Senior Manager, Influencer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$81K/yr – $98K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Owns end-to-end brand and influencer program execution across multiple client engagements, guiding strategy-to-delivery, influencer partnerships, and budget management.

  • Lead execution for client programs and budgets
  • Develop and manage influencer strategies and content performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Brand Strategy & Execution
  • Own responsibilities for executional leadership of multiple client programs, budgets, plans
  • Maintain daily client contact, serving as a trusted resource and advisor
  • Facilitate cross-functional team integration (strategy, creative, integrated media specialists, influencer)
  • Translate strategies into tactical plans; ensure team deliverables align with strategies
  • Develop messaging for clients and oversee the creation of influencer strategies that take an integrated approach to driving awareness with target audiences
  • Proactively support and suggest improvements and new ideas to exceed client expectations by leveraging industry knowledge and experience
  • Anticipate executional issues specific to assigned programs and proactively offer solutions to senior team leadership
  • Partner with CX and Project Managers to help manage program and project budgets
  • Demonstrate financial acumen in the areas of budgeting, billing and staffing

Requirements

  • The Essentials
  • Thinking: Intellectual curiosity and creativity are a must.
  • Storytelling: Understand the elements that make a story exciting, what brands are doing in the press and on social platforms, and what they should do next.
  • Communication: Speak, write and edit succinctly and compellingly.
  • Management: Meet deadlines, put out fires and multi-task. Work fast, and work well.
  • Interpersonal: Play nice, whether it’s in a team, with a team or independently.
  • Technical: Know Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook. Influencer databases/management systems/vendor networks and social listening/tracking tools is a plus.
  • Detail-Oriented: Whether it’s an influencer recommendation or a recap report, attention to detail and a commitment to delivering clear and precise work is essential.
  • Spark: Understand what sets you apart.
  • Knowledge: Strong cultural awareness and expertise in social media platforms, trends, influencers, and best practices for engagement.
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Weber Shandwick

Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 225 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.  Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/. Social Media Community Guidelines: http://bit.ly/wssocialterms

Founded in 2001
New York, NY, US
4.4K employees (1,170 in marketing)

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74.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36%
Direct
46.1%
Referral
5.6%
Social
11.7%
Paid
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Current headcount: ~4.4K

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Marketing Team Size
882 (20% of company)
Median Career Experience
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