Assistant, Comedy Tour Marketing
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.
What You’ll Do
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
What You Need
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
What You Will Get
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
About UTA
UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world's most iconic, barrier-breaking artists, creators and changemakers—from actors, athletes and musicians to writers, gamers, and digital influencers. One of the most influential companies in global entertainment, UTA's business spans talent representation, content production, as well as strategic advisory and marketing work with some of the world's biggest brands. Affiliated companies include Digital Brand Architects, KLUTCH Sports Group, Curtis Brown Group, and MediaLink. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, New York, and London.
For more information: https://www.unitedtalent.com/about/
UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers.