Business Director

New York City, NY (On-site)

$140K/yr – $160K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 11 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and lead client relationships and strategic counsel across social, digital, and integrated campaigns while guiding content, growth, and cross-functional delivery.

  • Drive multi-channel strategies (owned, earned, paid) for key clients
  • Lead cross-functional teams and content production to meet objectives
  • Grow the business through new opportunities and strong partnerships

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • - Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, building trusted relationships and providing strategic counsel across all aspects of communications.
  • - Partner with clients to develop and implement comprehensive social media and digital communication strategies, including owned, earned, and paid media initiatives.
  • - Oversee content strategy and production, ensuring creative deliverables align with client objectives, brand positioning, and campaign goals.
  • - Lead cross-functional project teams, coordinating internal resources and external partners to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
  • - Manage day-to-day client communications, proactively identifying opportunities, addressing challenges, and ensuring an exceptional client experience.
  • - Monitor campaign performance and provide strategic recommendations to optimize results and maximize client value.
  • - Establish budgets that ensure the financial viability of the agency and ensure their respect.
  • - Supervise your team on a daily basis: ensure the development of the skills of your team members, help them achieve their goals, and ensure the quality of their tasks.
  • - Develop margins, supervise negotiations, and financial management of your account.
  • - Define realistic KPIs for each of your projects and oversee their tracking.

Requirements

  • 10-12 years of experience in a creative social media, digital, or advertising agency, with prior management experience.
  • A strong interest in digital and social media, and a good understanding of the strategic challenges brands face on these channels.
  • Proactive, with excellent listening skills, you understand clients' evolving needs.
  • You are enthusiastic, dynamic, and thoughtful: you enjoy sharing your experience to help grow your team.
  • You demonstrate good strategic and creative judgment, as well as a strong sense of aesthetics.
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The Independents

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The Independents is a global ecosystem of 21 best-in-class partner agencies crafting extraordinary brand experiences that captivate audiences worldwide. In collaboration with its clients across the luxury and lifestyle industries, The Independents creates meaningful connections between people and the brands they love.The Independents’ curation reflects an expansive roster of industry pioneers, including 2 x 4, Atelier Athem, Atelier Lum, Bureau Béatrice, Bureau Betak, Bureau Future, Ctzar, Inca Productions, k2, Karla Otto, Kennedy, Kitten Production, Kitty Events, Lefty, Lucien Pagès Communication, MA+Group, Prodject, Sunshine, Terminal 9 Studios, The Qode and We Are Ona. The group’s capabilities span research, core strategy, communications strategy, design, production and distribution, a scope that adapts to every creative challenge.The group translates strategic insights into creative concepts, which are developed into personally relevant experiences that engage local and global audiences by way of its presence in Milan, Paris, London, Munich, Barcelona, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha and Riyadh.In March 2025, The Independents launched L’Incubateur, a pioneering initiative conceived to identify, support and accelerate the next wave of talent, entrepreneurs and creative agencies on a global scale. Since June 2023, The Independents has been backed by Banijay Group and TowerBrook Capital Partners.

Founded in 2017
Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
78 employees (7 in marketing)
0% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.6%
Direct
35.2%
Referral
6.7%
Social
24.2%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~80

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (5% of company)
Median Tenure
1.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Last Raise
Series Unknown, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2017
    Series Unknown