Influencer Manager

WPP Media
Melbourne, Australia
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with agency experience in influencer marketing and strong client relationship management skills, comfortable with end-to-end campaign execution and team leadership in Melbourne, Australia.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with agency experience in influencer marketing and a track record of managing creator relationships
    — “ideally within an agency environment”
  • Professionals who have led campaigns from strategy through to reporting and are adept at aligning with client objectives
    — “managing campaigns from briefing through to reporting and optimisation”
  • Individuals experienced in leading and mentoring teams, with a focus on fostering a high-performing culture
    — “managing and mentoring a team of influencer specialists”

Things to consider

  • The role requires managing budgets and ensuring commercial success for assigned campaigns
    — “managing campaign budgets and commercial performance”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work with a variety of social platforms and understand the creator economy deeply
    — “Strong understanding of the creator economy, social platforms and influencer marketing best practice”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating business goals into culturally relevant influencer strategies
    — “translate business objectives into culturally relevant influencer programs”
  • Showcase your ability to deliver actionable insights from campaign analytics and reporting
    — “delivering actionable insights and recommendations”
  • Demonstrate a history of driving measurable business impact through influencer campaigns
    — “drive measurable business impact”
  • Include examples of collaboration across media, content, and creative disciplines
    — “Collaborate with talented teams across media, content, social and creative disciplines”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • lead influencer campaigns from strategy to execution
  • manage and mentor a team
  • drive measurable business impact
Typical background
influencer marketingsocial media marketing

Skills & requirements

Required

Influencer MarketingSocial Media MarketingCampaign ManagementTeam LeadershipClient Management

Preferred

Creator EconomyCommercial Acumen

About the role

Original posting from WPP Media via Greenhouse

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

INFLUENCE® by WPP Media | Sydney or Melbourne

Join WPP Media's dedicated Social, Content & Influencer Marketing team, where we help some of Australia's leading brands connect authentically with audiences through creators, culture and content. Combining creativity, data, technology and cultural intelligence, we deliver influencer campaigns that drive measurable business impact.

About the Role

As an Influencer Manager, you'll lead the delivery of impactful influencer marketing campaigns from strategy through to execution, optimisation and reporting. Working closely with clients, creators and internal stakeholders, you'll translate business objectives into culturally relevant influencer programs that drive meaningful results.

You'll also play a key leadership role, managing and mentoring a team of influencer specialists while ensuring campaigns are delivered with excellence, innovation and commercial success.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, mentor and develop a team of influencer executives and coordinators, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture while managing resources, workloads and team development.

Oversee the end-to-end delivery of influencer campaigns, ensuring high standards of quality, accuracy and client satisfaction across briefing, creator selection, execution, optimisation and reporting.

Act as a key client contact, building trusted relationships, managing expectations and ensuring campaigns align with client objectives and broader marketing goals.

Contribute to the development and execution of influencer marketing strategies, including KPI setting, budget planning, performance tracking and new business opportunities.

Manage campaign budgets and commercial performance, monitoring spend, optimising resources and maximising ROI across assigned campaigns.

Oversee campaign reporting and analytics, delivering actionable insights and recommendations that drive continuous improvement, campaign effectiveness and measurable business outcomes.

What We're Looking For

3+ years' experience in influencer, social media or digital marketing, ideally within an agency environment.

Strong understanding of the creator economy, social platforms and influencer marketing best practice.

Demonstrated experience managing campaigns from briefing through to reporting and optimisation.

Excellent client management and stakeholder engagement skills.

Strong commercial acumen with experience managing campaign budgets.

Confident communicator with strong presentation and relationship-building abilities.

Highly organised, proactive and solutions-oriented with exceptional attention to detail

Why Join WPP Media?

Work with leading local and global brands across diverse categories.

Be part of a specialist Social, Content & Influencer Marketing capability backed by one of the world's largest media networks.

Access best-in-class data, technology and creator marketing tools.

Collaborate with talented teams across media, content, social and creative disciplines.

Grow your career in a culture that values innovation, collaboration and continuous learning.

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Source: WPP Media careers (Greenhouse)

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