Head of Influencer Engagement and Experimentation

Position: Head of Influencer Engagement and Experimentation (Full Time, Remote)

Organization: Accelerate Change

Reports to: VP of Content, Kim Hohman

Direct Reports: N/A

Location: Full-time, 100% remote position (from home or co-working space) with occasional travel once every 2-3 months (post-COVID)

COVID-19: We take Covid-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our Covid safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.

About Accelerate Change

Founded in 2012, Accelerate Change is a nonprofit (c3/c4) digital media lab. We work to increase civic engagement with BIPOC and low-income communities through digital media. Our programs include:

• Scaling emerging cultural media properties
• Investing in established cultural media properties
• Building influencer networks
• Leading a digital media lab
• Driving civic engagement campaigns

Learn more about our theory of change, approach, and impact at https://acceleratechange.org/a... team is made up of digital media innovators and operators who bring a mix of tech, business, civic engagement, and media backgrounds. Meet our team and learn more about our culture at https://acceleratechange.org/v... the Position

Accelerate Change is seeking a Head of Influencer Engagement and Experimentation to lead influencer content experimentation, manage relationships with influencers working across our network of partners, and oversee experimentation with our existing influencer networks, including project management of campaigns and influencer impact work.

Here’s what you could expect to do as Head of Influencer Engagement and Experimentation (key responsibilities):

Influencer engagement (60%):

• Oversee engagement with our celebrity and influencer networks, managing campaigns and content creation between those networks, their influencers, and the partners in our ecosystem.
• Track and report on influencer engagement outcomes, measuring and improving on our approaches and impact.
• Serve as a liaison between Accelerate Change partners to share learnings and experimental approaches to advance our network impact with influencer engagement.

Influencer experimentation (40%):

• Understand and employ Lean Methodology, as it relates to Accelerate Change’s work with social media influencers.
• Establish, oversee, and maintain relationships with influencers, including independent contractors, prospective influencer partners, and influencer agencies.
• Ideate and execute innovative influencer experiments to evolve our organizational understanding of approaches to influencer engagement.
• Oversee Accelerate Change’s influencer agency business model experimentation, managing talent scouting, influencer collaboration, and data analysis to identify scalable models for influencer partnerships.

We’ll also look for the Head of Influencer Engagement and Experimentation to:

• TBD. As part of a rapidly growing organization, you’ll need to embrace change and that your responsibilities will shift over time. Pitching in to help with the needs of your department and the overall Central Team is an important part of your role.
• Help advance our goal of becoming an anti-racist organization. Within your role, apply equitable work practices, challenge white supremacy, and help make our programs more inclusive. Center our understanding that multiple systems of oppression intersect with racism and be an active part of our values work.
• Serve as a resource to our networks of partners. Help amplify partner successes, make connections between partners and facilitate learning sharing, and offer your expertise to partners in our networks wherever it makes sense.
• Take an entrepreneurial approach to their work and learning new skills. In our fast-paced, unstructured environment, we love it when staff first try to figure things out on their own and then ask for help if they’re stuck.
• Seek out opportunities to deepen their skills on current/emerging platforms and with lean startup methodology. We take an individualized approach to growth where staff have the chance to explore and propose development opportunities that align with their interests and the team’s priorities.

What We’re Looking For

• Commitment to social change. Accelerate Change is a progressive workplace focused on civic engagement with BIPOC and low-income communities. You have a demonstrated commitment to this work and you’d like to be part of a team of people who do, too.
• 5+ years experience with key responsibilities: We’re looking for someone who has at least 5 years of experience with social media content publishing, engaging social media influencers, and tracking and reporting content and campaign performance.
• Adaptability: We work with startups, so things pivot frequently and priorities shift quickly. We’re looking for someone who prefers (not just tolerates) working in a fast-paced environment like ours. In this role, that means you thrive on and are inspired by the constant evolution of social media platforms and working with influencers and content creators in those spaces.
• Stakeholder management skills: When it comes to working with internal and external stakeholders within a complex organizational structure, you know the importance of prioritizing clear communication and doing everything you can to ensure that stakeholders have the information they need.

Benefits

• $87,000 - $100,000 salary range, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range.
• Flexibility for work and life: Unlike a lot of places, we actually believe that people should only work 40 hours each week, except for occasional sprints that require more time in a week. We also trust everyone to make a schedule that works for them, as long as you’re able to join all necessary meetings. Want to work more one day and less the next? Fine by us. Work better in the middle of the night than during the afternoon? Go for it. Need to shift your hours to be able to pick up your kid from school? All good.
• Health care after 3 months, with individual premiums fully covered and cost-share for dependents. Vision and dental plans are available at-cost to the individual.
• 15 paid vacation days, 6 paid holidays, 3 paid floating holidays each year and 7.5 paid sick days each year
• Professional development funds, with renewal of funds each fiscal year
• Cell phone and internet reimbursement (or co-working reimbursement): We acknowledge that working from home requires using your own internet and phone for work purposes so we offer a set reimbursement amount for cell phone and internet usage. If working home isn’t for you, we also have the option for folks to rent a co-working space and get reimbursed for their monthly costs.
• 401(k) plan after one year, with 100% employer match on the first 3% and 50% employer match on the next 2%

Apply

To apply, please upload your resume and tell us more about your experience on the application on our website.

Accelerate Change is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQIA+ people must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.