About The Role:
Zeno Chicago is looking for an experienced influencer marketer to join our growing Chicago digital team. The ideal candidate will have a mix of experience developing and leading influencer campaigns for B2C brands, as well as a foundational understanding of paid and analytics, including influencer whitelisting. This person will be responsible for leading multiple pieces of client business, as the day-to-day client relationship manager, primary strategist and internal team lead. The ideal candidate will excel at both strategy and execution.
As a Director on our team, you’ll be responsible for driving the development of smart, creative and authentic influencer strategies for some of the agency’s top clients. This work will include executing influencer campaigns across a number of social platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and more. This person should have a comprehensive understanding of influencer marketing—from identification, contract negotiations and partner management to platform trends, disclosures, reporting, amplification and optimization. This person should be both analytical and creative. Beyond strategy, the Director, Influencer will also be responsible for leading a team and driving execution via content creation, copywriting, paid amplification and reporting in partnership with the paid media and analytics teams.
Finally, this candidate will be a leader both internally and amongst clients. A Director will be expected to manage 2-3 direct supervisees and contribute to the growth of our team in both business and culture. As a client lead, this person should have experience as a client relationship manager and account manager/team lead. An ideal candidate should thrive in a high stakes environment and be experienced at presenting and selling ideas to senior clients. This candidate should also be comfortable and confident proactively identifying incremental opportunities with clients and leading the sell-in of those ideas. Internally, this candidate should have a hands-on approach to mentoring junior teammates and driving the team collectively towards success.
The Director, Creator will report to the SVP, Influencer (Chicago digital practice lead).