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Posted April 02, 2022
United Entertainment Group

Account Manager LA (Lifestyle/Entertainment)

United Entertainment Group
Los Angeles, CA, USA ⚠ [Archived] No Longer Accepting Applicants

UEG is an award-winning global agency specializing in entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing. We create breakthrough marketing by leveraging the people, places and platforms that shape pop culture. Our suite of services includes celebrity/influencer programming, music-film-tv/digital-sports partnerships, communications, branded content and experiential.

The team at UEG is a dynamic group, bringing together best-in-class expertise across entertainment, sports and lifestyle, paired with a strong understanding of brand building and effective marketing communications. This is a work hard, play hard environment where a true passion for culture are married with the desire to create business changing work for our clients.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Support execution on projects, ensuring seamless completion of deliverables
  • Project Codes – monitor and track relevant project codes and ensuring the team is billing to the right codes to avoid timesheets being sent back 
  • Develop skeleton of work plans, timelines, and budget estimates
  • Coordinate paperwork and track payments (influencers, SAG, vendors, etc.) to ensure payments are facilitated on time
  • Ensure a project consistently conforms to budget/timeline
  • Review contractual obligations and recognize project scope adjustments
  • Demonstrate an understanding of project budget parameters, pricing structures and over-service
  • Manage project estimating, billing and project profitability; identify any budget variances
  • Provide administrative support for team when needed
  • Support day-to-day brand client work including integrated marketing planning focused on entertainment/lifestyle/sports partnerships and program
  • Write, edit and proofread materials ensuring quality and consistency with the ability to deliver client facing documents.
  • Provide client service administration including preparing client status and activity reports, attending meetings and conference calls, takes and distributed notes, compiles trend reports, and tracks budgets.
  • In conjunction with internal partners and agencies, contribute content ideas that can express appropriate key brand messaging points in ways that can resonate with the targeted consumer and demographic
  • Research, propose and prepare POVs when needed as it relates to client appropriate influencers, partners, etc.
  • Stay on top of industry news and trends to recommend new opportunities to the team and clients.
  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends
  • Actively participate in agency brainstorm sessions, on topics and clients, throughout the organization
  • Understand internal operations and inter-team cooperation
  • Aid in the implementation of new capabilities
  • Liaise with internal teams to understand their expertise and skillset
  • Demonstrate professional behaviors and pursuit of excellence in all operations

Qualifications:

  • A bachelor’s degree in relevant field from an accredited college or university
  • Ideal candidate has at least 3 years of experience in an account management capacity
  • A knowledge of the social/digital space as well as influencer marketing including but not limited to influencer/talent search and acquisition, content development and management of social platform ins and outs.
  • Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for a number of projects and to complete them in a timely manner based on pre-set deadlines.
  • Strong and consistent problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Willingness to wear whatever hat is necessary to ensure team and client success
  • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement of marketing skills; set and pursue stretch goals.
  • Demonstrates behaviors consistent with our firm’s values (Unique, Evolving, Genuine) and Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
  • Ability to manage competing interests
  • Social Media Maven – You’re on top of trends and plugged into the digital community
  • Ability to adapt to new conditions, deadlines, and assignments

United Entertainment Group is a global entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing agency and part of the DJE Holdings network. UEG creates breakthrough marketing with the people, properties and platforms that shape culture, and has been recognized with industry awards including Cannes Lions, Clios, OneShow, Sabre Awards, Tellys, and more. UEG, founded in 2007, is headquartered in New York with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, London, Hamburg and Tokyo and works with FORTUNE 500 companies, celebrities, athletes and leading media properties. For more information visit http://www.uegworldwide.com .

Employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., at least 2 weeks after last dose) and, if hired, present proof of vaccination before start date. Candidates may request an accommodation due to disability, sincerely held religious belief or exception required under applicable law.

United Entertainment Group is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.