Esports Talent Manager  

Job Summary:

The Talent Manager is responsible for ensuring that streamers and talents are meeting the client’s needs and working with all the key functions that go into creating the agency’s advertising output, they also work closely with Account Managers and/or Campaign Managers. The Talent Manager relays details, answers questions, gets approvals and signatures on contracts and distributes copies to the appropriate in-house personnel and serves as the liaison between the talent management department and sales, production and other areas, answering their questions and relaying needs from one to the other on behalf of their assigned talent/s.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate as the lead point of contact for any and all matters specific to your streamers/talents
• Constantly solving problems, managing internal and external communications, and driving projects to completion.
• Familiarize the company industry and the performance of all the talents
• Assist with high severity requests or issue escalations as needed
• Identify and grow opportunities within territory and collaborate with the team to ensure growth attainment
• Communicate clearly with the streamers/talents if they have any concerns
• Monitoring, ensure the timely and successful delivery of the streams
• Develop a trusted advisor relationship with streamers and talents
• Keeps the master calendar of all client/talent activities and all scheduled events and updates it continuously.
• Adept at maintaining databases and organizing documents, the coordinator tracks client agreements and expiration dates, event planning calendars, and can find any contract or event file on the spot.
• Act as liaison from the talent to the campaign manager, finding out the manager’s precise artistic vision for the show, and then relaying this vision to the talent, and/or the talent’s agent.
• Analyse headshots, audition tapes and perhaps live auditions, to pick or recommend the right people for the roles available.
• Responsible for making sure talent gets all their needs met. This includes food, transportation, lodging, costumes, security and other special accommodations.
• Plan and conduct recruitment, selection processes and training for talents (interviews, screening calls etc.

Qualifications:

• Proven work experience as a Talent Manager, Production, Entertainment or other relevant experience
• Solid experience with CRM software and MS Office (particularly MS Excel)
• Experience in delivering solutions based on client’s needs
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects at a time while paying strict attention to detail
• Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Excellent communicator and negotiator
• Independent thinker, team players who work well with others.
• Familiar with modern production terminology, technology and routines.
• Patient, calm under pressure and able to solve problems
• Bachelor’s degree in any field