[Hiring] Influencer Manager @DEPT®

Role Description

Working with the Creative Team, the Creator/Influencer Marketing Manager plays a pivotal role to develop, execute, and lead influencer marketing campaigns for our clients in partnership with creators. They know how to source, excite, and engage creators to produce authentic content that drives business goals; this requires a combination of strategic thinking, project management, talent acquisition, creativity, and a deep understanding of the creator marketing landscape.

We are looking for a candidate with sharpened skills in casting and managing creators across digital platforms, like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, and more. This role will be a mid-level position working within our broader creative, production, and project management teams to round out our offering for a large client engagement. This person is hands-on in projects, comfortable in client-facing settings, able to discuss and innovate casting strategies, and supporting with talent outreach, legal communications including contract negotiations, as well as final file delivery by external vendors and content creators.

What You’ll Do

• Source, vet, and present diverse, data-informed creator recommendations that align with brand strategies.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key talent, agency representatives, and talent managers.
• Maintain internal talent databases and preferred rosters.
• Brief creators, review incoming content for brand compliance, and manage timelines and final file deliveries in partnership with the production team.
• Serve as a direct client point of contact across 5–7 concurrent brand projects.
• Coordinate legal and financial paperwork, including talent contracts and fee negotiations, acting as a liaison between legal teams and talent.
• Track project budgets, oversee pricing strategies, and manage invoicing with senior leadership guidance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in influencer marketing or creator casting within an agency or brand environment.
• Deep knowledge of all major social platforms (TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, Snapchat).
• Solid understanding of tools such as CreatorIQ and Tagger.
• Experience navigating creator partnerships, casting and vetting creators, and expanding overall creator landscape.
• Knowledge of creator and influencer performance benchmarks and metrics.
• Experience working directly with clients and brands.
• Familiarity with contracts or legal communication.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience managing production elements of an influencer or creator campaign.
• Experience managing and coordinating projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multitask, detail-oriented with attention to schedules and timelines, and maintenance of records and materials.
• Experienced in owning and managing talent budgets and pricing strategies.

Benefits

• Healthcare, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• 401K plan, plus matching.
• PTO.
• Paid Company Holidays.
• Parental Leave.

Company Description

DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Coach, eBay, and OpenAI.