Director of Talent Partnerships and Entertainment Marketing
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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About the Role
You will lead talent strategy, talent buying, and entertainment-driven campaigns for Coach and Compari. You will develop partnership recommendations, secure and negotiate celebrity talent deals, manage campaign delivery, and oversee budgets, timelines, production logistics, and client communications. You will present strategic recommendations, lead client meetings, guide junior team members, and travel for activations, shoots, media days, and live events as needed.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience in talent buying, entertainment marketing, or strategic brand partnerships
- Experience leading talent partnerships and campaigns for high-profile consumer brands
- Experience securing and managing A-list celebrity partnerships, including negotiations, contract management, and production logistics
- Relationships with talent representatives, entertainment partners, and cultural contacts
- Experience connecting talent decisions to business and marketing objectives
- Experience integrating talent partnerships with content strategy, product placement, and entertainment-driven campaigns
- Knowledge of digital culture, online trends, and audience behavior
- Ability to independently lead complex projects and manage multiple priorities
- Client communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to collaborate across teams, departments, and senior stakeholders
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or Google Slides, Docs, and Sheets
- Ability to travel for activations, media days, talent shoots, and event support
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising, or a related field strongly preferred
- New York-based candidates strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead talent strategy and buying for Coach and Compari
- Develop entertainment and cultural marketing recommendations
- Identify and secure celebrity, creator, entertainment, and cultural partnerships
- Lead talent negotiations, deal structuring, contract redlines, and partnership management
- Oversee talent campaigns from strategy and creative development through activation and results review
- Integrate talent partnerships with content strategy and product placement
- Manage timelines, budgets, deliverables, production logistics, and communications
- Build and present strategic, creative, talent, and activation decks
- Monitor entertainment, digital culture, online trends, and competitive activity
- Lead weekly client calls and meetings and manage follow-ups
- Guide junior team members and improve project processes
- Travel for client activations, talent shoots, media days, and live events as needed
Benefits
- Competitive well-being support programs