Senior Influencer Marketing Manager - Sports, Lifestyle & Entertainment

USA (Remote)

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Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive influencer partnerships for lifestyle, entertainment, and sports brands, managing end-to-end campaigns with a strategic, client-facing focus.

  • Own end-to-end influencer campaigns across lifestyle, entertainment, and sports accounts.
  • Must-have: 5–10 years in influencer marketing with brand and agency experience.
  • Standout: Deep understanding of creator landscapes and trend-driven strategic recommendations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a primary point of contact for assigned sports, lifestyle and entertainment client accounts
  • Build strong, trust-based relationships grounded in performance and transparency
  • Maintain regular communication, ensuring clients feel consistently supported and informed
  • Anticipate client needs and proactively present solutions before challenges arise
  • Bring forward new campaign concepts, creator opportunities, and growth ideas tailored to lifestyle and entertainment audiences
  • Identify upsell and expansion opportunities within existing accounts
  • Stay across cultural trends, platform shifts, and the evolving creator landscape, and translate those insights into actionable recommendations
  • Ensure clients see us as a strategic partner, not just an executional agency
  • Manage end-to-end influencer campaigns across lifestyle, entertainment, and sports verticals, ensuring seamless execution
  • Collaborate closely with internal teams (media buying, creative, operations) to deliver best-in-class results

Requirements

  • 5-10 years experience in influencer marketing, ideally both brand and agency background
  • Background spanning lifestyle, entertainment, sports, or consumer brands, with toy, board game, or sports marketing experience a strong plus
  • Deep understanding of the creator landscape across lifestyle, entertainment, and sports verticals, with a strong instinct for cultural relevance and audience fit
  • Strong understanding of influencer tools, analytics, tracking systems, and reporting platforms
  • Excellent communication and relationship management skills
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into clear insights and recommendations
  • Proven ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Fluency in English required; additional European language(s) a strong advantage
  • Remote; North America & Europe based
  • 12 months contract

Preferred

  • Additional European language(s) a strong advantage
  • Experience with toy or board game brands (bonus)
  • Cultural fluency in entertainment and sports trends (benefit)

Benefits

  • 20 days holiday, plus public holidays depending on where you are based
  • Flexible working hours and location - work from anywhere in the world!
  • Learning & development opportunities
  • Remote working & career progression funds
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Founded in 2018
London Colney, England, GBR
87 employees (12 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.1%
Direct
42.7%
Referral
8.4%
Social
6.4%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~87

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
10 (11% of company)