Senior Director, Brand Partnerships

SALARY: $120-140k

Placement within the range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to, years of experience, relevant qualifications, skills, local market and budgetary considerations.

LOCATION: New York (Hybrid)

Influencer is a global creator marketing agency on a mission to shape the future of marketing by humanizing brands. By placing creators at the center, the agency delivers creator‑first solutions across creative, media, and commerce that connect brands with audiences through insight‑driven creator campaigns built to stop the scroll and drive measurable impact.

Founded in 2015 by You Tuber‑turned‑entrepreneur Caspar Lee and entrepreneur Ben Jeffries, Influencer is the world’s largest independent creator marketing agency - powered by a unique ecosystem of proprietary technology, platform partnerships, and longstanding talent relationships.

As an Official Global Marketing Partner of Tik Tok, You Tube, Pinterest, Snap, Meta, and Twitch, Influencer delivers bespoke, enterprise‑level solutions powered by Waves, its AI‑driven operating system. From concept to conversion, the agency blends human instinct with platform intelligence to drive measurable outcomes across the full funnel - from brand perception to performance and sales.

With 200+ team members speaking 30 languages across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Influencer has delivered 6,000+ campaigns for leading brands including Spotify, Shark Ninja, Google, Nike, Disney, and Coca‑Cola.

Senior Director, Brand Partnerships

This role reports to VP, Brand Partnerships.

In this role you will be reporting into our VP, Brand Partnerships and will be responsible for building brand direct relationships to drive revenue for our North America business.

• Opportunity to Drive Growth:
  Play a key role in expanding our brand partnerships across North America, directly impacting revenue and shaping the future of our business.
• Work with Industry‑Leading Brands:
  Collaborate with top‑tier clients working on high‑profile campaigns with some of the biggest names in the industry.
• Innovative and Fast‑Paced Environment:
  Work cross functionally with a dynamic, forward‑thinking team at the forefront of influencer marketing. You’ll work closely with Client Services, Creative, Strategy, Measurement teams to ensure seamless campaign development, execution and client satisfaction.

• Mastered The “Influencer Way”:
  Gained a strong understanding of our unique capabilities, proprietary technology to approach to maximizing client success and campaign results.
• Built Key Relationships:
  Established strong connections with target brands, gaining a deep understanding of their marketing needs and objectives.
• Secured Initial Wins:
  Closed your first few partnerships, demonstrating your ability to drive revenue and align brand goals with Influencer’s capabilities and areas of expertise.

• Grow and develop brand and agency relationships to achieve revenue targets.
• Strategically identify opportunities and build a qualified pipeline through relationship building and understanding brands’ KPIs.
• Partner with VP of Partnerships to prospect, close and grow revenue opportunities, which involves achieving quarterly and annual revenue targets.
• Weekly reporting to VP of Partnerships on sales performance and sales forecasting.
• Ideate and build strategic action plans for clients and manage the sales process from outreach to renewal.
• Keep track of competitor activity, using industry knowledge to identify potential new markets and increase the market share.
• Work closely with VP of Partnerships and VP of Client Services to ensure and maintain a high level of client service.

• A minimum of 6+ years of experience in digital advertising sales with exposure to influencer marketing.
• Proven tracker record and experience delivering revenue against quarterly and annual goals. Ability to build and manage a pipeline to exceed targets.
• Experience with selling directly to brands with strong client…