Assistant To Speakers Agents

Job Description

The Role

The New York office is seeking an Assistant to join their Speakers division. CAA Speakers offers a comprehensive roster of the most acclaimed speaker clients including celebrities, renowned athletes, directors, producers, world leaders and groundbreaking entrepreneurs. This division handles thousands of events each year with corporations, associations and universities to deliver the most appropriate and engaging speakers for each program and audience.

The Assistant will support two Agents and will be responsible for providing administrative support, executing ongoing sales research projects and making sales calls as and when needed. Assistant will also work closely with clients and their teams (managers, business managers, attorneys, assistants). Assistants are an important part of the CAA structure, and it is hoped that the successful candidate will ultimately become an Agent within the company.

This role could be right for you if you find yourself in these descriptions…
• You live and breathe pop culture, media, entertainment and current events.
• You are self-driven and seek new opportunities
• You are hungry to understand sales, negotiation, and event management and you are curious about a career in talent booking
• You have fun collaborating with people and don't shy away from picking up the phone (including cold calling)
• You are a self-starter who takes initiative to explore
• Likes to stay busy multitasking

Responsibilities
• General market research as required on: Buyers, Competitors, Brands, Territories, and Events
• Cold calling and prospecting new business
• Salesforce database management and optimization
• General assistance to the team with special and ongoing projects
• Day-to-day administrative support for two Agents (one NY based and one DC based), including calendar management, travel arrangements, expenses, answering calls, meeting and greeting clients

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Arts, Business or the equivalent preferred
• General understanding of pop culture, current events, media, sports, and entertainment
• Extreme attention to detail
• Driven, quick-thinking, and flexible
• Collaborative and team oriented
• Previous experience in related fields is desirable

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-roeb22-3-141-35-60-42 in your application.