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Guest (Celebrity) Acquisition Manager - Remote

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2024-11-05 14:42:51

Job location New York City, New York, United States

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Executive Positions

Job description

Job Description

You will be responsible for researching and recruiting the talent for all FXHQ events.

Reporting to the Director of Strategy of Business Development and working closely with the President of Fan Expo HQ, this role will be responsible for achieving celebrity content objectives for events within Fan Expo HQ and for development of guest acquisition and negotiation strategies with the President of Fan Expo HQ.

Who you are:

Highly energized professional

Frequent flyer, excited by travel

A strong negotiator with a heightened sense of detail

Knowledgeable about pop culture, and able to develop strategies to quickly understand new genres / trends as required

Commercially minded, able to help craft deals that minimize risk to the business, as well as providing financial upside

Personable - you are a smooth talker and know how to get people to better understand value in deals / partnerships

Key responsibilities:

In collaboration with FX President and genre experts, build guest lists for all content genres including (but not limited to) A-List Celebrities, Comic creators, Voice actors, Gaming Stars, Cosplayers and more, for all FXHQ events.

Interact and build strong, lasting relationships with booking agents, talent agencies.

Support, and from time to time lead, negotiations and contracting discussions with agents and agencies.

Transfer negotiated terms to contracting team. Assist during high volume periods to create contracts.

Establish and maintain research and advisory teams from in-house experts across the business to inform and develop strategy.

Research the pop culture convention market to ensure Fan Expo HQ content has a high value proposition for fan communities and for sponsors/endemic partners

Build and maintain comprehensive records/database of historic guest appearances across all events, taking into account actor profiles, their earnings (fan demand) and other data points to support talent acquisition

Manage and communicate guest rankings, photo op team ups and other specific guest classifications as required to inform marketing and promotion of talent.

Monitor competitive events to ensure FAN EXPO is offering a premier product against other offerings in the industry.

Manage, track and notate all open conversations with prospective talent in collaboration with FX President to ensure all opportunities are fully explored and closed.

Manage the non-compete with some of the guests against competitive events.

Other duties as required.

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