Agency:

McCann

Job Function:

Media

Job Subfunction:

Social Media and Influencer Marketing

Job Description:

Influencer Director

London based (Hybrid Working)

Are you the visionary who instinctively anticipates the next big wave in the creator and influencer realm? Do you possess the finesse to blend smart strategies with unparalleled creativity? Can you delicately balance the need for brand control with empowering influencers to authentically express their creativity? Are you fluent in the language of metrics, understanding which ones truly drive brand growth?

If you answered yes to these questions, then seize the opportunity to become our Influencer Director at McCann Content Studios.

At McCann Content Studios you'll help spearhead a paradigm shift in brand engagement and creativity, inspiring both teams and clients with your unparalleled leadership and unwavering can-do spirit. Join us at an agency where data and creativity converge to redefine the future of influencer marketing.

About us

McCann Content Studios (MCS) is a new to market concept introduced by world leading advertising agency McCann. McCann Content Studios is a global centre for social and creator capabilities. Aiming to simplify the process for clients working on social and creator-led campaigns, this new studio offers creative services, audience development, creator partnerships, and performance measurement — combining full-service social and creator strategy and execution into a single entity. This role is within the Influencer arm of McCann Content Studios (based at 135 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street), the team are culturally curious and innovative, delivering Global influencer focused marketing solutions at scale. As a collaborative team we work from the office on a hybrid basis of three days a week.

We are on a mission to create work which drives purpose, passion and results, building communities through Influence.

The role + purpose

You are responsible for concepting, managing and supporting the development of influencer marketing campaigns and proposals on behalf of our clients. This role will be instrumental in crafting creative influencer-led strategies and running campaigns from the initial briefing process through execution. Your role is critical in the seamless day to day client servicing at MCS and involves managing junior team members as well as being supportive to the senior team and directors.

You are a self-starter who demonstrates resourcefulness and initiative to own the day-to-day approach and logistics of defining strategies – from theory through to creative ideation, casting, analysing and reporting on robust data and insights and managing the talent/talent team and client relationship through to campaign completion. You understand that our role as the influencer marketing agency for clients is to seamlessly activate campaigns, deploying creators and influencers to inspire.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Work with relevant team to execute and enhance a best-in-class influencer marketing service offering, including insight/analytics, innovation, social trend, tools, platforms and campaign measurement
• Utilise creative thinking to best deliver creator activations for our clients
• Drive best practices around campaign delivery using influencer marketing tools alongside championing the implementation of new tools and processes as required
• Perform competitive analysis, industry research, assessment of best practices and KPIs in a consistently changing landscape
• Lead negotiations on behalf of clients to procure the appropriate influencers and preferable ROI for campaigns and clients
• Act as key liaison during negotiations, contract execution and live campaigns
• Inherent contractual understanding – ability to draft, negotiate and execute robust influencer agreements, ensuring templates are up to date with the ever-evolving nature of the industry
• Use an existing network of contacts / relationships and industry knowledge to build and fast-track opportunities
• Keep abreast of current projects in development; collaborate with wider team to brainstorm and create opportunities for clients
• Best-in-class activation and project management skills.
• Maintain a complete grasp of client’s business, needs and objectives – what they do and what they want to achieve, taking ownership and accountability for work and projects
• Lead by example, providing adequate support and mentorship to junior members of the team, ensuring effective communication and collaboration, including managing upwards to the senior team as required
• Oversee the formal client review process and take responsibility for the internal “Wash Up” process on completion of each project
• Effective account planning, ensuring resources are aligned to meet client demands at all times
• Take accountability for accurate project budgets, in conjunction with senior management when required
• Work with finance to oversee and implement timely generation of required invoices and the overseeing of influencer payments
• In all areas, demonstrate high levels of commerciality and apply a keen understanding of the broader marketing environment