Account Director - Influencer

London, UK (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the multi-client influencer strategy and delivery, shaping influencer‑led work that aligns with broader content and media goals while building and guiding teams to scale high‑impact campaigns.

  • Influencer Strategy & Delivery: Drive end-to-end programmes across UK and global clients with clear governance and on-time, on-budget execution.
  • Senior Partnering & Solutions: Shape influencer-led approaches that integrate with wider content and media strategies for senior client teams.
  • Team Leadership & Growth: Build clarity, confidence and space for team development and creative excellence.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leading the strategy, planning and delivery of multiple influencer programmes across UK and global clients
  • Acting as a senior partner to clients, shaping influencer‑led solutions that align with wider content and media strategies
  • Overseeing campaign delivery to ensure work is high quality, on time and delivered within scope and budget
  • Building and guiding account teams, creating clarity, confidence and space for growth
  • Championing creative excellence through test‑and‑learn approaches, platform innovation and diverse talent selection
  • Supporting new business efforts by developing multi‑layered influencer strategies and identifying growth opportunities
  • Contributing to the evolution of our influencer product, partnerships and internal training across the group

Requirements

  • Strong experience leading influencer or social‑first accounts within an agency or similar environment
  • Confidence owning senior client relationships and navigating complex stakeholder needs
  • Strategic thinking, with the ability to connect creator insight to clear business and brand outcomes
  • Experience managing and developing people through supportive, inclusive leadership
  • A considered approach to campaign governance, duty of care and fair talent partnerships
  • Comfort working across multiple workstreams while maintaining attention to detail
  • Genuine curiosity for creator culture, platforms and the future of influencer marketing

Benefits

  • Publicis Influential has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees, full details of which are shared when you join. This includes the classics like Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical, as well as Reflection Days, Shared Parental Leave, and spans other initiatives like:
  • Reflection Days
  • Shared Parental Leave
  • Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • Private Medical
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Publicis Groupe UK

Publicis Groupe UK is a marketing and digital transformation business, employing 7,000 people across 30 agencies. We are designed to help our clients thrive, with the capabilities, the experience and the understanding of how to unlock growth in a platform world.Our model is built to serve our clients’ ambitions and overcome the challenges they face. Through the Power of One we are seamlessly connected to partner with our clients, delivering all the capabilities our clients need. We maintain strong agency brands that attract best-in-class talent and unite them through a common purpose of growth. We build, enrich and activate first-party data.We deliver breakthrough creative experiences.We find more customers and connect them to commerce.We architect and build direct ecosystems.Most importantly, we place real customers at the centre of everything we do, engaging them with diverse, dynamic and creative experiences that accelerate their journey to purchase and invite them into an on-going relationship with our clients’ brands. Publicis Groupe UK agencies: Leo UK, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis London, Digitas, Turner Duckworth, Fallon, BBH, Spark Foundry, Starcom, Zenith, MSL, Salterbaxter, Kekst CNC, Taylor Herring, Langland, Digitas Health, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, Prodigious, Publicis Pro, 3|Share, Epsilon, Publicis Sapient.

London, England, GBR
99 employees (18 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
24.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.8%
Direct
35.4%
Referral
7.2%
Social
3%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~99

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (12% of company)