Assistant to Agent and Partner Comedy
UTA Ventures is the venture division of United Talent Agency.
About UTA Ventures
UTA Ventures seeks out, builds, and accelerates innovative businesses that change how people live, work, and play. It operates at the intersection of entertainment, commerce, and technology, partnering with talent to build companies, extend brand platforms, and expand into new categories. The division also invests in growing startups, including businesses in the creator economy, frontier technology, and the future of entertainment.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support comedy touring operations by maintaining booking systems, schedules, diaries, contracts, ticket counts, payments, and settlements. You will coordinate tour routing and on-sales, maintain client information, assist with immigration administration, attend shows, research potential clients, and develop process improvements.
Requirements
- Understanding of the comedy industry and talent agencies
- Verbal and written communication
- Excel
- AI
- organization
- discretion
- workload prioritization
- business relationship development
Responsibilities
- Keep the booking system updated
- Schedule meetings and manage booking schedules and diaries
- Resolve or escalate enquiries
- Run ticket counts for tours
- Contract shows accurately and efficiently
- Track show income and chase deposits and payments
- Procure venue availability and assist with tour routing
- Compare show offers and collate them for management
- Explain tour settlements, financials, taxes, and deductions
- Coordinate Edinburgh booking needs and opportunities
- Coordinate tour on-sales, ticket links, assets, and riders
- Maintain client information
- Manage guest-list requests
- Collect tour support suggestions and present them to management
- Request and manage invoices
- Check settlements and payments and approve final-settlement statements
- Assist with immigration forms, sponsorship certificates, and passport records
- Attend shows and meetings
- Review comedy and live-event content and identify potential clients