Title: Director- Influencer & VIP 

Brand: Urban Decay

Location: El Segundo, CA

Role Summary: 

As the Director of Influencer you are responsible for moving Urban Decay into the "Top 10 Makeup Share of Influence." You will move away from focusing on transactional "Pay-to-Play" models to building a genuine "Inner Circle" of brand advocates through “earned love”. Your mission is to win back the hearts & trust of creators who have moved away from the brand and turn them into long-term partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Always-On influencer strategy (micro / mid-tier / macro) to build brand love and advocacy, grow an engaged community and recruit new creators into the brand funnel, informed by data driven insights and trends
• Increase the number of new and emerging influencers + KOLs entering the A&I funnel at scale, while simultaneously maintaining and growing relationships with current advocates (65% of time)
• Lead the “Win-Back” strategy to re-engage lapsed creators and prestige influencers for ongoing earned love
• Lead influencer paid campaigns (launch and evergreen) partnering with product marketing team
• Oversee high-level list building / target list for “earned” love, ensuring we are engaging with creators across multiple touchpoints (e.g.seeding, events, community management)
• LeadL'Orealistarmicro-influencer strategy, campaignplanningand execution
• Own VIP Influencer / KOL relationships 
• Partner with marketing and paid media team on boosting strategy to drive brand awareness, drivetrafficand sales
• Liaise and collaborate with product marketing to ensure activations align with broader marketing plan + product messaging and drive business results 
• Lead internal + external agency teams responsible for influencer strategy
• Position requires availability to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed

CAPABILITIES, SKILLS & IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE 

• Influencer Management:Identifying, recruiting, and building deep, authentic industry connections and third-party advocates, to enhance the visibility and reputation of an organization/brand
• Creative Thinking:Generatingnew ideas, untried approaches,methodsor opportunities to create high added value
• Persuasive Communicator: Sells the brand vision to external partners.
• Digital Native: Lives on TikTok/Reels and understands influencer landscape.
• Data-Driven Marketer: Uses insights tooptimizepartnerselection, like monitoring social media strategies and targets’ preferences to collect and analyze data toidentify(Pro/medical)influencers,new trendsand preferences
• Agile Actioner: Identifiesand reacts instantly to creator trends and sentiment.
• Brand Guardian: Ensures influencer content stays "Luxury Indie."
• Collaborator:Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including marketing, sales, product, and customer service, to ensure unified brand experience

Salary Range: 128-180k + bonus