct as main point of contact for the talent across all paid deals, strategy, goals and beyondMaintaining and develop relationships with agencies and brands direct, fostering this network across talent and key industry contacts.Attend relevant industry events to grow your network for the talent and DDAAttend and lead on shootsInitial point of contact for trouble-shooting and dealing with larger problems before passing to Director of Talent when necessaryLeading on communicating around the talent goals, their monthly catch-ups and three monthly strategy check-insConsistently looking for new ways to meet and exceed talent’s needsStrategy and Commercial AwarenessLeading on quarterly strategy updates to bring longer-term goals and best practice advice to fruition in partnership with the Strategy Director and Director of department as necessaryRoll-out regular annual, proactive and reactive strategy including troubleshootingOn hand for exciting, innovative and on brand content ideas for influencersResearch relevant industry experts, competitors, target audience and users and understand how to share those learnings both internally and with your talentLeading and playing an active creative role in brainstorms on new, creative approaches to influencer campaignsKeep abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and influencers and how these can accelerate the growth of DDA and their talentStrategically and proactively think around how to generate longer-term business and ancillary income for your talentUtilise experience and industry knowledge to help fire-proof accounts, foresee problems and come armed with solutions to help maintain commercial and credible careers for your talentDeliveryAssist with management and successful delivery of creator expectationsOversee junior members of the team with strategic outreachInform and monitor strategic outreach for your talent based on organic posting and strong positioning to juniors on the teamConfidently and expertly leading on all major calls and meetings for the creator and brandsLead on shoots/key talent activationsActs upon client feedback throughout all deliveryProviding the best possible work for your line manager at all timesOversee strategy around gifting and events and how to maximise those opportunitiesMaintain all talent admin systemsKPIs INCLUDEStrategic management of clients on your list in close collaboration managing up and down internally across SD, division Director and other senior expertsTalent recruitment – identifying and helping to sign key talent who have long term potential and drive revenueTalent retention – ensuring current talent are receiving the best service and their careers are developing consistentlyLeveraging all connections across the industry, sharing updates and strategy around this with senior internal stakeholdersNegotiating large scale and complex dealsPeopleManaging the executives/assistants on your accounts in terms of workload, tasks and the rosterBe approachable and professional at all times and positively contribute to the team environment and company cultureInspire your colleagues to push themselves and lead by exampleChampion the importance of teamwork and motivate others around youSkills and Knowledge
Previous experience in an influencer management role or from the world of TV/Media/Entertainment/Brands in a talent facing rolePrevious experience line managingExtensive knowledge of social media influencers and entertainment talentBeing able to adapt and flex your working styleHighly organised, good under pressure and a strong multi-taskerAbility to work to tight timelines, often outside of regular working hoursUnderstanding of how online platforms and social media can reach and develop audiences, participants and press engagementExcellent communication skills, both written and verbalProactive and intuitiveCreative mind-setProficient with Google DriveGreat sales and negotiation skills are a huge plus3+ years industry ..... full job details .....
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