Job Description
Location: Chicago, 2 days per week onsite
Salary: $130,000-$145,000+/- Start Date: January You can email lstevens@creativecircle.com your resume and bullet points as to why you're a good fit.
Details At this Chicago Agency, you're responsible for developing and executing breakthrough influencer and social media strategies and content for high-profile accounts and leading a best-in-class team.
This role sits at the center of pop culture, strategy, creative, tech, content and production, we are looking for someone who is equally as plugged in. The Director, PR & Social is all over the latest trends and influencers and champions ideas that push boundaries. Staying ahead of industry and platform evolutions and rules of the road is a must. The person in this role will continually strive to deliver top-notch client service, industry defying ideas and execution, and grow an all-star team.
Key Responsibilities - Oversee development of influencer and social media marketing strategies that align with client objectives, are rooted in pop culture and are backed by data and analytics
- Collaborate with account and agency leads to identify real-time opportunities, lead influencer strategies, and create impactful marketing campaigns for clients
- Be a day-to-day client whisperer by providing POVs and strategic counsel grounded in an understanding of their business challenges and opportunities, while also advocating for the team and speaking with conviction about what resonates in today's ever-evolving landscape
- Provide leadership and strategic guidance to a team of three high-performing influencer marketing and social media professionals, offering an outside eye to push the team to new heights and bring innovative solutions to the day-to-day
- Foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative team environment, one that values autonomy, encourages proactive thinking and creative problem solving.
- Develop and manage key relationships with talent agencies and content creator representatives on behalf of the agency
- Help streamline and refine the agency's approach and process to sourcing, vetting and contracting talent, content development and performance evaluation
- Partner with peers and relevant discipline leaders (e.g., Creative, Strategy, Analytics, Media Relations) to establish opportunities and develop POVs that drive the business and the agency forward and lead to organic and new business growth
- Contribute to the agency's financial health by managing budgets, billing, projections and staffing for direct reports and supporting teams
A Deep Understanding Of - Influencer and social media regulations, including FTC guidelines and disclosure requirements
- Fluency in various social platforms, including best practices related to paid amplification and campaign optimization
- How to tackle complex brand challenges, blending traditional methods with innovative, calculated risks.
- Mentoring and motivating emerging talent through constructive feedback and being an approachable people manager
- A suite of social and influencer tools for ID and discovery (e.g. Tagger), contract negotiation, content planning, measurement and ROI analysis
- The legal review process, including familiarity with best practice redlines and legal terminology
- Performance and KPI tracking
Qualifications - 10+ years of experience in the influencer and/or social media space; CPG experience is a bonus
- Proven ability to handle multiple projects and clients at one time
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presentation skills
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.
Benefits Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Pharmacy, HSA, FSA, PTO and 401k
Email Your Resume In Word To Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:
laura.stevens@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Laura Stevens - Lead Recruiter
For this position, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 12/05/2024 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.
Job Tags
Full time, Contract work, Fixed term contract, Local area, 2 days per week,