Comic Relief Hiring for Junior Talent Manager Job at London, England Full Time

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PURPOSE OF JOB:

As Junior Talent Manager, you will play an important role in recruiting and managing talent (celebrities and influencers) for Comic Relief’s campaigns and activity.

You will work across a broad and exciting range of projects and campaigns throughout the year that combine the worlds of entertainment, sport, and charity – including Red Nose Day and Sport Relief.

You will need to have a good understanding of the UK entertainment and sport landscape and have experience of working with talent and celebrities.

Supporting Comic Relief’s busy talent team, you will be required to manage ad hoc projects, lead on team administration, and contribute ideas and suggestions.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised communicator, brimming with ideas and initiative with experience working as part of a small but busy team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project manage talent-led activity, helping to recruit and manage celebrities and influencers

• Ensuring all members of the talent team have the administrative support needed to be able to fulfil their work effectively

• Manage and maintain team databases on all artist activity

• Ensure that the team are in line and up to date with all cross-org administrative requests and commitments and be the first point of contact for these

• Help manage internal relationships, ensuring that talent involvement across all teams is effective and that knowledge and understanding of the team’s work is maintained to a high level across the organisation

• Manage the review of EDI/representation targets in all talent activity

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrable experience of working with celebrities and/or influencers

• Good understanding and proven knowledge of key IT platforms

• The ability to problem-solve and use initiative to find solutions

• Strong relationship management skills with the ability to help build and nurture long and successful partnerships

• A good communicator who works well in a team and collaborates with key stakeholders

• Proven experience of manging and delivering projects from beginning to end

• The ability to adjust to the changeable needs of talent and the team

• A passionate and strong understanding of Comic Relief’s mission and values

DESERIABLE

• A proactive, positive and fun individual with a “can-do” attitude

• Experience of connecting talent with charity and causes

• Experience and knowledge of working with influencers and digital-first talent

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and 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 anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Vauxhall, London, but we are also open to remote worker arrangements for those who are based further away. There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV.

We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme indicate so in the relevant area of the job application and email [email protected] to discuss further.