CYCLE MEDIA, LLC is hiring: Senior Manager, Creator Partnerships in Los Angeles

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Job Description

Cycle seeks a Senior Manager, Creator Partnerships with influencer experience that truly understands the social landscape and has a passion for influencers. The right candidate will oversee influencer campaigns, manage project leads and build meaningful client relationships. They will work closely with internal teams and clients to ensure a streamlined and effective execution of projects. They will use their experience and understanding of the digital space to deliver impactful influencer campaigns, in line with schedule and budget.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is extremely organized, process oriented, and self-starting. Successful candidates will lead campaigns and act as a trusted resource for clients and internal team members. They should be passionate about the evolution of the brand-customer relationship and enthusiastic about all things digital and social. They should have a high-level ability to communicate effectively, creatively solve problems, and make decisions. Most importantly, they should be curious to learn and willing to put themselves in uncomfortable positions, constantly striving to push the boundaries of what is possible.

Description

• Serve as the influencer expert and a primary client contact, building strong and trusted relationships, co-leading meetings, participating in thought leadership and education
• Execute successful influencer campaigns concurrently with varying budgets, objectives, influencers and creative
• Establish strong and trusting client and talent relationships
• Provide strategic and creative solutions to drive impactful results against client goals
• Source, vet and contract influencer talent, including at the celebrity level
• Demonstrate the ability to negotiate with talent and agents
• Partner with internal teams to understand client objectives, strategies, and goals; provide guidance on creative and talent recommendations, pricing, and internal requirements
• Facilitate communication between all departments (Account, Creative, Strategy, Production, and Executive Leadership)
• Efficiently manage deliverables timelines and budgets
• Prepare and present project reporting and recap decks, analyzing performance relative to the campaign objectives and providing actionable recommendations based on performance data
• Strong understanding of reporting, measurement and able to develop and present a compelling store around campaign performance/ROI
• Management of 1-3 direct reports
• Competitively price out deliverables for RFPs, including exclusivity and usage that are customized for client priorities
• Provide clients with real-time organic and paid optimization recommendations
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the changing social landscape and industry trends and technologies
• Proactively provide recommendations and solutions to client asks, questions or issue
• Willingness to think outside the box and have fun!
• Challenge team to think outside the box and have fun!

Requirements:

• 5+ years experience with managing clients and executing influencer campaigns
• Strong organizational and execution skills with the ability to work across multiple projects
• Strong attention to detail and creative problem-solving abilities
• Well versed in influencer marketing space with knowledge of all social platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch and Snapchat)
• Proven track record of successfully meeting and exceeding client expectations and goals
• Should have experience managing paid media process and reporting
• Successfully understands how to work with cross-functional teams to execute successful campaigns
• Management experience of internal teams
• Confident communication skills - both verbal and written
• Must be self-motivated, driven and able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and comfortable with client facing role
• Passionate about the influencer and talent space

Base salary range: $75,000 - $100,000 plus bonus potential if applicable for role

Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to; market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc. The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role.

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