Job Description
Who We Are:
WME Business Affairs
The WME Business Affairs department utilizes the law, contracts and business judgment to strategize with WME agents to make the best deals for our clients. We also manage contractual relationships between WME's clients and buyers, and advise company executives to effectively balance business and legal risks.
What You'll Do:
We seek a qualified and highly motivated second assistant to provide administrative support to the WME Books Business Affairs team. The ideal candidate has publishing or law firm experience and a genuine interest in books and entertainment. This is a high-volume practice supporting the agents of WME Books who operate worldwide within tight timeframes and whose author clients include bestselling writers and media personalities with a wide range of literary properties. Must be hard-working, detail-oriented, personable and able to manage a high-volume deal load in a fast-paced environment. This is an ideal position for those with an interest in entertainment law.
Primary responsibilities include:
• High-volume contract administration
• Organizing and maintaining files, deal logs, and contract precedent logs
• Fostering excellent relationships with agents, agency clients and internal/external executives
• Providing scheduling, phone and administrative support for the BA team
You Have These:
• Administrative experience supporting an executive or senior attorney strongly preferred
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills
• Proactive and accountable; creative problem-solving skills a must
• Ability to handle multiple assignments and tight deadlines with accuracy
• Exceptional oral and written communications, including grammar and proofreading
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to interact with a range of personalities and styles in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• A genuine commitment to workplace equity
• Grit, tenacity and flexibility
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Working Conditions:
Permanent, 11 Madison
Mon-Fri, 40 hours per week
Endeavor is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.
Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world's diverse voices.
Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.
Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. Endeavor strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.
Hiring Range Minimum:
$16.50 hourly
Hiring Range Maximum:
$22.00 hourly
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d5vq43-34-204-176-71-42 in your application.