Influencer Manager - New York

We’re Kairos Media, a global award-winning, social-first creative agency headquartered in London with offices across the United States and Europe. Founded in 2015 by Forbes Under 30 winners Mike Craddock and Chris Parnell, Kairos Media works with some of the world's biggest brands, including King, JBL Quantum, Samsung Odyssey, Rovio and Pizza Hut. The agency is part of Kairos Group, the global gaming media company with a vision to become the go-to media group connecting businesses to gamers, chosen for its agency services, intellectual property and expertise within the creator economy.

Kairos Media works with US teams for some of the biggest brands to implement strategies that help them speak to gamers. We’ve experienced rapid growth since inception and are in the process of scaling up our operations with a focus on the East Coast. Our dedicated New York location aims to further grow our North American operations and continue to deliver best-in-class service to US-based clients.

In addition to providing world-class service to some of the world’s biggest brand names, we’ve also taken the time to create a work culture that really resonates with our team. Our bespoke benefits are based directly on employee feedback (think healthcare, therapy resources, and awesome vacation packages we actually want you to use).

But enough about us, let’s talk about you…

What are we looking for:

• A die hard video gaming enthusiast with a clear passion over a variety of genres
• A fantastic record of marketing excellence, with a focus upon influencer (mostly in gaming)
• Someone who lives and breathes influencer marketing

Responsibilities:

• Lead all day to day influencer account activity and strategy for a variety of world leading gaming clients
• Ensure significant & regular innovation upon influencer activity
• Manage a influencer exec on your accounts
• Manage 4-6 influencer activations per month
• Manage day to day influencer and activation activity on your accounts
• Be responsible for full project management and delivery of client campaigns
• Aid in the creative process to come up with ideas for campaigns
• Manage regular five/ six figure influencer campaigns
• Oversee influencer recruitment and management
• Oversee large scale ambassador programs across multiple regions, or similar
• Line management of junior staff where required

Requirements

• A clear and demonstrable passion for gaming across a variety of genres
• 2-4 years of influencer marketing experience
• 2-4 years professional experience within marketing (ideally within a gaming, social-first marketing agency)
• Experience managing marketing campaigns with significant budgets
• Live and breathe the community & content creator world, through Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and any other social media platforms where influencers produce content
• Ability to multi-task and successfully work under pressure
• Excellent communication with the ability to build a rapport with clients
• A demonstrable history in the industry or at an agency of achieving excellence through creativity & innovation
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus compensation
• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• 401K with 4% company match
• 14 days PTO annually
• 13 company holidays annually
• 10 day reset
• Flexible work hours
• Remote / hybrid work
• Monthly spending allowance
• Basic Life Insurance