Agent

Who We Are:

IMG is a leading global sports marketing agency, specializing in media rights management and sales, multi-channel content production and distribution, brand partnerships, strategic consulting, digital services, and events management. It powers growth of revenues, fanbases and IP for more than 200 federations, associations, events, and teams, including the National Football League, English Premier League, International Olympic Committee, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, ATP and WTA Tours, the AELTC (Wimbledon), Euroleague Basketball, CONMEBOL, DP World Tour, and The R&A, as well as UFC, WWE, and PBR. IMG is a subsidiary of TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company.

Who We Are: 

WME is the world’s preeminent talent agency.  With over 125 years of experience, WME enables artists, athletes and brands to grow their businesses, leverage the full potential of their intellectual property, and bring projects to life that define the cultural landscape.  WME’s expertise spans books, comedy, digital media, fashion, film, food, licensing, music, sports, television, theater, and more.  Headquartered in Beverly Hills, WME’s office locations include Australia, Chicago, China, London, Miami, Nashville, and New York.  WME is part of WME Group, a global network of businesses that represent the world’s leading talent, intellectual property and brands.  For more information, please visit www.wmeagency.com.   

The Role and What You’ll Do:

This new role sits in our WME golf team, which was previously IMG Golf, who have managed more Major winners, on any Tour, than any other agency.  IMG Golf’s legacy is well-known, having been founded on a handshake between Mark McCormack and Arnold Palmer. The position is ideal for an APAC based individual.

Responsibilities:

·       Identify, evaluate and recruit promising golf talent to the agency, working in collaboration with the global team

·       Assists in client service, partnership management, general relationship development, and project coordination.

·       Develop, manage and nurture new business partnerships to accomplish revenue goals

·       Ability to handle client agreements, travel and additional responsibilities of client services

·       Act as a representative for a client when negotiating a new contract, contract extensions, or endorsement signings

·       Work closely with existing agents to explore and capitalize on client marketing opportunities

·       Able to work across various lines of businesses and agents to present opportunities to our existing client roster

·       Supporting key golf executives as needed as the key account back up and day-to-day on a variety of client services, can include administrative and financial book-keeping

·       Originate, direct, develop and implement marketing schemes, methods, and strategies through the use of our existing client roster

·       Works on strategies, programs and insights for long-term client projects.

 

You Have These:

 

• Several years of relevant work experience

• Demonstrated knowledge and passion for sports, especially golf

• Strong relationships with senior level executives across brands, agencies and golf-specific organizations (Federations, Tours, governing bodies, Universities)

• Proven experience leading and negotiating marketing, sponsorship or endorsement agreements

• Must have strategic agility, organizational ability, and successful track record for building effective relationships

• Broad knowledge of marketing, sales principles and practices, in sports and entertainment

• Effective communicator who has proven selling and relationship skills with internal and external constituents at all levels, including understanding of building client-facing marketing materials

 

How we work: 

 

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

 

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, 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 anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.