Brand Consulting - Group Assistant

Job Description

Who we are

Creative Artists Agency (CAA), is the world’s leading full service entertainment, media, and sports agency.  We represent many of the most successful professionals working in television, film, music, theatre, video games, sports, and digital content.  We also provide a range of strategic and marketing consulting services to corporate clients.

CAA Brand Consulting is the entertainment & sports marketing agency within CAA. Our mission is to drive cultural brand relevance for our clients by tapping into CAA’s connectivity to pop culture. Leveraging our deep relationships and influence with studios, networks, labels, leagues, teams, venues, events, media, and content platforms, we provide a range of strategic and marketing consulting services to corporate clients around their entertainment & sports strategies.

The Role

This individual is will work as an Assistant in the Brand Consulting department specifically focused on Experiential Marketing for corporate clients. In this role, you be responsible for providing administrative support for the Experiential Team as well as day-to-day responsibilities in support of existing Brand Consulting clients and new business efforts.

Responsibilities

• Support brand client experiential projects from start to finish (briefing to execution)

• Work with clients, vendors, and internal teams to ensure consistent & comprehensive communication

• Participate in development of initial concepts, brainstorms & act as liaison/traffic manager during creative approval process

• Support in development & management of timelines, run of show, budgets & premium tracking, etc. including compiling materials for weekly reports, activation decks, post-event recaps, case studies, required client follow-ups and status documents/project plans

• On-site event logistics support such as inventory maintenance, premium procurement, brand ambassador manual development & training, etc.

• Actively participate and help drive brainstorm sessions for RFPs, new client activations including writing and/or formatting decks

• Providing administrative support including phones, scheduling, expense reports, coordinating meetings, correspondence & special projects as needed

• Ensure all agency protocols are being followed including vendor agreements, accounting processes, recaps, etc.

• Utilize agency resources appropriately and efficiently

• Demonstrate highest level of critical thinking with focus on proactiveness and attention to detail

Qualifications

• General understanding of current brand consulting & experiential marketing industry

• Experience or demonstrated interest in marketing and specific work experience at an experiential agency or event production preferred

• Demonstrates highest level of critical thinking with focus on proactiveness and ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining sharp attention to detail

• Team oriented, able to pivot and take on new tasks quickly

• Knowledge in working with detailed budgets

• Polished written and verbal skills. Strong at communicating in written format through well-crafted email correspondence

• Curious; energetic able to pull insights and present research to their direct report

• Ability to listen and ask poignant questions

• Interested in entertainment and pop culture- follows trends, watches sports, awards shows, reads blogs, etc.

• Able to utilize agency resources appropriately and efficiently

• Willingness to work early mornings or late nights to accommodate international clients and special projects

• Ability to build trust through relationship building, confidence and business acumen

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Arts, Business or equivalent work experience

Compensation  

The base hourly rate for this position is in the range of $20.00-22.00. This position also is eligible for benefits and discretionary bonus. Ultimately, wages may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, business sector, and geographic location, among other criteria. Please talk with a CAA Recruiter to learn more. 

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Creative Artists Agency, LLC (the “Company”) is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate on the basis of race (inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, gender or sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family and medical care leave status, military or veteran status, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, political affiliation, an employee’s or their dependent’s reproductive health decision making (e.g., the decision to use or access a particular drug, device or medical service), or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The absence of a permanent address is not a bar to employment. The Company does not discriminate against individuals based on housing status, including the absence of a fixed address.The Company also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws with regard to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.

CAA does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless they were contractually engaged by CAA to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any such employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the acknowledgement and agreement that CAA will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.