Manager, Influence

Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses and target audiences, and working in close collaboration with our Influencer Strategy lead, Creative, Insights and Client Experience teams, lead the execution of integrated multi-platform campaigns that drive meaningful results
• Execute social influencer strategies cross-functionally to align strategic efforts and priorities, and able to develop strategic outputs with minimal oversight. Collaborate closely with strategy, creative, paid and larger integrated agency teams to deliver program initiatives
• Expected to manage end to end Influencer management from identification to briefing, contracting to payment and reporting
• Development and management of timelines and weekly action plans to ensure all deadlines on client programs are met 
• Input on influencer relations marketing campaigns and tactics. Managing authentication and campaign set up utilizing influencer management tools
• Closely partner with social strategy to stay at the forefront of trends and platform evolutions to champion social best practices
• Provide counsel to clients and colleagues on influencer best practices
• Play a role in the agency’s Influencer center of excellence, which develops and manages key relationships with talent agencies and content creators, and institutionalizes a set of best-in-class tools and processes for identification, contract negotiation, content planning, measurement and ROI analysis

CULTURE & DEI A driver of culture: Must have true passion and understanding of pop culture and are part of the community (be it music, gaming, fashion, food, internet culture, etc.) This job is the intersection of creative, strategy, marketing, technology, content creation and production; your energy must be driven by your lifestyle. You must influence creative ideations: from the ideas presented, to the influencers selected, to the content created, all the way down to the language used in post copy. Have high cultural competencies: Understand the role and importance of diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) You must be culturally vigilant with the ability to understand, communicate with and effectively interact with people across cultures.

“GRAVITAS” IN THE INFLUENCER SPACE Deep understanding of the influencer landscape is required. Proven ability to build, speak and grow relationships with change agents and cultural makers (celebrities, influencers, artists, thought leaders) directly or via their agents. You must be open to a public-facing role; willingness to speak publicly about influencer trends when opportunities present itself to the WS Influencer Team. Use data driven insights to build strong strategies and is immersed and on top of trends (reading e-marketer, ad week, Next Atlas etc.

BE READY TO LEAD AT ANY MOMENT Working with your leads, you will learn to “step up to the plate” and lead effectively in the client’s and agency’s best interests while also helping to cultivate, mentor and coach mid to junior staff members on the influencer team. “

“MANAGE PARTNERS Know how to identify and manage diverse vendors and partners: in an industry where technologies (saas platforms, AI, managed services, etc) are popping on the daily, at high volume, no less, you must have experience working with RFPs and meeting with leading tech companies to understand their services and identify their uniqueness (and keep up with their ongoing changes in our WS influencer database)

HUSTLE Identify influencer opportunities (organic or new) to ensure influencer marketing continues to be a strong marketing discipline and revenue driver on your assigned account or at Weber Shandwick.

BE CURIOUS Willing to learn a little bit of everything, and open to take on anything.

THINK LIKE A LAWYER Understand how important it is to be in compliance with best practices (FTC updates, platform requirements), continuously build our excellence by partnering with EXTRA legal and finance to ensure risk and liabilities are reduced and tamed for every campaign you touch.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

NYC Salary range: $74,000 - $85,000

Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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