Senior Diversity Talent Sourcer - Carlsbad, CA, United States - Upper Deck Human Resources

Description

Responsible for executing various material asset acquisition tasks within existing talent license agreements which includes submitting formal service requests to the Talent and their agents based on various obligations in those agreements relating to Upper Deck Authenticated product lines.

Duties include but are not limited to securing private and public autograph signings, attaining concept and product approvals, procuring game-used equipment, appearances, and other contractual assets for inclusion in the Company's memorabilia, trading card, and collectibles product lines.

Maintains relationships between the Company and the Talent, agents, artists and other personalities relating to autograph and other material content acquisitions.

Role requires a significant amount of domestic travel. Must be able to travel to, and administer in-person memorabilia signings on behalf of Company as requested by management.
Responsible for the acquisition and delivery of UDA autographs within scheduled dates for product releases.
Maintains and updates Northstar, JDE and off-line databases for tracking signatures and contract performance.
Submit product approval requests to the Talent for certain Company products, solicitations, and other materials as needed.
Interacts with Company staff members to resolve issues and coordinates assignments to meet strict product deadlines.

A significant amount of travel on behalf of the Company to acquire autographed content for collectibles and memorabilia product lines which at times may fall on weekends and holidays.

Responsible for other product acquisitions such as player-worn memorabilia for Upper Deck's memorabilia, trading card, and collectibles product lines

This position will interact closely with the Senior Talent Relations Coordinators and Vice President of Talent Relations as well as with other Company staff members and external parties.

2+ years of experience in the field of project coordination or related area.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Knowledge of commonly used project coordination concepts, practices, and procedures.
Knowledge of sports and entertainment toy, trading card or trading card game industry preferred.
Strong interpersonal, problem solving, troubleshooting, customer service and relationship building abilities.
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple, high priority projects with a keen attention to detail.
Ability to perform duties under minimal supervision while exercising discretion and independent judgment.
Ability to travel on behalf of the Company with very little advance notice.
Proficiency in the following software or systems: MS Office.