Director, Influencer Partnership

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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
135K-160K Annually
Entry level
AdTech • Marketing Tech • Social Media
The Role
Leads creator, influencer, affiliate, talent, and social partnership strategies for major brand accounts. Develops pitches and campaign plans tied to business metrics, advises senior marketing clients, manages and mentors a team, builds agency and platform partnerships, and oversees talent sourcing, whitelisting, contracting, compliance, and cross-functional execution. Requires agency experience, integrated creator strategy expertise, social data proficiency, and strong presentation and narrative-development skills.
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VaynerX

VaynerX is a family of companies building brands for the now. Founded by Chairman Gary Vaynerchuk in January 2017, the modern-day parent company is home to relevance-driving businesses including VaynerMedia, ChukMedia, Tamara Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, and VaynerSpeakers.

ABOUT VAYNERMEDIA

VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today's consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today's attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009, by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX family of companies. 

In A Nutshell:
We are seeking a visionary, growth-minded leader to serve as Director of CAIT Partnerships. In this role, you will lead the strategic vision, operational framework, and team execution across paid and earned creator, affiliate, influencer, and talent programs. You will be responsible for building high-impact CAIT strategies and serve as a bridge between client leads, creators, talent agencies, and internal strategy/creative teams. You will ensure our CAIT programs deliver measurable business outcomes and scale across key US brand accounts.
 
What You'd Do:
  • Lead and direct proposal development, pitch decks, and overarching CAIT strategies that tie creator activations directly to client business metrics.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior brand marketing clients, translating the influencer landscape and social data into clear, actionable campaign execution plans.
  • Lead, mentor, and build capacity for a team of direct reports; establish resource planning frameworks to balance workloads and ensure top-tier executional quality across accounts.
  • Cultivate executive-level partnerships with major talent agencies, platforms (e.g., TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitch), and key industry networks to secure exclusive client opportunities and competitive rates.
  • Ensure executional excellence for talent sourcing, white-listing, contracting, and compliance, aligning across cross-functional legal, finance, and creative teams.
What You've Got:
  • Agency experience within social media, influencer marketing, or creator economy.
  • Direct experience managing and developing a team of direct reports.
  • Proven track record of designing integrated social-first and creator strategies for Fortune 500 clients with substantial budgets.
  • High-level proficiency in interpreting social data, social listening tools, discovery tools and influencer management dashboards.
  • Masterful pitch building, narrative development, and public-speaking skills with an entrepreneurial mindset.

This position is currently designated as hybrid and is subject to the Company's workplace attendance and in-office work requirements, as in effect from time to time. The Company reserves the right to modify these requirements at any time.

All information submitted with this application and disclosed in the interview and screening processes must be truthful.  The Company reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify a candidate from consideration, withdraw a conditional offer of employment, or terminate employment, if it discovers a candidate provided false, misleading, or materially incomplete information during the application process.

VaynerX is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military status, veteran status, citizenship or immigration status (as permitted by applicable law), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Unsure if you meet the qualifications? We are always looking for talent which will continue to cultivate an inclusive and representative team that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, background, and behaviors.  We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!

  • Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location. 
  • Employer-sponsored 401k with match
  • Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Caregiver (Parental) Leave
  • Health and Wellness benefits
Base Salary
$135,000—$160,000 USD

Skills Required

  • Agency experience in social media, influencer marketing, or the creator economy
  • Experience managing and developing direct reports
  • Proven experience designing integrated social-first and creator strategies for Fortune 500 clients with substantial budgets
  • High-level proficiency interpreting social data, social listening tools, discovery tools, and influencer management dashboards
  • Masterful pitch-building, narrative-development, and public-speaking skills
  • Entrepreneurial mindset

VaynerMedia Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about VaynerMedia and has not been reviewed or approved by VaynerMedia.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is considered broad, with substantial PTO and major holidays, and in some cases “unlimited” vacation policies. This breadth is often highlighted as a meaningful part of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support is reinforced by a 401(k) with employer matching and accessible plan administration. Past matching contributions indicate tangible investment in employee savings.
  • Parental & Family Support — Parental leave includes fully paid time for primary and secondary caregivers with a phased return-to-work period. These elements signal family-friendly support within the package.

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The Company
HQ: New York, NY
1,232 Employees
Year Founded: 2009

What We Do

VaynerMedia is a global creative and media agency with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Singapore and Mexico City. We work differently because we’re built differently. We are consumer-centric, not boardroom-centric; We respect the internet's impact on culture, not Madison Avenue’s; We have the humility and curiosity to find what’s right, not to debate it for months on end; We are all practitioners; We scale the unscalable; We value real consumer signals; We create ideas consumer-up, not ego-down; We believe that it’s our responsibility to deliver business results for our clients.

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