Influencer Manager

At a glance This is a hybrid working role, therefore your time will primarily be split between working from home and the London Victoria office. The John Lewis Social team aims for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. We are looking for candidates whose salary expectations are in the range of £42,7000-£56,000 This is a temporary fixed term position until January 2025. About the role HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE JOHN LEWIS SOCIAL TEAM? John Lewis & Partners have an opportunity for an Influencer Manager to join us until January 2025. Want to be part of the team that harnesses the power of influencers across social media for John Lewis & Partners? As our Influencer Manager your role is to lead on the social execution of influencer activity, ensuring it drives performance for the brand across owned channels. As Influencer Manager your role is to lead on the social execution of influencer activity, ensuring it drives performance for the brand across owned channels. You will lead on the end-to-end influencer activation including responding to briefs, campaign planning, influencer selection, contract negotiation, influencer liaison, influencer brief development, campaign execution and reporting. You will be responsible for ensuring both organic and paid amplification is best in class, using a test and learn approach to develop our thinking further. You will work closely with Social Media Managers on campaigns to deliver this together. You will work closely with key stakeholders including the communications team and marketing leads. You will work with the wider business to support the implementation of the influencer strategy for John Lewis & Partners. Through this work you will work to optimise the use of influencers to increase efficiency and improve output. This role would suit a social expert who has experience in managing influencers, is a creative thinker, with strong attention to detail and the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple, clear way. The ability to work within a pressurised, deadline driven environment which requires a flexible approach to a constantly changing landscape would appeal to you. The John Lewis social team works in a fast-paced, exciting environment, so your ability to hit the ground running is a must! Essential skills you’ll need Experience managing end-to-end influencer activity including influencer identification, selection, negotiation, brief writing and delivery, campaign optimisation and reporting, would be advantageous within the retail space. Experience of social channels, formats and audience targeting. Paid media strategy around influencer activity, Experience of insight analysis, including using a variety of tools for social listening Experience managing internal and external stakeholders including senior leadership and prioritisation of workload Experiencing managing finance, budgeting and forecasting. Desirable skills: Social enthusiast with demonstrable experience in campaigns Creative thinking delivering inspiring and relevant content whilst managing data Social monitoring and crisis management Experience of understanding customers, tone of voice and ability to drive performance whilst protecting brand values Solid Social experience working on high profile multi-channel consumer brand, including community management experience Benefits of the Partnership and the role: 💻 - Hybrid Working. 🏖️ - Full - time working holiday entitlement 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays (this is prorated for part time hours). ⚖ - Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy 🐷 - Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not 🤑 - You’ll get Partnership discount in store and online once you complete your Earning Membership period. That’s 25% off in John Lewis (12% off electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose (some exclusions apply) You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount. 🚴 - Simple cycle to work support scheme 🏰 - We’re really proud of our exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas and once you’ve been with us for three months, you’re welcome to explore them 🌱 - Learn more about our extensive range of exciting benefits that you could enjoy when you join us, visit - (Link-> Next Steps The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under 'Internal application process'). Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 1 stage virtual interview week commencing 17th June. You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you. Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining John Lewis Partnership. Internal Use Only: For internal Partners, if you would like a copy of the Job Outline please (Link-> #LI-JLPJL #LI-HEADOFFICE #LI-HYBRID #LI-HS1