Speakers Department Assistant

The New York office is seeking an Assistant to join its Speakers division, which represents a comprehensive roster of speaker clients including celebrities, renowned athletes, directors, producers, world leaders, and groundbreaking entrepreneurs. The division handles thousands of events each year with corporations, associations, and universities to deliver appropriate and engaging speakers for each programme and audience. The Assistant provides administrative support, executes ongoing sales research projects, and makes sales calls as and when needed, working closely with clients and their teams.

• Provide day-to-day administrative support to Agents, including calendar management, travel arrangements, expenses, answering calls, and meeting and greeting clients.
• Conduct general market research on buyers, competitors, brands, territories, and events.
• Make cold calls and prospect new business.
• Execute ongoing sales research projects.
• Manage and optimise the Salesforce database.
• Make sales calls as and when needed.
• Assist the team with special and ongoing projects.
• Work closely with clients and their teams, including managers, business managers, attorneys, and assistants.

• General understanding of pop culture, current events, media, sports, and entertainment.
• Extreme attention to detail.
• Driven, quick-thinking, and flexible.
• Collaborative and team oriented.
• Self-driven and able to seek out new opportunities.
• Hungry to understand sales, negotiation, and event management, with curiosity about a career in talent booking.
• Enjoys collaborating with people and is comfortable picking up the phone, including cold calling.
• A self-starter who takes the initiative to explore.
• Likes to stay busy multitasking.

• Bachelor's degree in Arts, Business, or the equivalent.
• Previous experience in related fields.

• On-site in New York, NY, United States.

• New York, NY: $20.00 - $22.00 (annual base salary range as stated).
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package for all regular full-time employees.
• Company pays 80%–100% of the cost of medical, basic life and AD&D insurance, telemedicine, and employee assistance and mental health counselling in person, virtually, or through text.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid parental leave and other paid leaves of absence.
• NICU leave.
• Bereavement resources.
• Adoption benefits.
• Educational assistance.
• Mental health resources and employee assistance plan.
• Voluntary benefits available by election, including dental and vision insurance, 401K plan, flexible spending accounts (health care and dependent care), health savings account, and voluntary life and AD&D insurance.
• Employee perks including commuter benefits.