Associate Account Director (Influencer Marketing)

About The Shelf We are a full-service influencer marketing agency creating meaningful stories, experiences, and content by working with influencers who know how to spread the word about your brand.

With our unique, professional, and longstanding influencer marketing expertise, we create the most genuine connections to deliver the results you deserve. We’re a team of more than 80. We’re growing.

We’re about as scattered as a team can be… East Coast, West Coast, the middle of the country… a bunch of us are in Canada, 1 in Ukraine, 1 in Russia… we like to keep our options open in terms of company retreat locations. About half of us are really funny.

We’re currently working with some pretty amazing brands: Famous Footwear, UMG, Zenni Optical, KISS, Lenox, Sam’s Club, ROAR Organic, Nestlé, Honest Co. , and Hershey just to name a few.

About the role Location : Remote Experience Level: Mid Level (Agency experience preferred) We're looking for an experienced Associate Account Director to own a portfolio of client accounts and lead a team of account managers in delivering exceptional influencer marketing programs.

You'll be the strategic and executional anchor across your book of business: equal parts client partner, team coach, and talent expert. This is a player-coach role: you'll set the strategic direction for client programs while developing the next tier of talent on your team.

You'll report to the Head of Account Management and work cross-functionally with creative, strategy & analytics, performance media and platform teams to drive results clients talk about.

What you'll do Client leadership Develop integrated social and influencer strategies tied to measurable business outcomes Own day-to-day relationships as the primary client point of contact Lead strategic planning, quarterly business reviews, and campaign ideation Navigate complex client conversations with confidence and clarity Contribute to new business pitches and proposals as needed Team management Directly m