Sr. Director, Communications (Earned Media)

UEG is an award-winning global agency specializing in entertainment, sports and lifestyle marketing. We create breakthrough marketing by leveraging the people, places and platforms that shape pop culture. Our suite of services includes celebrity/influencer programming, music-film-tv/digital-sports partnerships, communications, branded content and experiential.  

The team at UEG is a dynamic group, bringing together best-in-class expertise across entertainment, sports and lifestyle, paired with a strong understanding of brand building and effective marketing communications. This is a work hard, play hard environment where a true passion for culture are married with the desire to create business changing work for our clients.  

We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.Consistent with this approach, we hire the best qualified candidates for all positions.

We arehiring fora Senior Director of Earned Media. This role is based in New York City and sits on our growing Communications team, with an emphasisinSports & Lifestyle.  

The ideal candidate will think like a journalist and execute like a creative marketer to bring stories to life in a fragmented media landscape.  

This isa great opportunityto join a dynamic team and develop/execute highly innovative approaches to not only help cement our clients as leaders in their categories, but also to help show up in culture. This will include a major focus on developing media relationships withnational, sports & lifestyle, entertainment, broadcast, trade, regional and local media. As well as fostering connections with creators,emergingplatforms and driving creative storytelling via content/talent/experiences. 

The ideal candidate has exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and is an avid consumer of the news who can help craft story ideas to inspire earned coverage on all platforms. They must be able to work effectively with and counsel clients andpartnerwith their colleagues (paid, social, etc.) on developing and executing multichannel media strategies. In addition, they must have excellent written and verbal skills as well as be familiar with all types of news media outlets and to differentiate controlled versus earned media tactics. They must effectively delegate and oversee a large volume of short-term andlonger-term/complex tactical assignments on their accounts and accurately judge and edit the work of themore juniorteam.

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An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.

DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.