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Daniel J Edelman Holdings

Marketing and communications agency for Microsoft

Executive Vice President – Creator Marketing

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$185k - $275k/yr+ Annual bonus
Expert
New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Growth & MarketingMarketing Generalist & Management

About the job

Requirements
  • 12+ years of experience in Creator Marketing, Influencer Marketing, Social Media, or Integrated Marketing.
  • Demonstrated success driving commercial growth and leading strategic client relationships.
  • Experience leading senior teams within a matrixed organization.
  • Strong understanding of the creator economy, platform landscape, and emerging technologies.
  • Proven ability to influence across multiple disciplines and build strong executive relationships.
  • Experience driving organizational change and capability development.
  • Ability to navigate complexity, inspire teams, and deliver results.
Responsibilities
  • Execute the North American Creator vision and strategy within the U.S. market, ensuring alignment with regional priorities and business objectives.
  • Develop and deliver annual market plans that drive commercial growth, client impact, and operational excellence.
  • Champion the Creator vision across the market, ensuring consistent adoption of regional priorities, operating standards, and best practices.
  • Identify emerging market trends, client needs, and competitive opportunities, providing insights that inform the ongoing evolution of the North American Creator strategy.
  • Partner closely with the Head of North America & Global Creator Expansion to align market priorities with regional business objectives.
  • Own the commercial performance of the Creator business within the market, driving sustainable revenue growth and profitability.
  • Build and maintain a strong commercial pipeline through proactive business development and strategic client expansion.
  • Identify opportunities to expand Creator across market-level clients, sectors, and integrated offerings.
  • Partner with Market Leads, Business Leads, and Practice Chairs to unlock new business opportunities and strengthen Creator’s role within integrated client solutions.
  • Monitor market performance and recommend strategic investments to accelerate growth.
  • Lead and inspire the Creator organization within the market, fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and innovative culture.
  • Align market leadership teams around shared business priorities and strategic objectives.
  • Partner with SVP leaders to drive accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.
  • Coach and develop senior Creator leaders while strengthening succession planning and future capability.
  • Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams, practices, and North American markets.
  • Own strategic Creator relationships across priority market-level clients, serving as the senior Creator advisor within the market.
  • Partner with client leaders to identify opportunities to expand Creator across the client portfolio.
  • Support executive market client conversations, business reviews, and strategic planning sessions.
  • Ensure Creator strategies deliver measurable business outcomes while advancing broader client objectives.
  • Escalate enterprise and cross-market opportunities to the Head of North America & Global Creator Expansion where appropriate.
  • Drive adoption of new Creator capabilities, technologies, AI-enabled solutions, and ways of working across the market.
  • Identify opportunities to evolve Creator offerings in response to changing client and industry needs.
  • Champion innovation and continuous improvement across Creator engagements.
  • Share market learnings, case studies, and best practices that strengthen the North American Creator organization.
  • Support implementation of new methodologies, products, and initiatives developed through the North American Creator strategy.
  • Build strong partnerships across Social, Earned, Paid, Strategy, Analytics, Production, and other agency practices in the market.
  • Strengthen collaboration between Creator and integrated teams to maximize client impact.
  • Develop relationships with platform partners, creator partners, and key industry stakeholders within the market.
  • Represent Creator within market leadership forums and cross-functional business planning initiatives.
  • Contribute to the North American Creator thought leadership agenda through market insights, trend identification, and client success stories.
  • Collaborate with the Head of North America & Global Creator Expansion on regional thought leadership initiatives, research, and industry content.
  • Represent the Creator practice at select market-level industry events, client forums, and partner engagements, reinforcing the North American Creator vision.
  • Build relationships within the local creator ecosystem to strengthen market intelligence, identify emerging opportunities, and support business growth.
  • Elevate the agency’s Creator presence within the local market while supporting the broader North American Creator brand and positioning.
  • Achieve revenue growth and profitability within the market, Creator penetration across priority market-level clients, and new business contribution and commercial pipeline growth.
  • Support client satisfaction and retention, strategic influence across key market accounts, and delivery of innovative, integrated Creator solutions.
  • Develop market leadership team engagement and capability, and foster collaboration across practices and North American markets.
  • Drive adoption of new Creator capabilities and AI-enabled solutions, contribute market insights to North American strategy, and support successful implementation of regional initiatives.
  • Strengthen relationships across the local creator ecosystem, contribute to North American thought leadership, and increase visibility and reputation for the Creator practice within the market.
  • Execute the North American Creator vision with excellence and consistency.
  • Lead through influence, creating alignment across market leadership teams and cross-functional partners.
  • Think and act like a business leader, balancing commercial growth with long-term capability development.
  • Champion innovation while maintaining operational discipline and delivery excellence.
  • Serve as a trusted strategic partner to the Head of North America & Global Creator Expansion by bringing forward market intelligence, client insights, and emerging opportunities that shape the future direction of the Creator practice.
  • Inspire teams through collaboration, curiosity, and a focus on client impact.

About the company

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Daniel J Edelman Holdings

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Assembly is a marketing and communications agency serving Microsoft globally, blending strategy, creative, earned media and paid media to maximize brand impact. It uses AI-powered processes to streamline collaboration and efficiency while infusing innovation at every step. The firm differentiates itself through a deep Microsoft partnership, global reach across brand social, influencer and corporate channels, and cross-channel expertise in brand, social, and B2B marketing. Its goal is to help Microsoft tell its story and empower people and organizations to achieve more through action-driven campaigns that build trust and raise executive visibility.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

2015

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