We are The Soze Agency, a social impact creative firm and worker-owned cooperative driven by our three core values: compassion, authenticity and equity. Our team is made up of entrepreneurs, activists, storytellers, artists and strategists. We create immersive experiences, expansive social movements, strategies for the future and high-profile, large-scale public and virtual events.
We like people who have a wide-range of interests and are attuned to culture—low to high-brow, and think about storytelling, art, culture and design as levers to fundamentally shift social issues and how we interact with the world at large.
We are hiring a Talent Associate, who will be responsible for supporting talent and influencer engagement projects across our campaigns and projects. This person must be organized and fastidious, has a journalist-approach to nosiness and research, and loves spotting up and coming talent that we can potentially integrate into our social impact campaigns.
This is a part-time role that has potential to transition into a full-time position.
Your resume matters, but so does your heart.
PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING in as a single PDF shared through the resume upload link or email to talent-jobs@wearesoze.com:
- A cover letter concisely explaining why you want this role
- An experience aligned resume, that includes two (2) references
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Work with the team on talent and influencer engagement across clients
- Support on tracking and reporting for influencer engagement campaigns
- Conduct research on influencers for campaigns of various sizes
- Support on influencer engagement strategy and ideation
- Create outreach and campaign materials (i.e. outreach language and creative briefs)
- Support communication with the talent teams (agents, managers, publicists, etc) for logistics coordination as needed
- Track ongoing influencer outreach with project management tools
- Support with talent invoicing
- Manage contracts and creator agreements with talent teams
- Identify relevant emerging talent across industries and platforms
- Attend and participate in weekly status calls for existing agencies/campaigns
- Research industry trends and best practices for presentations and proposals
- Maintain and update project and agency talent databases
- Support the communication of weekly client updates
- Remain current with content creation, social media, visual and storytelling trends
- Keep up with pop culture, up and coming influencers and news in entertainment, advocacy and media
- Contribute to cultivating an authentic, compassionate and equitable culture within our agency
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- SOCIAL LISTENING: Hashtag tracking
- SOCIAL MEDIA: Firm understanding of platform capabilities for, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, Snapchat, etc.
- INFLUENCER RESEARCH: Creator iQ, TikTok Creator Marketplace
- DATABASING: Airtable, Google sheets
- RESEARCH:
- Understand the importance of vetting talent and compiling campaign-related data and insights
- Ability to curate influencer lists based on campaign goals, needs and target audiences
- Must be detail and solutions oriented
- Takes initiative and anticipates needs
- Desire for constant absorption of new media and knowledge
- Experienced with the Google and Adobe Creative Suites
- Communicates plainly and directly—with empathy and insight.
- The ability to work effectively with people of diverse cultures, ages, and economic backgrounds
- Must have interest and aware of trends in popular culture, social media and content creation, celebrity and influencer culture and current events
- A keen appreciation and understanding of how culture is a lever for social change
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