What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Talent Agent - Influencer position at Viral Nation?
Company Description
OPPORTUNITIES MADE FOR THE MOMENT AND BUILT FOR THE FUTURE.
At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creative to scale the world’s fastest growing digital brands. Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast paced culture. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fueled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward.
2021 was a transformational year for Viral Nation, having grown by 200% and we have even bigger ambitions for 2022 and beyond. While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people. Strong performance leads to high expectations and we need to keep raising the bar!
Our Values
We Constantly Evolve: Embracing change is both an opportunity and a necessity!
Courage: Challenging the norm drives us forward!
Diversity: We strive for excellence and recognize that our differences make us stronger. We respect and seek out inclusion of differences, realizing we can learn from each other!
Resilience: Adversity is a springboard for growth!
We are currently seeking a highly motivated and driven Sr. Talent Agent within our influencer talent agency division to represent and manage the careers of various social media influencers within our agency. Must be resourceful, creative, and a dedicated hard worker who can balance a multitude of tasks in an extremely fast work paced environment. The incumbent should have an in-depth understanding of social media marketing, brand partnerships, talent management, talent representation, contract negotiations and have an existing deep network of social media influencers.
Job Description
Responsibilities include:
Discover and sign large influencers who are looking for business management.
Representing the business and brands of leading social media personalities.
Seek out brand partnerships for specific talent and the agency as a whole
Stay on top of trends in the influencer marketing space.
Seek out and pursue new opportunities such as TV and Film casting for our talent, early. adopter’s for new apps, find collaboration opportunities for our influencers and other large influencers.
Present and assist with execution of growth strategies for influencers
Qualifications
Required experience:
Minimum three years experience in talent management / talent representation of Social Media Influencers and or celebrities.
The candidate must have a university degree or equivalent experience.
Must have an existing deep network of social media influencers and talent
Must have 2 years experience professionally managing brand partnerships and and in talent management (preferably at an agency).
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.