Assistant, Comedy Tour Marketing

United Talent Agency • Nashville, TN

2d • $23

About The Position

UTA’s Comedy Tour Marketing Department is seeking an Assistant in our Nashville office. The UTA Tour Marketing Division is focused on maximizing marketing opportunities for our clients to aid in talent development and increase ticket sales. The dedicated marketing team has extensive experience in event and tour marketing as well as talent brand development.
The Comedy Tour Marketing Division specializes in enhancing marketing and promotional opportunities for UTA’s roster of comedy touring clients across all marketing channels. By using fan base analysis, situational experience, and social media and streaming metrics, we create custom marketing campaigns designed to actively engage existing fans and attract new audiences.
This role will assist two Comedy Tour Marketing executives as they strategize and coordinate all aspects of setup, launch, maintenance, and closeout of marketing and ticketing initiatives for UTA Comedy Touring clients’ shows and tours. The assistant will interface with clients, managers, promoters, publicists, and other industry partners relevant to comedy touring. This role will be part of growing Comedy Touring presence in Nashville.
This is a full-time position with benefits and will pay $23 per hour.

Requirements

• Minimum 1+ years’ experience; experience within the entertainment or marketing industries, a plus
• Strong organizational skills and proven ability to be a self-starter
• Previous live entertainment experience a plus, whether in a professional environment or on campus via college events department
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, or journalism strongly preferred but not required
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly intense client-service work environment
• Highly proficient technical skills with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Knowledge of and a curiosity about key players throughout the entertainment industry
• Understanding of UTA's client roster
• Ability to work evenings and weekends, and attend shows on an as-needed basis

Responsibilities

• Manage phones, calendars, and research for meetings; schedule meetings and calls, internally and externally
• Manage and maintain spreadsheets, and draft communications
• Demonstrate strong task management skills, proactively build processes that benefit the business
• Liaise with internal staff at all levels and external clients and partners
• Prepare monthly expense reports for review and submit to accounting for approval
• Prepare press kits and materials
• Collect assets, content, and information to draft marketing letters for distribution to promoters
• Coordinate with managers, agents, and promoters to set up the announcement and on- sale launch of a show or tour
• Regular interaction with promoters to collect marketing plans, promotional materials, ticket links, and ticket headers for review and approval by management
• Creation of marketing, ticketing, and radio grids as well as other organizational tasks
• Ability to review websites, social media sites, and ticketing sites to ensure tours are announced and information/images are correct

Benefits

• The unique and exciting opportunity to work at one of a leading global entertainment companies
• Access to the tools, leadership, and resources you will need to create and drive a center of excellence
• The opportunity to do the best work of your career
• Work in an inclusive and diverse company culture
• Competitive programs to support your well-being
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with room to grow

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level