Vice President, Influencer Strategy

Detroit, MI (On-site)

$113K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end influencer marketing programs for a client-focused agency role, leading cross-functional campaigns and mentoring the team.

  • Own and drive end-to-end influencer programs across platforms, from awareness to conversion.
  • Must-have: 8–10 years of influencer marketing or related experience.
  • Standout: Cross-functional collaboration with Creative, Strategy, and Insights teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and execution of full-funnel influencer marketing programs spanning awareness, engagement, and conversion, including celebrity partnerships, creator collaborations, and long-term ambassador programs.
  • Partner closely with Creative, Strategy, Insights, and Client Experience teams to develop integrated influencer campaigns across social and digital platforms that deliver measurable results.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic counsel on influencer marketing trends, emerging platforms, and best practices.
  • Build strong relationships with creators, talent managers, and agencies to identify partnership opportunities and bring innovative influencer programs to life.
  • Contribute to business growth by identifying new opportunities within client accounts and supporting new business initiatives and pitches.
  • Stay ahead of emerging trends across social platforms, creator tools, and influencer technologies, bringing forward new ideas and innovations that strengthen influencer programs.
  • Support the agency’s influencer center of excellence by helping refine processes related to creator identification, partnership management, measurement, and ROI analysis.
  • Collaborate with cross-agency teams to ensure influencer programs integrate seamlessly with broader marketing, digital, and media strategies.
  • Mentor and guide junior team members while helping build a strong and collaborative influencer team.

Requirements

  • 8–10 years of experience in influencer marketing, social media strategy, digital marketing, or related fields, preferably within an agency environment.
  • Strong understanding of the social and digital landscape, including major social platforms and the creator economy.
  • Proven experience developing and executing influencer campaigns across multiple platforms.
  • Experience managing influencer partnerships, including working with talent agents and creator representatives.
  • Familiarity with influencer discovery, analytics, and measurement platforms.
  • Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with experience presenting to clients or senior stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

Preferred

  • Experience mentoring or managing team members is preferred.
  • Experience integrating influencer marketing into broader digital ecosystems—including paid media, DTC initiatives, or retail activations—is a plus.
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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

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