--- title: 'Influencer Lead at DEPT®' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/influencer-lead-dept-london-rqrh7v6kqkt5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Influencer Lead at DEPT® - **Company:** DEPT® - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Posted:** 2026-06-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/dept/jobs/8018343 ## Job description DEPT® is a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, our 4,000+ specialists deliver growth invention services across Brand & Media, Experience, Commerce, CRM, and Technology & Data. We’re 50|50 tech and marketing, partner-led, and first to move. Clients include Google, Lufthansa, Meta, eBay, and OpenAI. We have been certified B Corp and Climate Neutral since 2021. ## JOB PURPOSE This position sits in our Marketing & Technology service based in London. We combine data, technology, creative content, and paid media to crack brands’ business problems & drive revenue through a variety of digital marketing solutions like ad campaigns, augmented reality, and chatbots. Our clients include ASOS, Just Eat Takeaway, Twitch, TikTok, and The White Company. We’re looking for an Influencer Lead to help define and grow the influencer discipline at DEPT®. Based in London and part of our Creative & Media team, you’ll play a key role in evolving our creator offering developing standout campaigns, supporting our junior team, and ensuring our work is creatively brave, culturally relevant, and consistently excellent. You’ll work across some of our most exciting global clients like PepsiCo, eBay, Just Eat and Visa crafting ideas, shaping deliverables, and guiding the day-to-day work of the influencer team. This is a role for someone who thrives in a hands-on, collaborative environment and is excited to push the boundaries of what influencer marketing can be. ## WHAT YOU'LL DO Shape Our Creator Offering - Help define what “best-in-class” influencer work looks like at DEPT®, from briefing processes to creative formats and talent approach. - Drive the creative development of influencer-first ideas in response to client briefs, bringing strong cultural awareness and platform knowledge to the table. - Collaborate closely with Creative, Strategy, and Client Services teams to ensure influencer thinking is embedded early and meaningfully in our work - Identify opportunities to elevate and evolve our influencer product across process, partnerships and tools. Campaign Leadership - Oversee campaign planning and delivery ensuring high standards in both creativity and execution, while maintaining a strong strategic lens throughout. - Guide the development of influencer approaches that ladder up to brand, comms, and cultural objectives ensuring creators are not just a fit aesthetically, but strategically. - Work closely with the team to match talent to campaign goals and creative direction, using audience insights, platform trends, and brand positioning to inform selection. - Contribute to the shaping of key messaging, creative narratives, and content formats that feel native to the creator’s style while delivering on client KPIs. ## Team Development & Support - Act as a mentor and line manager to junior and mid-level team members, providing clear guidance, feedback, and growth opportunities. - Run team sessions and reviews to share learnings, creative inspiration, and improve quality of output across the board. - Contribute to onboarding and training of new joiners, ensuring consistency and cohesion across the influencer team. - Be an advocate for the influencer discipline internally, helping other departments understand how and when to plug us in. ## WHAT YOU'LL BRING - 5+ years’ experience working in influencer marketing, ideally across both creative and executional roles. - A passion for the creator economy and deep understanding of platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging formats. - Experience working with global and culturally diverse talent from niche creators to celebrity partnerships. - Strong creative instincts and a sharp eye for what good influencer content looks like. Think content outside of the (unboxing). - Confident collaborator and communicator, able to work across teams and functions to bring ideas to life. - Natural mentor and people-first leader who enjoys coaching and supporting others. - Hands-on experience managing and delivering influencer campaigns at scale. ## WE OFFER - A flexible, hybrid working policy (2 days from the office, depending on location). - An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies - Pension, free private healthcare, mental health support, and company sick pay scheme. - 26 days paid holiday (plus UK Bank Holidays). - Refreshments are provided in the office all week, as well as drinks at 4 pm on a Thursday. - Help getting you to work with a season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme. - Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents. - Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations. - Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events. - Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance. - Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®. - A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified [B Corp® since 2021](https://www.deptagency.com/en-gb/insight/dept-is-a-certified-b-corporation/) and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards. - Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together! - The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications. - Global annual [DEPT® Cares Month](https://www.deptagency.com/dept-cares-day-2023/) in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities. WHO ARE WE? We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean? We are always looking forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating. Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 30+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems, no matter where you are in the world. ## DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us. Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts [here](https://www.deptagency.com/the-good-company/). ## About DEPT® ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: DEPT® is a global digital agency that combines technology and marketing to help ambitious brands grow faster. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by The Carlyle Group) - **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands (global HQ; 30+ offices across 5 continents) - **Founded**: 1996 (founded as TamTam; rebranded to DEPT® in 2019) - **Founders**: Paul Manuel and Bart Manuel (founded TamTam, the predecessor agency) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Digital Agency, Technology, Marketing, Commerce, AI - **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise (clients include Google Store, KFC, Beats by Dre, Patagonia, Lego, YouTube, National Geographic, Meta, Adidas, Microsoft, Hulu, Supercell, Tomorrowland) - **Mission or purpose statement**: To be the best agency for the world, not just in the world. A certified B Corporation, they aim to pioneer tech and marketing while balancing purpose and profit. ## Products & Services - **Integrated Agency Services**: A 50-50 blend of technology and marketing services, including strategy, creative, data, and media. - **DEPT®/AI**: A dedicated AI practice launched in 2023, with 50% of revenue now AI-enabled. - **Commerce Services**: Recognized by Forrester as a top 10 Commerce Services Provider. - **Specialized Studios**: Includes BASIC/DEPT®, Hello Monday/DEPT®, STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®, and Dogstudio/DEPT®—each with unique creative and technical specialties. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed; backed by The Carlyle Group (partnership announced in 2023). - **Key Metric**: Over 4,000 employees (Depsters) across 30+ offices in 5 continents. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The Carlyle Group (strategic partner), Waterland Private Equity (historical partner). Key clients include Google, Meta, Microsoft, Lego, Adidas, Patagonia, and KFC. - **Growth Signals**: 30 acquisitions since 2015; named Webby Agency of the Year 2022, 2023, 2024; Campaign Digital Innovation Agency of the Year 2023; launched Asia Pacific operations in 2021; 50% AI-enabled revenue; 85+ nationalities and 50+ languages spoken in-house. ## Competitive Advantages - **Partner-led model**: 200+ owners with "skin in the game," ensuring entrepreneurial accountability and long-term client relationships. - **Global scale with craft depth**: 4,000+ digital specialists available as one integrated team across all time zones. - **B Corp & Climate Label certified**: First global agency to become a Certified B Corporation, with a strong focus on sustainability and social impact. - **Award-winning track record**: Consistently recognized as Agency of the Year by Webby and Lovie Awards. - **50-50 tech/marketing split**: Rarer in the industry, enabling full 360-degree client solutions. ## Strategic Focus - **AI integration**: Deep investment in DEPT®/AI to embed AI into all service lines (50% of revenue already AI-enabled). - **Global expansion**: Continued growth through acquisitions and new market entries (e.g., Asia Pacific, Americas). - **Sustainability & Impact**: Active impact strategy focused on four pillars: Impactful Work, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Community, and Climate. - **Talent development**: Heavy investment in learning ("DEPT®/YOU" curated learning experiences) and internal mobility. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as "inclusive, supportive, open" with a strong emphasis on diversity (85+ nationalities), equity, and inclusion. Certified B Corporation with a clear purpose. - **Flexibility**: Open to discussing flexible and hybrid working arrangements to achieve work/life balance. - **Benefits**: Health and wellness benefits, DEPT®/CARES (annual day of giving), DEPT® Festival (all-expenses-paid global gathering), and DEPT®/YOU (curated learning experiences for personal and professional growth). - **Global opportunities**: Ability to work from offices across 5 continents, with a strong internal mobility ethos. - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on pioneering, innovation, and craft; 50-50 tech/marketing split means engineers and technologists are core to the business. - **Notable perks**: Climate Label company (100% climate neutral, 37% renewable energy), strong sustainability focus, and community impact programs. ## Sources 1. [DEPT® Careers Page](https://www.deptagency.com/careers/) 2. [DEPT® Homepage](https://www.deptagency.com/) 3. [DEPT® About Us](https://www.deptagency.com/about-us/) 4. [DEPT® Culture Page](https://www.deptagency.com/en-in/culture/) 5. 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