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Consistent with this approach, we hire the best qualified candidates for all positions.\nDirector, Creator Marketing (SAS)\nWe’re looking for a Director, Creator Marketing to help lead our growing team in Los Angeles across integrated creator-led campaigns. This role serves as a senior partner and driver of both strategy and execution, owning workstreams, leading client conversations, and guiding teams to deliver smart, high-impact campaigns.\nIdeal candidates are confident client leaders, culturally fluent, and deeply embedded in the creator ecosystem. You bring fluency across platforms and creator tiers, can brief and negotiate with creators or agents, and thrive when working across cross-functional teams to bring creator-led programs to life with insight, cultural relevance, and operational excellence.\nWe are particularly interested in candidates with experience working with major consumer brands, including CPG and QSR clients, who understand how creators can drive cultural relevance, product discovery, brand engagement, and consumer action. Experience developing creator programs for fast-moving, culturally driven brands with high volumes of social content and integrated marketing activity is highly valued.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as a senior leader across creator-led workstreams, owning client relationships, driving strategy, and ensuring flawless execution.\nBuild and maintain relationships with creators, talent agencies, and managers across all tiers of talent.\nAdvise clients on platform trends, creator strategy, content formats, and KPIs that drive performance.\nPartner with internal teams (account, strategy, creative, production, analytics, paid) to ensure programs are integrated and strategically sound.\nLead creator sourcing, briefing, contracting, and content feedback/approvals in partnership with junior and mid-level team members.\nEnsure proper measurement planning and contribute to recap storytelling that demonstrates campaign impact and ROI.\nSupport new business and organic growth opportunities by identifying ways creator work can extend across clients.\nMentor and manage team members, fostering development, setting goals, and guiding project prioritization.\nLead or contribute to trend briefings, POVs, or internal workshops to inspire teams and elevate creator thinking across the agency.\nBasic Qualifications\n6+ years of experience in creator marketing, influencer partnerships, talent representation, social content, or a related digital marketing field.\n 5+ years of experience working directly with creators, agents, and/or talent managers across verticals and tiers.\nStrong working knowledge of major social platforms (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.) and creator formats (video, livestream, static, branded content).\nProven success developing and presenting creator strategy to clients, backed by platform, audience, or performance insights.\nExperience managing or mentoring junior and mid-level staff.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including professional client communication and internal collaboration.\nDemonstrated success working across matrixed teams and managing complex workflows with multiple stakeholders.\nBachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, media, or related field, or equivalent work experience.\nExperience using creator discovery, contracting, and reporting tools (e.g., CreatorIQ, Captiv8).\nAbility to distill platform trends and translate them into actionable recommendations.\nConfident presenter with strong presence in client conversations and internal settings.\nPassionate about the creator economy, digital culture, and how pop culture shapes brand relevance.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience developing and leading creator marketing programs for CPG and/or QSR brands, with an understanding of the pace, cultural relevance, and consumer engagement required within these categories.\nExperience working with large, highly visible consumer brands and translating broader brand and marketing objectives into creator-led strategies.\nStrong understanding of how creators can support product launches, cultural moments, brand campaigns, always-on programming, and other consumer marketing initiatives.\nDirect experience leading creator campaigns within integrated earned, paid, and owned teams.\nComfort managing both large-scale and nimble creator programs across brands and business objectives.\nUnderstanding of how creator content can be leveraged across paid media (boosting, whitelisting, etc.) in collaboration with paid teams.\nExperience navigating fast-paced client environments with multiple campaigns, stakeholders, creators, and deliverables in market simultaneously.\n$80,000 - $120,000 per year\nAn employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.\nDJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.\nDJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. 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