Hybrid Director, Creative Strategy

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About the role

  • Director of Creative Strategy at Influencer managing creative strategy practices and teams. Leveraging insights and consumer trends to drive marketing success in creator marketing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the vision, standards, and growth of the Creative Strategy practice, ensuring best-in-class thinking across all verticals and clients in partnership with senior leadership
  • Partner with the VP, leadership, and client teams to set strategic direction, positioning Influencer as a category leader in creator marketing
  • Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of strategists, balancing resourcing and bandwidth while fostering career growth
  • Establish and refine processes, tools, and frameworks that elevate creative strategy delivery across the agency
  • Drive new business opportunities by shaping pitches, leading workshops, and presenting thought leadership to prospective clients
  • Serve as a senior client partner, cultivating C-suite and senior marketing relationships that extend beyond campaign delivery
  • Oversee the integration of cultural insights, category intelligence, and consumer trends into agency outputs to future-proof creative work
  • Champion innovation in the creator economy, ensuring the agency stays ahead of platform shifts, social storytelling formats, and influencer trends
  • Represent Influencer at industry events, conferences, and IAT meetings to raise visibility of our strategic expertise
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, measurement, and creative leads to connect strategy seamlessly to execution and business outcomes

Requirements

  • Minimum of 9 years experience in a creative strategy or brand strategy role within an agency or related environment, with at least 3 years of management experience
  • At least 3 years of hands-on influencer marketing experience with proven knowledge of the creator economy
  • Deep understanding of the agency revenue model (retainers, project-based fees, scopes of work, margins) and ability to connect creative strategy to commercial growth
  • Demonstrated track record of delivering socially-led branded content campaigns across platforms (Meta, TikTok, Snap, YouTube)
  • Experience building, designing, and leading persuasive client decks and presentations
  • Proven ability to distil complex client challenges into clear, insight-driven influencer briefs
  • Strong communication, organisational, and time-management skills
  • Comfortable engaging with and presenting to senior stakeholders (internal leadership, client CMOs, and IAT partners)
  • Adept at balancing competing priorities and managing team bandwidth against client demands
  • High-energy, results-driven leader with both short-term problem-solving skills and long-term vision for growth
  • Collaborative and empathetic, able to partner effectively across functions while fostering team development

Benefits

  • Medical Benefits through Insperity
  • Wellbeing support including EAP & Mental Health cover
  • 401K with match opportunity
  • 22 days of Paid Time Off (+ Federal Holidays which can be flexed to your needs)

Job title

Director, Creative Strategy

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$140,000 - $160,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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