Manager

Ogilvy•New York, NY

About The Position

Ogilvy, part of WPP, has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas for 75 years. It innovates at the intersections of advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. Ogilvy currently ranks as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC. WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands, uniting cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel. Village Marketing is an advocacy-based marketing shop that builds brands through people, focusing on positioning brands in the lives of consumers through advocacy, community, relationship, and conversation, leveraging creators who live and work in the social space. Sample clients include Boll & Branch, The Coca-Cola Company, Ford, HelloFresh, Hellmann’s, AXE, and Mackenzie-Childs. The company is looking to hire a superstar Manager for a mid-level account management position. This role will be tasked with leading influencer outreach and will also have the opportunity to interact directly with clients and senior management. The perfect candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, is organized, a team player, and has experience communicating with influencers.

Requirements

People and relationship oriented, cares about clients, team members, influencers and mentorship
Continued strong interest in influencer and social media marketing
Proficiency on prominent influencer social media platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, etc.)
Familiarity with influencer discovery platforms
Strong communication, organizational, and time-management skills
Fluency in Google Drive, Microsoft Office, and corresponding platforms
Growing self & team-management skills and willingness to dive head first into tasks
Should have a baseline understanding of working on paid partnerships
Must have at least 2 years of experience in Marketing, Social Media, Influencer and/or related fields

Responsibilities

Active participant in strategy development, inclusive of guiding partnership and content approach.
Executes influencer partnerships and content creation in alignment with strategy.
Oversees creator sourcing in alignment with strategy, brand aesthetic and campaign goals.
Manages influencers effectively building relationships with regular and reliable communication from outreach to execution.
Leads creation and maintenance of pitch and briefing materials and influencer conversations (i.e. Talk Track & Briefs).
Responsible for the negotiation of low/mid reach paid partnerships in an efficient and effective manner, utilizing data to inform decisions.
Able to deliver strong first-pass content feedback that requires little to no addition from Senior Manager.
Oversee coordinators on your accounts, providing clear direction and guidance on tasks.
Share progress updates often, managing up concerns, suggesting solutions and identifying areas of support.
Able to manage time independently delivering on time to deadlines and ensuring prompt responses to team, client and influencers.
Collaborates and share best practices with peers.
Act as champion of creative content, adhering to client standards.
Exudes team player mentality by actively providing support to team as needed.
Proactively contributes to team and client needs, demonstrating resourcefulness, creativity and problem solving.
Is detail oriented and considered reliable and trusted by team.