Director, Communications – WME Sports

What You’ll Do:

We are looking for a Director, Communications with a primary focus on the sports industry. As the Director, Communications, you will play a crucial role in shaping and executing our communication strategy for the rapidly growing sports business division. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic and forward-thinking communications professional, deeply passionate about the sports industry.

• Develop and execute WME’s corporate communication strategy specifically tailored to the sports industry, encompassing all communication mediums.
• Create compelling narratives for WME, its divisions, agents, and executives through strategic media placements across various media outlets with a primary emphasis on the sports sector.
• Craft press releases, pitches, and other PR materials in support of sports division agents, executives, and clients.
• ·Collaborate with divisions to design executive communications programs, including media training, talking points, and thought-leader conference strategies aligned with the larger company-wide communication goals.
• Provide support for crisis management communications, assisting leaders in navigating high-intensity and reputation-impacting challenges.
• Address internal communication needs across WME’s divisions and offices, including offering guidance to senior executives, extensive liaison with internal stakeholders, and managing internal initiatives across different time zones.
• Cultivate and maintain strong relationships within the sports and entertainment industry, identifying external partnerships or programs that align with WME’s communication objectives.
• Extend your network to contribute to the agency and its clients’ success in sports awards campaigns.

You Have These:

• 5+ years of senior-level experience in a communications role.
• A background in the sports industry is a prerequisite, with experience in the entertainment industry being highly desirable.
• An established reputation and strong relationships within the sports business, including trade media and entertainment contacts at top-tier publications (Sports Business Journal, etc.), newspapers, magazines, and digital outlets.
• Proven experience in crisis management.
• Demonstrated success in securing high-impact media placements in a broad range of media outlets, including sports and entertainment trades and domestic and international business press.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills.
• Extensive experience in corporate communications, with the ability to drive media placements for individual agents, executives, and the agency.

How we work:

Endeavor 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.

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

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