DDA is hiring : Director- Vice President, U.S. Film & Strategy (Depending on expe

Position : Director- Vice President, U.S. Film & Strategy (Depending on experience level)

Location : Los Angeles

Position Summary :

DDA is seeking a confident, strategic, and highly organized Director- Vice President (depending on experience level) to help lead our U.S. Film & Strategy team which has teams in both LA and NYC. This is a senior-level role suited to a seasoned executive with extensive agency experience in film publicity and industry strategy. You’ll have the ability to win business and drive high-impact campaigns across film, television, and streaming, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients ranging from studios, independents and streamers to filmmakers and talent.

This role demands a dynamic leader from development through distribution with deep industry relationships. You will shape and execute comprehensive campaign strategies, lead cross-functional teams, win new business, and maintain DDA’s gold-standard reputation.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable liaising with talent, talent reps, producers, filmmakers, executives and media. You should be strategic, creative, and passionate about cinema and have deep relationships. Able to win new business and lead clients and projects in terms of day-to-day activities and develop and execute overall campaign strategy. Also able to provide press releases, media materials, presentations, budgets, and other documents as required.

Unparalleled understanding of the industry we work in and holding strong relationships. You will continually look for new areas of growth and are a key influence on the development and implementation of strategies for clients, overseeing the smooth running of the film accounts. You will foster the relationship with the clients and ensure that as an agency we are meeting their content and social needs as well as team management in helping to lead a growing and dynamic team. You will explore new and innovative ways to improve our processes, you ensure the seamless flow of relevant and accurate information to all business stakeholders, as well as work cross functionally with other departments within the business.

Furthermore, you will play a vital and integral role in the agency formulating, articulating, and implementing strategic initiatives that align with the company's goals and vision, thereby fostering sustained growth and innovation. You will be a strong leader in media and entertainment with a complex range of skills to make strategy happen. While you will have a high level of autonomy and responsibility for taking ownership and leading the company’s strategic vision, you must be able to work with and influence people across the entire company and beyond. You will need the ability and experience to lead and motivate teams across the company as well as see the strategic synergy across them to do the transformational work necessary to achieve the company’s desired strategic outcomes. With a broad mix of communications skills and experience, your role is to engender commitment to the company’s vision across teams, balance and ground the formulation of strategy and the execution of it and develop policies and practices to maintain the strategic vision.

Responsibilities include :

• Continue to build and grow the domestic film team in the U.S., collaborating across offices in LA and NYC.
• Strong leader and manager
• Bringing in new film and TV clients.
• Provide expert counsel to clients on positioning, submissions, timelines, and industry landscape.
• Responsible for project outcomes and managing employee work throughout campaign duration.
• Review all campaign strategies, press releases and media campaigns to ensure on-point communications.
• Provide on-going strategic counsel to all clients.
• Respond to new client directives and expectations.
• Supervise execution of multi-component press campaigns and analyze results to determine next steps.
• Ensure that all responses to journalists and media inquiries are on-campaign.
• Anticipate industry changes and develop creative solutions.
• Refine new business pitches and lead presentations for large account opportunities.
• Present campaign strategy and executional plan to clients.
• Identify and oversee potential lines of new business for DDA and gather the right teams to execute on the client’s needs / goals.
• Define fees and scope of work with clients.
• Experience working with film festivals and willingness to travel.
• 3 days in-office / week.
• Subject to change

The ideal candidate will possess the following :

About DDA

DDA is a leading global creative marketing and strategic communications agency working in the entertainment and brands spaces. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, London and Dubai we offer a bespoke service and truly global reach for festivals, networks, platforms, producers, distributors, financiers, government organizations, and brands.

DDA provides creative and insightful strategies, tailored campaign solutions, and a ‘round-the-clock’ service across all the agency’s lines of business, which includes US and UK Film and Series Campaigns, Strategic Consumer and Corporate Communications, Influencer management, Social Media, Personal Publicity Representation, Design, Creative Studio, International and Festival publicity, Live Event Production, Gaming, Brands (DNA) and Awards.

DDA Values

Our values can act as a roadmap for expected behaviour within the DDA community and are underpinned by a collective belief in what we are, what we do and what we represent.

o Being Bold, partners a boldness of spirit with a deep trust of their colleagues and a respect for alternative points of view.

o Creating Community, enjoy working together and consistently respect and support each other to achieve the best results for our clients. To create a harmonious, inclusive and enjoyable office environment, whilst fostering initiatives that strengthen team bonding and interaction.

o Making a Contribution, always seek opportunities to help others and to improve everyone’s day-to-day experience and learning. Everyone is accountable for their contribution to the gold standard results we achieve.

o Understanding our Roots, be proud of DDA’s legacy and continue to play a leading role in forging the future of the industry.

o Encouraging Growth, challenge yourself to exceed expectations and always seek opportunities for development with the guidance of the experienced senior team.