Job Description
Are you our next Social Media & Influencer Director?
McCann Nordic is not just another advertising agency – we're the Nordic branch of a global powerhouse, crafting campaigns that shift culture and drive measurable impact for some of the world's most innovative brands.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a strategic and commercially minded leader with a passion for social media, influencer marketing, and business growth. Someone who combines strong client leadership with deep channel expertise, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and knows how to turn opportunities into results.
What You'll Lead
- Lead the strategic development and execution of social media and influencer marketing programmes across the Nordic region, ensuring alignment with client business objectives.
- Act as the senior client lead, building trusted relationships with key stakeholders and identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery of campaigns, from strategy and planning through activation, measurement, reporting, and optimisation.
- Collaborate closely with the Social & Influencer Manager and wider agency teams to continuously evolve and strengthen our social and influencer offering.
- Drive best practice across social strategy, influencer marketing, content development, paid social, analytics, platform innovation, and measurement frameworks.
- Lead influencer identification, negotiations, contracting, and talent partnerships, ensuring commercial effectiveness and maximum return on investment
- Stay ahead of industry developments, platform changes, emerging technologies, and consumer trends, translating insights into actionable client recommendations.
- Lead, mentor, and develop team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, excellence, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Take ownership of account planning, resource allocation, project delivery, and financial performance across assigned clients.
- Manage budgets, forecasting, influencer payments, and commercial reporting in partnership with senior leadership and finance teams.
- Support new business opportunities, contributing to pitches, proposals, thought leadership, and agency growth initiatives.
- Ensure robust project governance, including client reviews, campaign evaluations, and internal post-project learnings.
What You Need To Bring
- Solid experience in social media, influencer marketing, or integrated communications, with a proven track record of strategic and commercial leadership, a growth-driven mindset, and demonstrable success in winning, developing, and expanding client relationships and new business opportunities
- Brings a positive, forward-thinking mindset and thrives in team environments, building strong relationships, fostering collaboration, and contributing to a high-performing and inclusive culture.
- Fluency in Swedish alongside strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Deep expertise across social media strategy, influencer marketing, content development, community management, paid social, analytics, and client leadership.
- Strong understanding of major social and paid media platforms, including Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, and emerging channels.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing successful social and influencer strategies for major brands.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility and influence at senior client levels.
- Strong commercial acumen, including budget management, forecasting, contract negotiation, and business growth responsibilities.
- Experience leading and mentoring teams while managing multiple complex projects and workstreams simultaneously.
- Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to deliver high-quality work under pressure.
- Strong analytical mindset, with experience translating data, performance insights, and trends into strategic recommendations.
- Experience contributing to new business pitches and agency growth initiatives.
- Confidence presenting to senior audiences, facilitating workshops, and leading client conversations.
What's In It For You
- Be an instrumental part of the fast-growing Nordic operations of the world's leading advertising network.
- Lead social and influencer marketing for some of the world's most recognised and innovative brands.
- Work with a team of diverse and brilliant colleagues, locally as well as across our global network.
- Significant opportunities for professional development, leadership growth, and international collaboration.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Hybrid work model.