We are a fast-growing influencer marketing company specializing in data-driven campaigns. Our strategies leverage industry insights, social listening, and analytics to guide creative decisions. Then, we let the results take it from there—each strategic move is influenced by top-performing influencers and content.
Everyone claims to be data-backed, but we prove it using our Optimization Flywheel, driving brands to exponentially higher ROI:
One of our clients used a paid agency for lower-funnel conversion campaigns—our top-funnel campaigns outperformed them by 5x in conversions.
TikTok (yes, the platform itself) confirmed that our campaigns perform 500x above their ad benchmarks in watch time. (Not a typo—we double-checked.)
One of our TikTok ads ranked #2 globally on TikTok's leaderboard for an entire month.
Role Overview
The Director of Creative Strategy Implementation and Optimization ensures that our strategic plans are successfully executed and continuously optimized based on real-time data.
This role takes ownership once a campaign is sold in, leading the process from kickoff to completion. You will ensure seamless team coordination, maintain campaign integrity, manage client expectations, and stay ahead of industry trends and performance insights.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Execution & Strategy
Lead post-sale execution, ensuring all campaign elements align with the approved strategy.
Viral Hit Makers – Engaging high-reach influencers to drive viral content through the art direction of their content (based on past post performance analysis)
UGC Generation – Managing in-house content production for brand-owned channels and paid media.
Paid Amplification – Working with our performance media team to ensure targeted paid media strategies are aligned with the goals.
Micro-Influencer Strategies – Engaging niche interest groups to expand audience reach.
A/B Testing – Implementing data-driven optimizations to maximize performance.
Monitor live campaigns, proactively identifying underperforming elements and making strategic adjustments.
Team Leadership & Coordination
Act as the primary lead from kickoff, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
Develop and refine processes for cross-team hand-offs and workflows (currently, this needs serious improvement).
Assign and oversee tasks related to creative strategy (and overlapping deliverables) across departments to maintain efficiency and effectiveness.
Maintain quality control by reviewing influencer selections, creative concepts, and final content before client approval.
Guide and mentor a junior team, helping them navigate challenges and prioritize effectively.
Lead with confidence—this role requires someone who doesn’t flinch at challenges, maintains a happy team who performs well, is able to have difficult convos with underperforming employees, handles client calls with ease, does not require micromanagement, and can independently run the department if needed.
Client & Stakeholder Management
Serve as the bridge between clients and internal teams, ensuring alignment on expectations and execution (creating mutual accountability)
Manage difficult client situations, particularly when brands request changes that could hinder campaign success.
Confidently present strategic pivots when necessary, using data and industry expertise to persuade stakeholders.
Participate in important update calls, and reporting, ensuring that clients are engaged and excited rather than zoning off.
Ensuring reports are tied back to the original strategies and making valuable conclusions rather than parroting back data points.
Requirements
Experience: Director-level experience in Strategy, with a proven track record of team leadership and client management.
Skills:
Strong analytical mindset to assess performance and make data-driven optimizations.
Exceptional communication and client-facing presentation skills.
Able to form a deep understanding of each brand's identity—analyzing their vibe, aesthetics, voice, and goals to inform influencer selection and content strategy. (This doesn’t mean mimicking their branded marketing but strategically evolving it.)
Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and stay calm under pressure. (You will not be participating in low-budget campaigns, but this role does require you to plan your day based on biggest impact projects and empower your team to do a good job if you have to bail on a particular project due to conflicts.)
Leadership: Experience leading or mentoring junior team members and training them to advance in their roles.
Industry Knowledge: Staying up-to-date with influencer marketing trends, social media algorithms, and emerging best practices.
AI Integration: Comfortable incorporating AI into workflows to optimize processes wherever possible.
If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for influencer marketing and team leadership, we'd love to hear from you!
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We are The Shelf. 🦄🌈 We’re a Full-Service Influencer Marketing Agency made up of creatives and data geeks - just your run-of-the-mill marketing experts getting paid to think and create. 🏆🥇We’ve thrice been named to the Inc 5000 list of the Fastest-Growing Companies in America - in 2021, again in 2022, and once more in 2023!
* * * *
We solve 3 several important challenges for brands: reaching the right audience 🎯 with the right message, grabbing and keeping the attention 👀 of said audience, and providing that audience with compelling reasons to become loyal, lifelong customers. 👍🏽
Not an easy task. We know that:
a) traditional print ads don't work anymore
b) many digital ads go unseen with 300M+ ad blockers install on devices and privacy laws making it hard to get the data needed to ensure ads are seen by the right people
c) consumer attention is hard to get and even harder to keep
d) new brands/products are providing better, cheaper options
e) social media platforms are constantly shifting their algorithms in response to the ever-evolving way in which people consume content
It’s a lot.
