Associate Director, Creator Activation (Influencer)

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$70K/yr – $125K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end influencer activation for Creo campaigns, coordinating influencer vetting, onboarding, content development, logistics, and post-mortem measurement across client programs.

  • Influencer Activation & Vetting: Strategically align creators with campaigns and manage partnerships from kickoff to completion.
  • Operations & Execution: Ensure on-brand content delivery, reporting, and client escalation while optimizing logistics and platform use.
  • Team & Platform Leadership: Guide a small team and shape OMG Influencer platform roadmap with cross-functional stakeholders.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead influencer activation from kickoff to completion, including creator agreements and platform management.
  • Vet and align influencers with client campaigns to ensure strategic fit and impact.
  • Execute partnerships with influencers from post contract through campaign completion.
  • Ensure metrics collection and post-mortem recaps are developed and shared.
  • Plan logistics for talent such as travel and product shipping for campaigns.
  • Maintain executional excellence across activations including onboarding, content ideation, delivery, reporting, and client escalation.
  • Handle curation, outreach, compensation negotiation, and management of content development and deployment.
  • Leverage the OMG Influencer tech platform for discovery, vetting, content review, and performance benchmarking.
  • Provide input to guide the OMG Influencer platform roadmap based on client and OMG needs.
  • Participate in and lead weekly team meetings and practice excellence initiatives.
  • Maintain pulse on influencer landscape education and communicate impact to clients.
  • Develop thought leadership pieces and case studies to increase Creo adoption within OMG.
  • Collaborate with OMG COE platform teams and channel stakeholders to implement best practices across asset development, commerce, and measurement.
  • Build and maintain relationships with creators and platform partners to identify activation opportunities.
  • Manage a team of at least 1-2 Supervisors, Sr. Specialists, and Specialists and support their professional growth.
  • Shape Creator Activation operations with tactical resources for team development.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (Marketing/Advertising/Communications preferred).
  • 5-6 years of experience within influencer and media environments.
  • Hands-on experience managing creators within influencer campaigns and client management with blue-chip companies.
  • Experience handling client business across multiple industries and managing at least 2 direct reports.
  • In-depth mastery of influencer operations, creator compensation, and scalable best practices for activation excellence.
  • Strong relationships within the influencer community, including creators and talent managers.
  • Thorough understanding of influencer ad and organic roles across platforms, including creative development and measurement.
  • Excellent relationship-building with internal and external stakeholders and strong communication/presentation skills.
  • Highly analytical and creative with strong communication, integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation.
  • Strong business acumen and timely decision-making ability.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Vacation days
  • Sick days
  • Personal days
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid medical leave
  • STD/LTD insurance benefits
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Omnicom Media, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc., designs ecosystems for growth. Powered by the Omni Intelligence Platform, Omnicom Media connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, Initiative, PHD, UM, Hearts & Science and Mediahub to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences for the more than 40,000 people serving the world’s leading brands in Omnicom Media agencies around the globe.

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