Entertainment & Media Group

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About the Company Sumerian Entertainment Group is a forward-thinking independent entertainment company encompassing a record label, film studio, publishing division, and touring arm. We champion diverse creatives and produce impactful content—music, films, books, and live events—that resonate across culture. We are seeking a Business Development professional who will identify new revenue opportunities, build meaningful partnerships, and help unify our sales and growth strategy across all divisions. Role Summary The Business Development Manager/Director will drive strategic partnership and sales initiatives, cultivate new business across entertainment verticals, and create compelling pitch materials that communicate the value of our artists, stories, and events. The ideal candidate has strong industry relationships, understands partnership marketing, is skilled in creating pitch decks, and is highly organized in maintaining our CRM to track outreach, deals, and long-term opportunities. Key Responsibilities Business Development & Revenue Growth • Develop and execute a multi-division business development strategy supporting the record label, film projects, publishing titles, and touring products. • Identify and pursue new revenue opportunities across brand partnerships, sponsorships, licensing, sync, distribution, and experiential activations. • Build and maintain a robust prospecting pipeline with agencies, brands, media partners, streaming platforms, production companies, and distributors. • Lead outreach, pitch meetings, and proposal deliveries to secure new partners and long-term relationships. Partnership Marketing & Strategic Collaborations • Build integrated partnership programs that align brand objectives with our entertainment content and talent. • Collaborate with marketing, creative, film, and artist-relations teams to customize partnership solutions across campaigns, content series, releases, and events. • Oversee execution of partnership deliverables to ensure mutually beneficial outcomes and high client satisfaction. Pitch Deck & Presentation Development • Create polished pitch decks and sales materials that effectively communicate the value of our projects, artists, properties, and audiences. • Tailor decks for brand sponsors, investors, distributors, and strategic collaborators. • Maintain a library of updated templates, case studies, and company overview materials. CRM Management & Sales Operations • Maintain and optimize the company CRM (HubSpot, Salesforce, Airtable, etc.) to track leads, conversations, proposals, and closed deals. • Provide weekly and monthly reporting on pipeline health, revenue forecasts, and opportunity movement. • Ensure accurate documentation and organization of all outreach and partnership efforts. Industry Networking & Relationship Building • Leverage your own network and existing industry relationships to drive new opportunities across music, film, publishing, and live entertainment. • Attend industry events, festivals, meetings, and conferences to represent the company and expand our presence. • Stay on top of entertainment trends, brand marketing developments, and cultural insights to identify new partnership categories. Qualifications Required • 4–10 years of experience in business development, partnerships, brand strategy, or sales within entertainment, media, music, film, or related industries. • Strong knowledge of partnership marketing and how brands engage with entertainment content and IP. • Proven track record of building decks and pitching successfully to brands, agencies, sponsors, or distributors. • Strong entertainment industry relationships across music, film, media, or brand sectors. • Proficiency in CRM systems for tracking sales and partnership pipelines. • Excellent communication, negotiation, presentation, and interpersonal skills. • Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, creative, and entrepreneurial environment. Preferred • Experience at an indie label, production company, publisher, management company, or touring/promoter organization. • Understanding of licensing, sync, brand integration, and entertainment marketing strategies. • Existing brand and agency contacts across multiple consumer verticals (lifestyle, tech, beverage, fashion, gaming, sports, etc.). What We Offer • Growth opportunities within a multi-division entertainment company • Flexible/hybrid work options • Collaborative, creative company culture with access to innovative music, film, publishing, and touring projects • Ability to shape partnership strategy across multiple entertainment mediums Company DescriptionWe are a multi-platform Entertainment Group which spans music, film, television, digital media, graphic novels, magazine publishing, concerts, festivals, tours and events. We are also home to a legendary rock magazine which is now being reimagined for the digital age as a streaming platform, print publication and live experience hub. With our disruptive creative spirit and bold visual identity, we create culture-shaping content and iconic IP across every format—forming an integrated creative ecosystem that champions visionary artists, creators, and storytellers across music, screen, stage, and page.