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With 6,000+ campaigns delivered, 90,000+ creators contracted, and a 92% client retention rate, we are entering our most ambitious chapter yet.\nAt the heart of our growth is Waves - our proprietary AI-driven operating system that powers every step of the creator campaign lifecycle, from creator discovery and contracting through to live reporting and payments. As we pursue our mission to pay creators $1 billion, Waves is the engine behind that goal.\nJob title\nAssociate Director, AEO Creative Strategy\nReporting of the role\nSVP, Global Creative Strategy & Cultural Insights\nOverview of the job\nReporting into the Creative Strategy & Insights organization, the Associate Director, AEO Creative Strategy will help build and deliver Influencer’s emerging Creator-First AEO capability while also playing an active role across our broader Creative Strategy practice.\nThis role sits at the intersection of AI search intelligence, creator strategy, cultural insight and client strategy. You will take complex data about how brands are understood, surfaced and cited across AI-driven discovery and turn it into clear, actionable creator strategies.\nYou will partner closely with Marketing Science to understand the intelligence, then connect those findings to the work: identifying the narratives brands need to strengthen, the questions creator content should answer, the creators best positioned to build authority, and the content and platforms most likely to matter.\nAlongside the AEO remit, you will support on other strategic work across priority clients, pitches and proactive opportunities, helping raise the standard of creator-first strategy across the business.\nBest Things About The Job\nHelp build a new strategic capability at the intersection of creator marketing and AI-driven discovery.\n\nTurn emerging technology and data into strategies that clients can actually understand and action.\n\nWork across Creative Strategy, Marketing Science, Performance, Creator and 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citations, competitive positioning, sources, topics and visibility gaps.\n\nIdentify the questions and narratives that matter most to a brand, category and consumer.\n\nUnderstand where competitors are gaining authority and what content, voices or sources appear to be contributing to that advantage.\n\nStay close to developments across AI search, consumer discovery and creator behavior and translate them into implications for clients.\n\nCreator-First AEO Strategy\nTurn intelligence into clear and actionable creator strategy.\nTranslate AEO findings into strategic recommendations and creator briefs.\n\nIdentify which brand narratives need to be strengthened and which questions creator content should help answer.\n\nDetermine the creator profiles, platforms, formats and content approaches most relevant to the opportunity.\n\nDevelop creator-first strategies that balance AEO objectives with authenticity, cultural relevance and brand priorities.\n\nEnsure recommendations are actionable 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before activation.\n\nReview post-activation findings to understand what changed and what should inform the next strategic cycle.\n\nBuild repeatable frameworks and methodologies that allow Influencer to scale Creator-First AEO across clients and markets.\n\nCreative Strategy Overall\nContribute to the broader Creative Strategy team beyond AEO.\nLead and support strategic development across priority client briefs, pitches and proactive opportunities.\n\nTurn audience, cultural, platform and category insights into strong creator-first strategies.\n\nDevelop briefs and strategic narratives that inspire creators and creative teams while solving client business challenges.\n\nSupport senior strategists on major integrated opportunities and independently lead appropriate client workstreams.\n\nContribute to strategic frameworks, POVs and thought leadership across the wider Creative Strategy & Insights practice.\n\nWhat you will need:\n7+ years of experience across creative strategy, brand 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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. We are committed to embedding Diversity, Equity & Inclusion into everything we do at Influencer, making it part of our culture. 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