Director of Brand & Strategy, Influencer Marketing

• Account : Serving as a trusted partner to our clients and ensuring we deliver on our goals. Excellent presentation skills, comfort working with C-level clients, and attention to detail to sell creative ideas and deliver impeccable strategic counsel to help retain and grow existing client relationships.
• Strategy : Builds insights-driven recommendations and develops creative briefs, tactical briefs, influencer briefs, comms planning briefs, and brainstorm frameworks. Leads campaign execution and shows up as the strategic voice in the room, pushing brands to think differently and take risks that will benefit their bottom line.
• Influencer Marketing : Partner with leadership to formulate a vision and drive significant advancement and evolution in our influencer approach and expertise, support client adoption, and develop groundbreaking influencer activations that earn attention and push the industry forward.
• New Business & Thought Leadership : Lead cross-functional teams in developing and presenting winning responses to RFPs. Always ahead on trends and seen as the go-to person for providing original POVs in meetings, thought leadership pieces, and speaking opportunities.
• Team Growth : Partnering with VP Brand Strategy & Planning to mentor the team and develop new processes, frameworks, and ways of working to enhance our strategy offering, team expertise, and our endless quest to improve creative output. Take on direct reports to manage as our team grows.

Who You Are

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. We believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, anbackground lead to a better environment for everyone. Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we don’t think there’s a perfect candidate. We value YOU and believe that your authentic voice and unique perspective allows us to create a more rewarding culture, and experience, together. Please apply!

Preferred Skills & Experience

• We expect everyone at Blue Hour to know their way around a Keynote/PowerPoint deck.
• You’re exceptional at “selling” creative ideas and delivering clear, strategic presentations to senior-level marketing executives.
• You understand the overlap of paid, owned and earned as influenced by social and influencers and have an interesting perspective on the value and future of both.
• You have a strong understanding of the influencer marketplace and creative content. You may already have relationships with talent and other notable players.
• The opportunity to build something excites you and you seek challenges and discomfort.
• You’re led by your curiosity and have a knack for simplifying complex subject matter.
• The teams you’ve led and people you’ve managed would say you were a strong influence on their own growth and interest in social media and influencer marketing.