Agent Associate

Who We Are: 

International exclusive speakers' agency is seeking an Agent Associate. The candidate should have at least 1 year office experience.  Experience in sales, business development, and/or event planning that included client contact and written communications is a plus, but not essential.  Candidate must possess excellent written and oral communication skills, and must be able to handle a high-volume work including contract negotiation and database work.  

 

Work closely with Agents to support business operational needs, including but not limited to: 

• Serve as a key liaison between internal departments and with buyers to communicate ongoing contract discussions and negotiations (including making and conveying contract revisions), accounting timelines, and Speaker/Buyer requests and availability.  Independently manage discussions to allow maximum efficiency and to drive business needs. 

• Support new client proposals, including speaker research, and reaching out to existing and prospective buyers with sales calls, utilizing in-depth knowledge of the company’s roster of speakers and fee arrangements.   

• Taking ownership of high-volume CRM database management and utilizing multitasking skills in a high-paced environment to ensure that all opportunities, contracts, contacts, and billing information are updated and coordinated.  Prepare reports and analysis as needed.    

 

You Have These:  

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1 year of office experience (can be internship) 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.  Candidate must have strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community. 

• Ability to find creative solutions 

• Ability to create, compose, and edit written materials in a timely manner 

• Attention to detail 

• Interested reading knowledge of Current Affairs and Business Trends 

• Creative thinking and a positive, can-do attitude 

 

 

How We Work:   

WME Group 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.   

  

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.   

 

 

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the rate 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. The company 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 Rate Minimum:

$54,000 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum:

$72,000 annually

WME is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.