About the Role
We are seeking an Associate Director of Influencer to provide strategic and operational leadership for a brand account. This role is for an individual eager to grow their influence in the creator and experiential space while ensuring excellence in campaign, event, and creator program execution. As a senior account management position, the Associate Director will serve as both a client-facing lead and an internal team manager, ensuring strategic alignment, clear communication, and precise delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead internal team brainstorming sessions for assigned campaigns to generate impactful and strategic ideas.
- Translate campaign strategy into actionable campaign plans and creative briefs, ensuring messaging and direction align with broader brand goals.
- Partner with the Director to develop bespoke influencer marketing strategies, rescopes, and upsells that align with client objectives.
- Provide strategic points of view on market trends, competitors, and audience behavior relevant to brand and audience.
- Maintain alignment between creative concepts, influencer activations, and campaign goals throughout execution.
- Lead campaign strategy development including approach, budget flighting, and storytelling frameworks.
- Leads online and offline creator programs, including brand activations (i.e. music festivals/creator trips), ensuring oversight of strategic direction without leading day-to-day execution.
- Oversee outreach, vetting, contracting, and communication across assigned campaigns.
- Lead the full content lifecycle including briefing, deadlines, content reviews, and client delivery.
- Oversee influencer tracking documents and calendars to maintain clarity across deliverables and approval timelines.
- Partner with Legal to ensure contracts, deliverables, and usage rights are complete and compliant.
- Ensure influencers are on-brand and that all content aligns with campaign messaging, creative intent, and performance goals.
- Lead paid plan development, ensuring that rates align with budget, strategy, and CPM benchmarks, and that partner selection ladders back to client objectives.
- Oversee predictive modeling based on performance data and identification of campaign benchmarks to inform future recommendations.
- Lead negotiation of high-reach paid partnerships using data and performance insights to inform decision-making.
- Oversee influencer briefing materials, ensuring alignment with creative strategy and client goals.
- Manage celebrity briefings and ensure coordination between talent, creative, and client teams.
- Ensure timely influencer content reviews and approvals with clear, strategic feedback loops to the client and creators.
- Lead the development of campaign wrap reports and presentation decks with guidance from the Director.
- Oversee collection of performance data, engagement metrics, and qualitative feedback from creators and audiences.
- Build clear visuals and summaries that highlight campaign KPIs and insights.
- Drive the team to connect metrics and storytelling in alignment with client business objectives.
- Analyze campaign results to identify optimizations and elevate key insights and recommendations for future activations.
- Act as the main point of contact for specific workstreams or activations, managing communication and expectations with mid-level clients.
- Lead client kickoffs, campaign updates, and status meetings, ensuring clarity across deliverables and timelines.
- Anticipate client needs, proactively identifying roadblocks or concerns and presenting solutions to leadership.
- Communicate client feedback clearly to internal teams, ensuring action items are understood and implemented.
- Analyze client business goals and key performance pillars to position yourself as a trusted strategic partner.
- Manage and mentor Senior Managers and Coordinators across assigned projects, fostering professional growth and accountability.
- Delegate tasks effectively and review for accuracy, alignment, and quality before delivery.
- Lead smaller internal workstreams or pods, managing communication, timelines, and priorities across functions.
- Oversee creation and updates of team DOLs, ensuring workload balance and alignment with team strengths and development areas.
- Lead regular check-ins with your team to ensure deliverables are on track and resourcing is adequate.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, media, legal, and talent teams to ensure seamless campaign execution.
- Flag bandwidth, resource, or performance challenges to the Director or Senior Director in a timely manner.
- Support the Director and project managers with staffing grids, scopes, and budget trackers.
- Ensure campaign billing closures are accurate, with all numbers reconciled across documentation including accounts receipt sheet.
- Maintain oversight of billing trackers to ensure alignment with contracted scope, focusing on usage, reimbursable costs, and influencer fees.
- Review and validate all billing formulas and fees before submission to Accounting.
- Support Directors with quarterly financial reviews and campaign overviews.
- Manage contract creation and review for creators, ensuring accuracy and risk mitigation.
- Review all Manager and Senior Manager contracts and redlines for compliance and alignment with client guidelines.
- Escalate complex redline issues or legal concerns to senior leadership.
- Draft first-pass SOW exhibits in partnership with leadership and Legal.
- Lead onboarding and training for new Senior Managers joining the account.
- Support onboarding of new Associate Directors, ensuring alignment with account processes and client expectations.
- Assist in creating and refining onboarding materials and process documentation for team members, ensuring consistent training on client background, history, and goals.
- Ensure all projects and teams are operating within scope and deadlines, proactively identifying roadblocks and presenting solutions.
- Support new business efforts or special projects across clients as needed.
- Stay informed on cultural, platform, and influencer trends, and regularly share insights and POVs with the team.
- Uphold Village’s values through collaboration, mentorship, and strong relationship-building with both clients and colleagues.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of experience in Marketing, Social Media, Partnerships, Influencer, and/or related fields.
- Proven experience managing teams and overseeing multiple accounts concurrently.
- Strong understanding of influencer marketing, paid partnerships, and campaign management.
- Experience with large-scale programs or events preferred.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and time-management skills.
- Fluency in Google Drive, Microsoft Office, and influencer or social analytics platforms.
- Passionate about mentorship, collaboration, and building strong client and team relationships.
Skills
- Influencer Marketing
- Social Media Marketing
- Partnerships
- Campaign Management
- Team Management
- Client Relationship Management
- Strategic Planning
- Content Lifecycle Management
- Paid Media Planning
- Data Analysis
- Reporting
- Google Drive
- Microsoft Office
- Social Analytics Platforms
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Associate Director
- 5-7 years
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000—$140,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
About the Company
- Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas for 75 years.
- Ogilvy ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC.
- Ogilvy operates with Borderless Creativity, integrating advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities.
- WPP is a trusted growth partner for leading brands, uniting media intelligence, data solutions, creativity, production, enterprise solutions, and strategic counsel.
- Village Marketing, part of WPP, is an advocacy-based marketing shop that builds brands through people, shifting focus from promotion to advocacy and from audience to community.
- Village Marketing leverages creators throughout its process and has worked with clients like Boll & Branch, The Coca-Cola Company, Ford, Nike, HelloFresh, Hellmann’s, AXE, and Mackenzie-Childs.
Equal Opportunity
- Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics.
- Ogilvy is committed to fostering a culture of respect where everyone feels they belong and has equal opportunities for career progression.
- Ogilvy aims to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all and supporting global communities.
- Ogilvy believes in building powerful teams with purpose and curating transformative initiatives to ensure fairness and equity.