But The Shelf is a pioneer of data-driven influencer marketing. What that means is we’re experts at using tons of data 📊 and exceptionally creative concepts 🎨 to help our customers achieve their marketing goals. We work with amazing creators to craft authentic stories that don't look anything like traditional ads. And we boast an impressive roster of Fortune 500 companies, agencies, game-changing startups. 🦄
Our secret sauce? Our proprietary SaaS platform discovers, analyzes, and indexes millions of Influencers. Here’s where we stand out: we use that same underlying tech to analyze the audiences of the influencers to ensure influencer partners have the appropriate amount of credibility and influence with the exact audience our client needs to reach.
Ready for a supercharged pivot? Partner with The Shelf, and let's make influencer marketing magic together.
We are a fast-growing influencer marketing company specializing in data-driven campaigns. Our strategies leverage industry insights, social listening, and analytics to guide creative decisions. Then, we let the results take it from there—each strategic move is influenced by top-performing influencers and content.
Everyone claims to be data-backed, but we prove it using our Optimization Flywheel, driving brands to exponentially higher ROI:
One of our clients used a paid agency for lower-funnel conversion campaigns—our top-funnel campaigns outperformed them by 5x in conversions.
TikTok (yes, the platform itself) confirmed that our campaigns perform 500x above their ad benchmarks in watch time. (Not a typo—we double-checked.)
One of our TikTok ads ranked #2 globally on TikTok's leaderboard for an entire month.
Role Overview
The Director of Creative Strategy Implementation and Optimization ensures that our strategic plans are successfully executed and continuously optimized based on real-time data.
This role takes ownership once a campaign is sold in, leading the process from kickoff to completion. You will ensure seamless team coordination, maintain campaign integrity, manage client expectations, and stay ahead of industry trends and performance insights.
Key Responsibilities
Campaign Execution & Strategy
Lead post-sale execution, ensuring all campaign elements align with the approved strategy.
Viral Hit Makers – Engaging high-reach influencers to drive viral content through the art direction of their content (based on past post performance analysis)
UGC Generation – Managing in-house content production for brand-owned channels and paid media.
Paid Amplification – Working with our performance media team to ensure targeted paid media strategies are aligned with the goals.
Micro-Influencer Strategies – Engaging niche interest groups to expand audience reach.
A/B Testing – Implementing data-driven optimizations to maximize performance.
Monitor live campaigns, proactively identifying underperforming elements and making strategic adjustments.
Team Leadership & Coordination
Act as the primary lead from kickoff, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
Develop and refine processes for cross-team hand-offs and workflows (currently, this needs serious improvement).
Assign and oversee tasks related to creative strategy (and overlapping deliverables) across departments to maintain efficiency and effectiveness.
Maintain quality control by reviewing influencer selections, creative concepts, and final content before client approval.
Guide and mentor a junior team, helping them navigate challenges and prioritize effectively.
Lead with confidence—this role requires someone who doesn’t flinch at challenges, maintains a happy team who performs well, is able to have difficult convos with underperforming employees, handles client calls with ease, does not require micromanagement, and can independently run the department if needed.
Client & Stakeholder Management
Serve as the bridge between clients and internal teams, ensuring alignment on expectations and execution (creating mutual accountability)
Manage difficult client situations, particularly when brands request changes that could hinder campaign success.
Confidently present strategic pivots when necessary, using data and industry expertise to persuade stakeholders.
Participate in important update calls, and reporting, ensuring that clients are engaged and excited rather than zoning off.
Ensuring reports are tied back to the original strategies and making valuable conclusions rather than parroting back data points.
Requirements
Experience: Director-level experience in Strategy, with a proven track record of team leadership and client management.
Skills:
Strong analytical mindset to assess performance and make data-driven optimizations.
Exceptional communication and client-facing presentation skills.
Able to form a deep understanding of each brand's identity—analyzing their vibe, aesthetics, voice, and goals to inform influencer selection and content strategy. (This doesn’t mean mimicking their branded marketing but strategically evolving it.)
Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and stay calm under pressure. (You will not be participating in low-budget campaigns, but this role does require you to plan your day based on biggest impact projects and empower your team to do a good job if you have to bail on a particular project due to conflicts.)
Leadership: Experience leading or mentoring junior team members and training them to advance in their roles.
Industry Knowledge: Staying up-to-date with influencer marketing trends, social media algorithms, and emerging best practices.
AI Integration: Comfortable incorporating AI into workflows to optimize processes wherever possible.
If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for influencer marketing and team leadership, we'd love to hear from you!
Describe the experience and attributes of the ideal candidate