Assistant Professor at the College of English Communication

Influencer enables brands to be seen at scale across digital; driving growth and guaranteed success on social media. We build meaningful relationships between creators and brands, whilst making advertising effective, but more importantly inclusive.

Our purpose is to Make Waves; an idea seeded in the fact that our creators tell stories that build human connections, which set off waves of influence. These waves of influence become our data layers, from which we measure the impact. Our clients and creators make waves, we measure the impact.

We are an Official Global Marketing Partner with Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and TikTok - they re also our clients too!

Co-founded by entrepreneur Ben Jeffries and YouTuber Caspar Lee, we re a global team of 85+ with some of the best talent in the industry across New York, London, Manchester, Dubai and Warsaw. We re championing a new era of creativity and producing award-winning campaigns for brands such as Google, Vodafone, Playtika, Procter & Gamble, Pernod Ricard and Levi s, to name a few.

Influencer are one of the first companies to pop up in the space and are among the market leaders within this booming industry. We were placed in the Top 50 Best companies to work for and recently won Campaigns Best Places to Work 2022, for the second year running!

Description

In this exciting role you will be a key point of contact on the ground for Influencer MENA, working directly with some of our most high profile clients in the region. You will work collaboratively with the London based team and report into the Brand Partnerships Director (MENA), while being responsible for successfully nurturing and growing our client relationships for the MENA region

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead by example within the team across all key accounts, growing and nurturing our clients

• Strategising and delivering on campaigns

• Writing clear and impacting proposals and presenting them to clients

• Onsite client visibility 2-3 days per week

• Take ownership of key accounts and drive consistent upsales and repeat business

• Managing & working collaboratively with the Sales Manager to support new business opportunities

• Achieving and exceeding monthly KPI targets,

• Lead on developing forward-thinking and impactful content strategies; show your experience and advice on what works

• Be an expert at budget management, forecast and track project s costs and update client on spendings.

Requirements:

• 7+ years working as an Account Director or Client Partner and the ability to not just help us win business, but the ability to nurture and grow our client relationships

• Preferable to have experience in influencer marketing or media / advertising

• You are open to and able to travel across the UAE and other GCC countries as and when required

• You are passionate and have an understanding of influencer marketing, social media and digital marketing and how it s evolving

• You are commercially aware, organised, confident and communicate exceptionally well

• You are meticulous with your planning and can think of creative ways to get ahead of the game and exceed your targets

• You are a self starter and happy to work autonomously as well as part of a team

Our Hiring Process

• 1st round: Initial Screening call with a member of the Talent Acquisition team

• 2nd round: Interview with Hiring Manager + Team Member

• 3rd round: Interview + Task with Hiring Manager + Team Member

• Join the team & #MakeWaves

At Influencer, we re committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. We promote DEI in our workplace and are a global community who believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. We want everyone at Influencer to bring their authentic selves to work everyday, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is embedded into everything we do at Influencer and is a part of our culture. All we ask is that you have a passion for Influencer Marketing and a desire to be a part of one of the fastest growing companies within this exciting industry.