Campaign Manager, Influencer

Campaign Manager, Influencer

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We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We are known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service. Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth.

CJ’s industry‑leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors such as retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services.

Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers worldwide.

Campaign Managers play a key role in developing best‑in‑industry influencer campaigns and client satisfaction. As a trusted business advisor to both brands and influencers, they strategically build campaigns that bridge influencer and performance marketing.

• Lead the client partnership, ensuring alignment to client KPIs, brand guidelines, and strategy are well defined and attainable within the campaign strategy.
• Lead weekly client and agency calls, leveraging your team to keep the client up to date on progress and performance.
• Coordinate with internal collaborators and shared client teams, keeping them apprised of performance and campaign needs.
• Generate new relationships between brands and influencers by identifying new investment opportunities that align with campaign goals and audience fit.
• Learn about and apply influencer industry channels and trends to client campaigns.
• Identify and implement efficiencies across the VIP processes.
• Represent CJ through thought leadership with Junction articles and participation in industry events.
• Generate influencer and content strategies for seasonal and annual brand initiatives; drive platform and budget recommendations, creative concepts, and post frequency.
• Project and team management: manage campaign workload across the team, establish work‑back schedules, and ensure delivery to client deadlines.
• Campaign benchmarking and forecasting to campaign goals, ensuring pitches are purposeful with data.
• Work with analyst and influencer managers to deliver post‑campaign analysis and whitelisting recommendations through campaign specialists.
• Create IOs and invoices—oversee financial process (net terms) and ensure campaign specialists meet payment posting deadlines.

• Bachelor’s Degree or related work experience and minimum of 5 years’ experience in the online marketing industry—ideally digital performance, with 3 years in influencer or social media marketing.
• Clear and effective communicator, able to convey complex results simply, with an eye for business and competent command of digital marketing concepts.
• Strong leadership skills, able to create a team culture where everyone understands their roles and is held accountable.
• Ability to execute a variety of tasks within designated time frames, delivering exceptional quality results and directly contributing to client campaign formation.
• Ability to work across departments and divisions, building consensus and delivering on stated objectives.
• Results‑oriented problem solver, comfortable leveraging data insights to build and support strategic outcomes.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Respectful of varying opinions and perspectives.
• Critical thinking and data analytics experience required to analyze reporting platforms.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong client presentation…