Associate Director, Influencer Relations at Klick in New York City, NY

companyDescription
The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures—is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do.
About our Creative Craft

Our Creative Craft brings Klick’s ideas to life through storytelling, design, and experience. This craft blends imagination with strategy to create work that is emotionally resonant and culturally relevant. Creative teams collaborate across disciplines to simplify complexity and humanize healthcare. Their work drives engagement, understanding, and meaningful action across channels.
jobDescription
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Creative Production team at Klick as an Associate Director, Influencer Relations in a full-time role. You’ll lead operational partnerships with creators, healthcare professionals, patients, celebrities, and other influential voices across healthcare campaigns. As part of our growing influence capability, you’ll partner with strategy, creative, legal, production, and client teams to build scalable, best-in-class influencer programs.
The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking with operational excellence. They understand how creators and other influential voices drive modern brand discovery and trust, while thriving in the details of contracting, compliance, talent management, and cross-functional execution.
Strong candidates will demonstrate a problem-solving mindset, the ability to connect influence to broader marketing ecosystems (including social platforms, paid media, and search), and the collaboration skills to guide teams, partners, and clients through evolving ways of working.
What You'll Do:
Lead end-to-end influencer partnerships across regulated healthcare campaigns, including sourcing, vetting, contracting, content development, regulatory review, and campaign execution
Procure and curate influencer rosters aligned to client objectives, audience needs, and platform dynamics
Partner with influence peers to document and socialize influence operations best practices, including training team members, to scale consistent influencer programs across clients
Identify opportunities to implement A.I. technology to improve operational efficiency, governance, and scalability across influencer programs
Stay informed on how influencer marketing is evolving, including its role in social discovery, search, and emerging platforms, and apply those learnings to client work
qualifications
Required:
Demonstrated experience working with creators and other influencers across platforms, including content development and partnership management
Highly detail-oriented and organized, with 5-7 years of experience managing multiple workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid understanding of contracts, negotiations, and partnership structures
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships internally and externally
Desired:
Ability to think holistically about how influencer programs connect into broader marketing programs
Pharmaceutical or health experience is not required, but considered a huge plus
additionalInformation
This posting is for a newly created role at Klick.
The base salary range for this position is between CAD $100,000 - $125,000. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.
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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at careers@klick.com and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.