Jobs at The Independents

Leads public relations and communications for luxury fashion clients, developing PR strategies, managing media and influencer relationships, overseeing campaigns and events, mentoring team members, managing budgets, and supporting new business development. The role also coordinates internal and external communications, monitors industry trends, presents client pitches, and represents the agency at industry events.

Manage fashion communications accounts, including client relationships, media engagement, coverage monitoring, influencer opportunities, digital strategy, reporting, and client pitches. The role mentors account coordinators, coordinates sample trafficking, collaborates across global offices, monitors advertising partners, identifies service opportunities, and contributes to brand strategy. Strong PR experience, industry relationships, communication skills, organization, data interpretation, and proficiency in Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint are required.

Leads client communications strategy for lifestyle brands, serving as a day-to-day adviser across launches, campaigns, partnerships, events, and experiential activations. Develops media strategies, pitches stories, manages press materials and relationships, secures coverage, and identifies culturally relevant opportunities. Oversees junior team members, supports event communications, and uses campaign insights to measure impact and inform future strategy.

Coordinates domestic and international shipments, liaises with couriers, monitors deliveries, maintains inventory databases, communicates shipment details, and packs high-value or delicate items. The role requires strong organization, accuracy, prioritization, communication, and proficiency with Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Fashion GPS in a fast-paced fashion and luxury agency environment.

Lead creative strategy and concept development for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle clients across campaigns, content, experiences, programming, and brand platforms. Translate cultural trends into original ideas, develop integrated pitch proposals, recommend talent and collaborators, present strategic recommendations, and guide junior colleagues. The role also builds external creative networks and supports Italian and global new business initiatives.

Manage full-cycle recruitment across U.S. agencies, including intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, stakeholder guidance, candidate engagement, pipeline management, ATS administration, and onboarding handoff. Build talent pipelines through LinkedIn, referrals, professional networks, universities, and associations while managing multiple searches and supporting global talent acquisition initiatives.

Own client-facing technical projects from discovery through delivery, including data feeds, integrations, migrations, AI automation, reporting, and custom configurations. Translate business needs into scopes, specifications, timelines, and pricing; coordinate engineering, validate delivery quality, manage stakeholders, and handle escalations. Lead internal data and tooling projects, improve repeatable delivery processes, and identify recurring client needs for the product roadmap.

Supports accounting operations across multiple entities, including bank reconciliations, AP/AR, invoicing, transaction recording, intercompany accounting, cost tracking, account reconciliations, and month-end close. Maintains accurate documentation and audit trails, resolves discrepancies, follows up on outstanding items, and communicates with internal teams and external stakeholders. The role requires strong organization, attention to detail, independent task ownership, and proficiency with NetSuite or similar ERP systems and Excel.

Leads strategic communications and day-to-day management for fashion, lifestyle, and culture-led client accounts. Develops communications strategies, manages senior client and media relationships, oversees fashion show logistics, evaluates campaign impact, supports new business, and identifies commercial growth opportunities. The role also leads, mentors, and develops account teams while representing the agency across the fashion and cultural industries.

Build Lefty’s QA function from the ground up by defining testing strategy, functional and UAT plans, release checklists, and automated coverage. Develop E2E, integration, API, and gRPC tests; integrate them into CI/CD release gates; mentor engineers on testability and unit coverage; and coordinate quality practices across multiple engineering squads. The role prioritizes high-risk user flows, exploratory testing, clear defect reporting, and proactive communication of release risks.

Supports day-to-day accounting across multiple UK entities, including supplier invoices, accounts payable and receivable, customer billing, bank and intercompany reconciliations, expenses, credit card transactions, project codes, and month-end close activities. Maintains accurate financial records, prepares Excel files, responds to employee expense queries, and assists the Finance Manager and CFO with general finance administration.

Manage editorial and commercial photo and video productions from pre-production through delivery. Responsibilities include preparing budgets and schedules, coordinating crews, freelancers, suppliers, locations, equipment, transport, travel, and accommodation, overseeing shoots and post-production, tracking costs, reconciling budgets, and coordinating invoices. The role requires strong organization, communication, problem-solving, and multitasking skills, with occasional travel within Europe.

Lead the Shanghai studio’s creative vision across fashion shows, scenography, spatial design, exhibitions, brand experiences, and luxury events. Develop concepts, narratives, presentations, and spatial experiences from initial idea through execution; present to senior clients and brand leaders; mentor a multidisciplinary team; and collaborate with global creative leads and studio management to align creative standards across international markets.

Lead strategic PR programs for art, design, culture, hospitality, and luxury lifestyle clients. Advise senior clients, secure high-impact media coverage, oversee campaigns and experiential activations, cultivate industry relationships, mentor account teams, contribute to new business, and measure campaign impact against commercial objectives.

Provide HR and administrative support: assist recruitment (job postings, CV screening, interview scheduling), support campus recruitment, maintain employee records, prepare offers and onboarding materials, manage entry and resignation procedures, and perform other manager-assigned HR/admin tasks.

Support PR team with sample management and trafficking; track press and competitor coverage; draft and edit press materials and reports; provide event support; attend meetings and take notes. Must be bilingual in Chinese and English and available 4-5 days/week for at least three months.

Lead inbound business development and manage RFP intake, qualifying opportunities, coordinating proposals with design and production, and maintaining pipeline. Provide strategic production guidance on select projects, support vendor coordination and procurement, develop pitch materials and budgets, and ensure smooth handoffs from proposal to execution.

Lead rollout of digital transformation adoption: design and deliver trainings and communications, build and maintain adoption toolkits, run an AI ambassador network, engage users directly, track adoption and barriers, coordinate user requests and escalations, and support executive reporting across agencies and internal stakeholders.

Lead and grow a flagship global account, manage senior client relationships, oversee integrated social, ATL and experiential campaigns, drive revenue growth and margin control, mentor four Account Leads, and implement operational processes to scale the agency.

Serve as primary strategic partner and lead client relationships for social and digital campaigns. Oversee content strategy, production, budgets, KPIs, and cross-functional teams. Drive U.S. business development, identify growth opportunities, manage financial margins, and mentor team members to ensure high-quality campaign delivery and client satisfaction.