Temporary Senior Entertainment Manager
Hearst Health
$64 - $76 / hour
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Description
Be Part of What’s Next
Help shape the conversations everyone will be talking about tomorrow. As Temporary Senior Entertainment Manager, you’ll be at the center of culture, securing the talent and stories that power some of the most recognizable media brands in the world while helping drive audience growth across today’s most influential platforms.
About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)
We create media that moves minds, products and ideas. Our portfolio of 30 iconic brands — including Cosmopolitan, Delish, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health and Road & Track — reaches nearly 130 million people each month. Our teams combine trusted journalism and cultural storytelling with technology, data and commerce to create experiences that inform, inspire and entertain audiences across generations and around the globe. And together, we are shaping what’s next.
Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)
- Identify, pitch, and secure celebrity talent for video interviews and original programming across Hearst Magazines brands and platforms, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, ELLE, Harper’s BAZAAR, Good Housekeeping, and more—content that will live across all platforms.
- Build, cultivate, and maintain strong relationships with publicists, talent managers, agents, studios, and other key industry stakeholders.
- Partner closely with editorial, video, and social teams to align talent bookings with content strategies, audience interests, and major cultural moments.
- Lead outreach efforts, scheduling, and end-to-end logistics for talent bookings from initial pitch through production.
- Negotiate booking terms and ensure all agreements, expectations, and deliverables are communicated clearly and executed successfully.
Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)
- 5+ years of experience booking celebrity talent for digital video, social media, entertainment, or related content formats.
- Established network of contacts including publicists, talent agents, managers, studios, and entertainment executives.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills with the ability to represent Hearst Magazines professionally and effectively.
- Exceptional organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and talent bookings simultaneously.
- Deep understanding of pop culture, entertainment trends, and the evolving media landscape.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across editorial, social, video, production, and business teams.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, adapt to changing priorities, and identify new opportunities for audience growth.
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Compensation
The base salary range below is the Company's good-faith estimate for this position in the posted work location at the time of posting. Final starting salary will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, training, certifications, education, location and market considerations.
About this role
Working in this temporary role, you'd be the talent strategist behind some of Hearst's most recognizable magazine brands—Cosmopolitan, Esquire, ELLE, Harper's BAZAAR, and others—identifying and securing celebrity guests for video content and original programming across all platforms. The work spans the full lifecycle of talent bookings: pitching stories to agents and managers, negotiating terms, coordinating logistics, and ensuring alignment between talent, editorial vision, and audience moments that matter culturally.
This position demands someone with at least five years of experience booking talent for digital or social content, with an established network of publicists, agents, managers, and studio contacts already in place. You'd need strong negotiation and relationship-building skills, the ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines, and a genuine grasp of entertainment trends and pop culture. The role requires close collaboration across editorial, video, social, and production teams, so comfort working in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment is essential.
The salary range is $64,000 to $76,000 annually. This is a temporary, in-office position based in New York City.
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