Associate Director, Creative Strategy

New York City, NY (Remote)

$100K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead creative strategy for influencer-led campaigns by turning data into culturally tuned, compliant storytelling and building scalable frameworks for cross-functional teams.

  • Own creator-led concepts and ensure alignment with brand and regulatory standards across channels.
  • Mentor a pod of strategists and coordinate with Strategy, Analytics, and Design to scale impact.
  • Build reusable creative frameworks that improve storytelling, compliance, and cultural relevance while staying ahead of creator marketing trends.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead creative strategy for dedicated Publicis Groupe clients, transforming insights into compliant, culturally relevant storytelling platforms.
  • Translate audience, category, and platform data into actionable creative ideas that drive measurable brand and business outcomes.
  • Partner with Strategy, Analytics, and Medical/Regulatory teams to ensure concepts are rooted in proof points and aligned with brand and compliance standards.
  • Oversee influencer brief development, ensuring creative excellence, accuracy, and authenticity across all content.
  • Mentor and manage a pod of creative strategists, fostering growth, consistency, and strategic rigor across all work.
  • Partner with Creative Operations to balance workloads, allocate resources, and maintain team efficiency.
  • Build scalable creative frameworks and best practices that strengthen storytelling, compliance, and cultural impact.
  • Represent Creative Strategy in client and inter-agency presentations, articulating ideas clearly and persuasively.
  • Stay ahead of emerging trends in creator marketing, consumer health, and digital storytelling to inform innovation.

Requirements

  • 6 years in creative strategy, brand storytelling, or influencer/creator marketing.
  • Strong background in developing integrated, data-informed, creator-led creative concepts.
  • Proven ability to lead proposals and inspire cross-disciplinary teams.
  • Excellent presentation and storytelling skills, both visual and verbal.
  • Deep understanding of social platforms, creator culture, and audience behavior.
  • Experience mentoring and developing talent within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

  • Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Influential

2.8 Glassdoor

Influential is the global leader in influencer marketing, founded in 2013, and is the only influencer company that is a preferred partner of all major social media platforms. Influential uses the industry’s richest data, powered by the smartest AI and human intelligence, to precisely match audiences with creators delivering ROI and measurable business outcomes for brands. Our obsession with brand safety and commitment to inclusion underpins everything we do, and we are trusted by over 60% of Fortune 500 brands.

Founded in 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
483 employees (119 in marketing)
28% recommend to a friend
43% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.3%
Direct
55.3%
Referral
5.5%
Social
3.4%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~484

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
110 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
4.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$51.5M
Last Raise
$15M
Convertible Note, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2021
    Convertible Note • $15M
  • Jun 2018
    Series B • $12M
  • Sep 2017
    Series Unknown • $14.5M

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