Director, CAIT (1-year Contract)

VaynerX, LLC; Sydney; Vor Ort; AUD 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

VaynerX in Sydney seeks a Director, CAIT & Social Commerce to shape and expand our creator and social commerce offerings in Australia. You will manage an agile, talented squad and collaborate with Client Partnerships, Strategy, Creative, and Media leaders.

This 12‑month contract requires deep experience in influencer marketing, creator relations, and multi‑channel campaigns, with hands-on TikTok Shop and affiliate programs, strong negotiation and leadership skills.

Qualifikationen

• 7–10+ years of experience in influencer marketing, creator relations, talent management, affiliate marketing, social commerce, or integrated agency work in Australia.
• Hands-on TikTok Shop strategy and affiliate execution strongly preferred.
• Strong commercial negotiation skills with understanding of fees, rights usage, exclusivity, paid amplification, and budgets.
• Strategic and creative instincts balancing rigorous analysis with cultural relevance.
• Senior client counsel with presentation skills for C-suite stakeholders.
• Proven leadership to mentor and scale cross-functional teams in fast-paced agencies.

Aufgaben

• Drive integrated CAIT strategy: multi-channel creator, affiliate, talent, and social commerce aligned to client goals.
• Lead end-to-end social commerce, including TikTok Shop setup, recruitment, seeding, campaigns, and optimization.
• Architect talent partnerships: oversee casting, negotiations on fees, rights, licensing, and exclusivity.
• Translate campaign ideas into platform-native briefs while safeguarding brand safety.
• Manage team workflows, budgets, and agency scopes for profitability.
• Mentor CAIT team members across casting, strategy, contracts and content production.
• Foster APAC relationships with talent networks, agents, and regional leads.
• Lead CAIT pitch work for new business opportunities in Australia.

Jobbeschreibung

VaynerX

VaynerX is a family of companies building brands for the now. Founded by Chairman Gary Vaynerchuk in January 2017, the modern-day parent company is home to relevance-driving businesses including VaynerMedia, ChukMedia, Tamara Group, Gallery Media Group, Eva Nosidam Productions, Tingley Lane Trading, and VaynerSpeakers.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA

VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today's consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today's attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009, by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX family of companies.

ABOUT CHUKMEDIA

ChukMedia is a VaynerX agency built to help enterprise brands move at the speed of culture. Combining entrepreneurial agility with enterprise-grade execution, ChukMedia partners with Fortune 500 and complex organizations to drive growth across brand, social, creative production, and modern marketing ecosystems

ABOUT TAMARA GROUP

About Tamara Group (The Attention, Media, And Relevance Agency): Born from editorial, influencer, and experiential roots, Tamara Group is built to drive growth and disruption through the power of attention and cultural relevance.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it

VaynerMedia APAC is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative, creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time --- PEOPLE.

The PITCH

We're on the hunt for an ambitious, modern Director, CAIT (Creators, Affiliates, Influencers & Talent) & Social Commerce to help shape and expand our creator and social commerce offerings in Australia. Managing an agile, talented squad while collaborating with Client Partnerships, Strategy, Creative, and Media leads, you will bridge the gap between culture, creator content, and full-funnel commerce. This is a 12-month contract position based in Sydney, reporting directly to agency leadership.

• Drive integrated CAIT strategy: Formulate multi-channel creator, affiliate, talent, and social commerce strategies aligned to client business goals, ensuring creator work is integrated from campaign inception.
• Command TikTok Shop & Social Commerce: Lead end-to-end social commerce capabilities, including TikTok Shop setup, creator recruitment, seeding, promotional campaigns, affiliate programs, and performance optimization.
• Architect talent & creator partnerships: Oversee talent casting, sourcing, and complex negotiations covering fees, deliverables, usage rights, licensing, exclusivity, and paid amplification.
• Champion social-first creative & briefing: Translate campaign ideas into platform-native briefs that empower creators while protecting strategic objectives and brand safety.
• Oversee commercial & operational health: Manage team workflows, project budgets, agency scopes, and profitability metrics to deliver sustainable, business-driving results for clients.
• Lead, mentor & scale team capability: Guide and mentor local CAIT team members across casting, strategy, contract negotiation, and content production.
• Foster APAC & platform relationships: Build strong partnerships with talent networks, affiliate platforms, creator agents, and regional APAC CAIT leads to share intelligence and scale best practice.
• Fuel business growth & thought leadership: Lead CAIT pitch work for new business opportunities and represent VaynerMedia as a subject-matter expert across the Australian creator economy.

Your Experience

• 7–10+ years of dedicated experience across influencer marketing, creator relations, talent management, affiliate marketing, social commerce, or integrated agency work within the Australian market.
• Proven social commerce expertise: Direct experience with social commerce ecosystems, with hands-on TikTok Shop strategy and affiliate execution strongly preferred.
• Commercial & negotiation mastery: Deep understanding of talent fees, rights usage, exclusivity, paid amplification, scoping, agency margins, and P&L indicators.
• Strategic & creative instincts: Ability to evaluate whether creator content and feed-native ideas will succeed in-feed, balancing strategic rigor with cultural relevance.
• Senior client counsel & presentation skills: Proven track record advising C-suite client stakeholders, pitching new business, and translating complex platform changes into strategic opportunities.
• People & operational leadership: Demonstrated ability to manage, mentor, and scale cross-functional team members in fast‑paced agency environments.

What You Should Know About VaynerMedia

Think “lab” and not “agency”. We get excited about solving business problems, not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s fun! Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that, and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew, work with big brands excites you, as it does us. We can’t wait to meet you.

Roles at other VaynerX companies

• ChukMedia
• VaynerMedia
• Gallery Media Group
• VX Services