Responsibilities

• Your primary focus will be building and stewarding paid and organic relationships with skin professional influencers — predominantly Medi Professional Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and high-profile advanced skin therapists, facialists, and make-up artists.
• Secondly, you will lead two signature community programmes: the Pro Collective and the Pro Community.
• Reporting to the Communications Manager, you will work in close partnership with Trade, Education, PR, Creative, Social, Ecommerce, Paid Social, and Product teams to bring long-term professional community strategies and brand campaigns to life.
• Strategy & Leadership – Lead the end-to-end professional influencer strategy for the UK, with primary focus on Medi Professional KOLs, advanced skin therapists, facialists, and make-up artists — spanning both paid and organic channels.
• Continuously monitor developments in the Medi and advanced professional aesthetics space, including emerging treatments, clinical trends, and key voices, to keep Dermalogica at the forefront of professional advocacy.
• Proactively identify and recruit new professional influencer talent — building a pipeline of credible, aligned KOLs and skin professionals who strengthen Dermalogica’s authority within the trade and Medi communities.
• Collaborate with International Dermalogica Trade, Education, and Influencer Community Strategy teams to align professional influencer activity globally and share learnings across markets.
• Paid & Organic Partnerships – Own and lead all paid partnership activity with professional influencers — including identifying the right KOLs and advanced professionals, negotiating deliverables and fees, and managing contract reviews with the legal team to ensure full compliance with advertising regulations.
• Nurture ongoing organic relationships with skin professionals, creating meaningful touchpoints — from product education and early access to brand experiences — that keep Dermalogica front of mind within the professional community.
• Audit KOL and ambassador deliverables for completion, brand standard compliance, and performance — ensuring all content meets Dermalogica’s professional and scientific positioning.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ proven experience in influencer, creator, or earned marketing — ideally with a strong focus on trade, professional, or B2B2C audiences within beauty, skincare, or an adjacent wellness or clinical sector.
• A proven track record of building and nurturing meaningful influencer or KOL relationships — not just transactional campaigns — with measurable impact on brand advocacy, credibility, and community growth.
• Demonstrated team leadership and development experience, ideally 3+ years managing direct reports.
• Strong understanding of the UK professional skin and aesthetics landscape — including key voices, clinics, and communities across Medi Professional, advanced skin therapy, and make-up artistry.
• Strong commercial and strategic acumen — able to connect professional influencer activity to brand authority, trade engagement, and broader business performance.
• Excellent project management skills, including timeline ownership and budget management.
• Proven experience managing external agency and vendor partnerships.
• Strong relationship-building skills, with the confidence to present to and influence senior stakeholders.
• In-depth platform knowledge across all major influencer channels, with a particular focus on Instagram and TikTok.

Benefits

• Private Health Care with Vitality and Medicash
• Life insurance with Legal and General which includes – Virtual GP with Health365, wellbeing and counselling and Financial Protection.
• A 5% pension contribution from the company as well as access to a pension’s advisor.
• Your Birthday off work!
• 5 paid sick days per year
• £70 monthly product allocation
• Access to new product innovation before they hit the shelves so that you can experience the products first-hand