Description

Closing Date: 30-Sep-2024

This role is offered on a hybrid contract giving you the opportunity to also work from home three days a week.
Purpose of Role
The Talent Manager, in conjunction with the rest of the Talent Team, will support in the delivery of the talent strategy and celebrity involvement for Red Nose Day 2025.
Interviews are expected to take place on w/c October 7th.
Key responsibilities:
Strategically and creatively partner with talent, celebrities and influencers for various Red Nose Day projects
Project manage talent-led activity working with internal teams and partners to ensure successful delivery
Manage external relationships, always seeking to strengthen ties with talent agents, publicists and key external stakeholders
Manage internal relationships, ensuring that talent involvement across all teams is effective and that knowledge and understanding of the Talent Team’s work is maintained to a high level across the organisation
Contribute to KPIs for Diversity & Inclusion, specifically improving talent representation across all of Comic Relief’s work
Undertake a certain amount of domestic travel in the execution of their role
Person specification
Essential criteria
Proven experience of working successfully with talent (from high profile to emerging) from a range of backgrounds and across different platforms
Strong relationship management skills – able to build long and successful partnerships
Good communication abilities – the right skills to engage and excite in all that we do
Creativity – ability to generate ideas, be inventive and collaborate
Dynamism – positive and passionate about all areas of our work
Flexibility – able to respond positively to the changing and evolving talent needs of the team and the organisation
Desirable criteria
Experience of working with influencers from social media/gaming
Experience of partnering talent to support with corporate partner activations
Experience of working with talent to directly raise money and fundraise
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and 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 anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Why work at Comic Relief
There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London, There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work
Disability Confident employer
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV or application scores. We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme email Recruitment@comicrelief.com to discuss further. Please do not email CV's/cover letters.