Executive Director, Influencer
Agency Partnerships
$175-190k
Senior and Expert level
New York
Remote from US
Influencer marketing platform
Open for applications
Influencer marketing platform
1001+ employees
B2BMarketingDigital MediaSocial Media
Open for applications
$175-190k
Senior and Expert level
New York
Remote from US
1001+ employees
B2BMarketingDigital MediaSocial Media
Company mission
To shape the future of marketing by humanizing brands.
Role
Who you are
- LOCATION: New York (Hybrid) OR United States (Remote)
- 7–10+ years of experience in partnerships, business development, agency relations, media, experiential, creator marketing, or digital marketing
- Agency DNA: A deep understanding of how global agency holding companies operate, including their commercial incentives and trading structures coupled with strong existing relationships
- Strong commercial instincts, with the ability to identify scalable partnership opportunities, and experience structuring global deals and JBPs within or alongside agency groups
- Experience working cross-functionally: with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Client Services teams
- Passion for creator marketing: internet culture, and the evolving media landscape
- Collaborative Mindset: Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Marketing to turn partnership insights into market-leading offerings
- Communication Skills: Comfortable presenting to C-Suite stakeholders
What the job involves
- As an Official Global Marketing Partner of TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Snap, Meta, and Twitch, Influencer delivers bespoke, enterprise-level solutions powered by Waves, its AI-driven operating system
- Rom concept to conversion, the agency blends human instinct with platform intelligence to drive measurable outcomes across the full funnel - from brand perception to performance and sales
- With 200+ team members speaking 30 languages across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Influencer has delivered 6,000+ campaigns for leading brands including Spotify, SharkNinja, Google, Nike, Disney, and Coca-Cola
- Reporting of the role: Global VP of Partnerships
- As the Executive Director, Agency Partnerships, you will play a critical role in expanding and strengthening Influencer’s global agency ecosystem
- Reporting into the Global VP of Partnerships, this role will focus on building strategic relationships across the whole agency ecosystem, including media agencies, creative agencies, experiential agencies, marketing consultancies, talent agencies, and emerging marketing intermediaries to position Influencer as the creator marketing partner of choice
- Will be responsible for identifying, developing, and scaling partnership opportunities that drive new business, deepen market presence, and unlock commercial growth opportunities globally
- This role requires someone highly relationship-driven, commercially minded, and deeply connected within the modern agency landscape, and can structure and negotiate large and complex commercial deals. We are looking for someone who understands how to turn relationships into revenue opportunities, strategic collaborations, and long-term growth
- Measures of success - in the first few months, you will have:
- Growth in revenue attributed to agency and intermediary partnerships
- Expansion of Influencer’s agency partner network globally
- Increased partnership-driven pipeline and qualified introductions
- Development of scalable partnership frameworks and repeatable collaboration models
- Successful integration of partnerships into broader sales and marketing initiatives
- Increased market visibility and strategic positioning within the agency ecosystem
- Strength and retention of key agency and intermediary relationships
- Build and manage relationships across global agency holding companies, independent agencies, creative agencies, experiential agencies, and talent agencies
- Develop strategic partnership plans that increase Influencer’s visibility, integration, and preferred-partner status across the agency ecosystem
- Build and sustain strong commercial relationships with key industry intermediaries and consultancies, who own and manage pitch processes on behalf of brands. Ensure Influencer’s place on pitch lists managed by these partners
- Create and nurture relationships with key decision-makers across strategy, investment, partnerships, creator, innovation, and experiential teams
- Identify and unlock new revenue opportunities through agency-led partnerships and intermediary relationships
- Partner closely with sales leadership to drive pipeline development, introductions, and partnership-driven revenue opportunities
- Support the development of scalable commercial frameworks that deepen repeat business and long-term strategic value
- Develop relationships with talent agencies, management companies, and creator representation groups to strengthen Influencer’s creator access and collaboration opportunities globally
- Explore partnership opportunities around talent activations, creator programs, experiential moments, and branded collaborations
- Work closely with Marketing, Sales, Product, and Client Services teams to ensure partnership initiatives support broader go-to-market priorities and commercial objectives
- Partner with the Global Marketing organization to support events, thought leadership, co-marketing opportunities, industry programming, and market visibility initiatives
- Collaborate with Product and Platform Partnership teams to identify opportunities for integrated offerings and strategic innovation partnerships
- Stay deeply informed on agency landscape shifts, creator economy trends, platform developments, and emerging partnership opportunities
- Represent Influencer at industry events, conferences, client meetings, and networking opportunities globally
- Help position Influencer at the center of the evolving creator, media, and marketing ecosystem
Our take
Influencer is a technology platform that simplifies influencer marketing for both advertisers and creators. Connecting global brands with a network of vetted macro and micro creators, ensuring authenticity, quality, and creativity.
Once a connection is made, brands collaborate with creators to promote their products organically through creative content. Alongside this, the platform also provides brands with in-depth analytics on both the creators and campaign performance.
As an Official Global Marketing Partner with Meta, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch and Snapchat, Influencer has delivered award-winning campaigns for global brands like Xbox, NatWest, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Google, ASOS, and Spotify. With the growing shift towards influencer marketing, the company is poised to capitalize on this trend and extend its global reach.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2019
$3.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $3.7m
Company benefits
- Private Healthcare: We've got you covered for a range of healthcare needs
- Enhance Parental Leave: We support our people with big life changes
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): We provide confidential counselling for our people as well as financial and legal support
- Hybrid Working Model: We understand that your best work doesn't need to be in our offices. That's why we offer our people the option to work from home for two days a week
- Enhanced Annual Leave/Paid Time Off: So you can enjoy more time on personal interests and with family
- Flex National Holidays: We have a globally diverse team, so you have the choice of swapping national holidays to align with those that matter to you
- End of Year Closure: Enjoy our gift to you with paid time off at the end of the year, in addition to your annual leave
- Flexible Working: Start and finish times that can be flexed to support you
- Work from Anywhere Policy: Enjoy the freedom to work from where you want
- Dog Friendly Office: Your four-legged friends are always welcome in our office
- Influencer Tenure Programme: We appreciate the loyalty of our people by offering rewards based on the time spent working with us
- Regular Team Socials, Summer & End of Year Parties: To celebrate our success and all the amazing work our people do to achieve these
- Recognition Platform: A space for our people to celebrate each other and award points that can be converted to discounted purchases and experiences
- Learning & Development Budget: Development training to support all of our people to feel confident in their growth at any stage of their career
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
Ben Jeffries
(Co-Founder & CEO)Award winning Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Breeze Clothing.
Caspar Lee
(Co-Founder)Investor and Youtuber. Co-Founder of MVE and Creator Ventures.
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