Executive Director, Influencer Client Lead

Interpublic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office 3 days per week

Job summary

Omnicom Media in New York, NY seeks an Executive Director, Influencer Client Lead to guide a senior team of influencer experts, shaping strategy and insights for enterprise clients. You will lead client conversations, drive revenue opportunities, and champion influencer marketing across the media ecosystem.

The role requires strong leadership, deep industry knowledge, and the ability to align brand narratives with creator-led storytelling while growing the practice and delivering client impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing/Advertising/Communications preferred.
• 12–15+ years of influencer and/or media experience.
• Hands-on experience managing influencer campaigns.
• Experience managing and developing enterprise clients.
• Experience leading and developing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of influencer experts, guiding workflow and development.
• Provide consultative guidance to clients and senior leadership.
• Identify new revenue opportunities and optimize performance.
• Champion influencer marketing within the digital/paid media ecosystem.
• Shape agency culture and help train staff.

Skills

Influencer marketing

Leadership

Client relations

Forecasting

Strategic thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree (Marketing/Advertising/Communications)

Job description

## Executive Director, Influencer Client LeadApply: Hybrid: New York, New York, United States of America: Full time: Posted Yesterday: R13739**Agency:**Omnicom Media **Job Function:**Media **Job Subfunction:**Social Media and Influencer Marketing**Job Description:****RESPONSIBILITIES:** **Account Management and Practice Excellence:*** Lead & Inspire: Oversee and mentor a team of influencer experts, guiding workflow, inspiring collaboration, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development at Omnicom Influencer. Act as both a visionary and a coach, setting the pace and charting new frontiers for clients and staff.* Business Leadership & Partnership: Serve as a trusted strategic partner, offering consultative guidance to clients and senior leadership. Help clients make pivotal decisions and unleash the full potential of influencer marketing.* Drive Client Growth: Identify new revenue opportunities and ensure existing efforts are optimized for maximum impact and alignment with evolving business needs across client portfolio.* Champion Influencer Channels: Communicate influencer marketing within the digital/paid media ecosystem and aid in the operationalization of service offerings and subsequent value positioningtied to the media environment.* Foster Innovation: Identify innovation opportunity suited to solve client challenges and needs with the capability to troubleshoot, advise on enterprise related solutions, and operationalizeprocesses to scale the introduction of new go-to-market strategies.* Shape Agency Culture: As a client and business leader, play a vital role in growing Omnicom Influencer’s culture, supporting new business initiatives, and helping to train and elevate our people.* Influencer Landscape Intelligence: Maintain a constant pulse on the influencer landscape education via thought leadership communication, staying atop of shifts in the industry and emergingtrends and be able to communicate the impact to client business**Required Skills:*** Strong business acumen and the ability to make highly impactful decisions in a timely manner* Proven business and operations experience designing structures and implementing workforce management solutions that meet client needs while providing sustainable growth and profitability to the business* Strong people leadership and change management skills with comfort providing feedback and developing employees* Business forecasting and revenue management excellence including accountability for budget maintenance, client billing and payment workflows, and contract and business negotiations* Strong agency account management background with in leading internal and external conversations with senior stakeholders and excellent relationship building skills with senior stakeholders* In-depth understanding and mastery of Influencer marketing and an ability to match brand narratives with Creator-led storytelling* Thorough understanding of the Influencer ecosystem including organic roles & responsibilities across platforms including but not limited to creative development, talent perspectives, best practices, and measurement* Strong communicator and presenter, able to present and articulate persuasive and cohesive presentations and points-of-view* High levels of integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation* Critical thinking and problem solving tied to implementation of new processes and process improvements with ability to develop and implement new processes and quality controls that eliminate/reduce errors **Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree (Marketing/Advertising/Communications preferred)* 12-15+ years of experience within Influencer and preferably media environments* Hands on experience managing influencer and/or integrated marketing campaigns* Experience working on client businesses and managing enterprise clients across a variety of industries* Experience managing and developing teams$220,000-$240,000*To the extent permissible by local law, Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager.* Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.