Director, Entertainment Marketing & Advisory

Job Position(s): Director, Entertainment Marketing & Advisory

WME is hiring a Director of Entertainment Marketing & Advisory based in New York at their 11 Madison office. This role sits inside WME’s Entertainment Marketing & Advisory department, where the work is building the commercial narratives, pitch materials, and business development strategies that bring brand and talent partnerships to life across WME’s entertainment ecosystem. It’s the right fit for a strategist who has spent years at the intersection of brand marketing, entertainment, and business development and knows how to turn a client brief into a pitch that actually wins.

About the Role

The Entertainment Marketing & Advisory team operates as the strategic and commercial engine behind WME’s brand partnership and talent marketing business, working closely with agents, specialists, and executive leadership to develop opportunities across film, television, music, and culture. Day to day, this Director is moving between shaping pitch strategy, overseeing proposal development, and sitting in client meetings as a senior voice who can speak to both the creative and commercial sides of an entertainment marketing opportunity. The output ranges from executive presentations and case studies to scalable workflow systems that make the whole department more effective across pursuits.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full development of pitches and client proposals from initial brief through final delivery, translating entertainment marketing objectives into commercially grounded solutions across WME’s talent and brand portfolio.
• Shape enterprise-level positioning for the department, including strategic narrative, presentation architecture, and executive messaging across business development efforts.
• Serve as a strategic partner in client meetings and pitch presentations, helping identify opportunities and drive commercial outcomes within the entertainment and media landscape.
• Partner with Creative Services to maintain quality control across all client-facing materials, ensuring design execution meets the standard expected at a top-tier talent and entertainment agency.
• Build and maintain a centralized repository of pitches, case studies, and strategic frameworks that can be repurposed and refined across future pursuits.
• Design scalable intake processes, templates, and operating procedures that improve consistency and visibility across the department’s business development workflow.

What You Bring

• 6 or more years of experience in entertainment marketing, brand strategy, or business development within the entertainment or media industry.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business challenges into clear commercial narratives and executive-level presentations for brand partnership and talent marketing contexts.
• Hands-on experience building business development systems, templates, and operating models across cross-functional teams with multiple stakeholders and timelines.
• Strong cultural fluency across entertainment, talent, IP, and emerging creator trends, with the instinct to apply those insights inside a pitch environment.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience is preferred.

Why This Role

WME is one of the most recognized names in global talent representation, and the Entertainment Marketing & Advisory team sits at a meaningful intersection of culture, commerce, and entertainment marketing strategy. This Director role carries real senior responsibility, with direct influence over how the department wins business and builds its market position across brand partnerships and entertainment industry pursuits. The New York location puts this person inside one of the most active entertainment and media markets in the country.

Apply now for the Director, Entertainment Marketing & Advisory role at WME and bring your brand strategy and entertainment marketing experience to one of the industry’s most prominent agencies.