Manager, Creator Activation

IPG Mediabrands • New York, NY

11d

About The Position

We deliver our capabilities in four kinds of content— Original Content, Branded Content, Performance Content, and Campaign Content—to create powerful work for clients, built around stories and ideas. By developing content, we control creative, context, targeting and reach. Through our relationships and industry experience we lean on creators and editorial teams at our properties to create a voice in their work, that performs better, because it resonates in a more authentic way.
The Manager, Creator Activation is an integrated role tasked with driving Influencer activation within OM’s dedicated managed service product, Omnicom Influencer. The core responsibility of the role is the client face of the activation team for influencer campaigns, including creator-direct management, negotiation, and execution of social content in response to a client brief and Omnicom Influencer team proposed plans. The role will serve all OM agencies and as an independent agency, working in symphony with paid social teams to execute paid amplification of Creator campaigns.

Requirements

• In-depth understanding and mastery of Influencer marketing and an ability to match brand narratives with Creator-led storytelling
• Strong relationships with Influencer community
• Thorough understanding of the Influencer ad and organic roles & responsibilities across platforms including but not limited to creative development, talent perspectives, best practices, and measurement
• Excellent relationship building with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong communicator and presenter, able to present and articulate persuasive and cohesive presentations and points-of-view
• Highly analytical and creative mind in strong communication skills
• High levels of integrity, autonomy, and self-motivation
• Strong business acumen and the ability to make highly impactful decisions in a timely manner
• 3-5 years of experience within Influencer and media environments
• Hands on experience managing Creators within Influencer campaigns and client management with blue-chip companies
• Detail-oriented and organized with the ability to multi-task and manage priorities

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree (Marketing/Advertising/Communications preferred)
• Experience with Influencer platforms and tools

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the strategic alignment and vetting of Influencers for specific Client campaigns
• Aggregate submissions of Influencer personalities and maintain quality control
• Input all campaign details into accounting/tracker system
• Execute partnerships with influencers from post contract phase through campaign completion
• Manage content review process between influencer and account team
• Ensure metrics are collected and recaps are developed for all influencer campaigns and programs
• Tracking post completion for revenue recognition purposes
• Stay apprised of new capabilities that are announced on existing social media platforms as well as new emerging social media platforms that are gaining popularity
• Follow social media influencer personalities across multiple social platforms
• Help support the logistics (travel, shipping product, etc.) to Talent/Influencers for a specific campaign
• Participation in weekly team conference calls including calendar invite, room booking and taking and circulating meeting notes
• Influencer travel and coordination as required
• Maintain a constant pulse on the influencer landscape education via thought leadership communication, staying atop of shifts in the industry and emerging trends and be able to communicate the impact to client business
• Develop thought leadership pieces, POVs & case studies to galvanize the practice within the OMG ecosystem
• Work in partnership with OM COE platform teams and channel stakeholders to implement best practices across functions including but not limited to asset development, commerce, and measurement

Benefits

• We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager