Senior Director, Talent & Partnerships

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Job Description /Responsibilities:

Strategy & Integrated Leadership:

• Partner with the CCIM to translate Flyte Vu's Culture & Integrated Marketing vision into a clear talent, influencer, entertainment, and partnerships strategy aligned with the company's growth priorities.
• Provide senior-level strategic leadership across key accounts, ensuring talent and partnership recommendations strengthen the creative idea and are designed for how audiences discover, engage with, share, and participate in the work.
• Collaborate closely with Creative, Account, Earned/PR, Social, Media, Production, and Operations leaders to integrate talent and partnerships across disciplines, scopes of work, campaign plans, and major deliverables.
• Bring forward audience, entertainment, creator, platform, and cultural insights that help client teams anticipate emerging opportunities and keep Flyte Vu ahead of the industry.
• Establish and uphold best practices, quality standards, decision frameworks, and responsible risk management for the Talent & Partnerships practice.

• Build and deepen senior relationships with talent, creators, managers, agents, studios, production companies, sports and entertainment properties, media and technology platforms, agencies, and other strategic partners.
• Represent Flyte Vu at relevant industry events and in priority markets, including Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, and Atlanta, to strengthen relationships and maintain current knowledge across music, sports, gaming, TV/film, creators, and emerging culture.
• Identify and develop mutually beneficial platform, talent, brand-to-brand, entertainment property, and vendor partnerships that strengthen client campaigns and Flyte Vu's capabilities.
• Create opportunities for talent representatives and partners to engage with Flyte Vu activations, events, leadership, and work in ways that build trust and long‑term value.
• Share timely, actionable intelligence with the CCIM and client teams while safeguarding confidential and proprietary information.

• Lead the strategic approach to talent and influencer discovery, research, vetting, recommendation, and measurement across assigned accounts and new business opportunities.
• Ensure recommendations are supported by a clear cultural and creative rationale, quantitative and qualitative audience data, brand-safety considerations, competitive context, availability, conflicts, and anticipated impact.
• Guide early outreach to talent representatives to assess interest, availability, conflicts, commercial parameters, and partnership fit without over committing the agency or client.
• Participate in briefs, brainstorms, campaign planning, and RFP pitches, providing informed points of view on talent, creators, entertainment, platforms, and partnership opportunities.
• Maintain useful, current talent and creator pipelines for priority clients and categories, balancing proven partners with emerging voices and opportunities.
• Oversee the effective use and accuracy of talent intelligence tools, databases, and research resources, including Julius and future platforms.

• Lead commercial strategy and negotiations for talent, influencer, entertainment property, platform, and related partnership agreements within approved client scope and budget.
• Draft and review deal memos and template agreements; translate approved terms accurately into long‑form agreements and manage redlines in partnership with the COO and outside counsel, as appropriate.
• Protect client and agency interests by addressing usage, exclusivity, approvals, deliverables, timing, compensation, cancellation, brand safety, intellectual property, disclosure, and other material…