Brand Consulting - Designer
CAA
New York, NY
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
CAA Brand Consulting is seeking a Social Impact Professional. The Social Impact team services outside entities that wish to establish or improve their social impact, using resources to bring their social mission to life. We advise clients in this area through a process of discovering where their philanthropic passions lie and understanding where they want to effect change. CAA then designs a comprehensive, start-to-finish strategy that can shift principles into action.
Responsibilities
• Act as project manager and junior strategist on existing and new business
• Compile research and insights that inform and support relevant client work-streams
• Interact directly with clients to manage expectations and ensure timely and accurate receipt of deliverables.
• Support internal account leaders and liaise with other key internal departments (i.e., analytics and creative services)
• Assist with new business pitch preparation and presentation development as needed
• Support the development of omni-channel communications frameworks and messaging documents for clients and spokespeople.
• Cross-departmental collaboration on the delivery of thought leadership – writing op-eds, attending conferences / webinars, tracking trends and insights within the social impact landscape.
• Manage and oversee third party relationships and executions on behalf of client (including tracking and managing project budget, monitoring vendor work and contracts to ensure projects stay on-target, providing onsite support for client during productions and activations).
• Develop and interdepartmental and cross-agency relationships and consult on trends and insights in the entertainment space as they relate to clients and their industry.
• Assist with new business pitch preparation and presentation development as needed
• Provide supervision and training for junior staff members
Qualifications
• Minimum BA/BS from an accredited University or College required
• Minimum 5 years, with at least 1 year of strategy experience
• Project management experience required
• Entertainment knowledge and understanding of the social impact landscape preferred
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Must be prepared to share writing samples and demonstrate strategic thinking
• Ability to travel and attend work events outside of normal business hours on an as needed basis
• Experience in developing social impact strategy is preferred
• Experience in client service and relationship management
• Ability to understand and summarize the needs, goals, challenges, and capabilities of clients across a range of industries, synthesize this information, and produce high-quality written reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and reputation with clients, partners, and colleagues.
• Understanding of mainstream social issues and the curiosity to dig deep on specific topics (e.g., sustainability, human rights, mental health, etc.)
• Skilled in secondary research with the ability to gather data and synthesize insights across brand categories and the entertainment industry
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented and extremely organized
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
• Ability to maintain a strict level of confidentiality when dealing with high profile clients
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-roen1p-44-202-183-118-42 in your application.
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.