Global President, Social Influencer

WPP
New York
Full timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Vision","Client focus","Accountability","Growth mindset"]

Provide global leadership for WPP’s Social Influencer Practice, unifying social and influencer expertise across WPP Creative and WPP Media. Own the practice vision, standards, offer architecture, and operating model, and build next-generation, AI-native influencer and social commerce capabilities powered by WPP Open and Open Intelligence. Lead a global leadership team, drive C-suite client impact, and deepen platform and ecosystem partnerships across the influencer economy.

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Global President, Social Influencer

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Job Summary

Provide global leadership for WPP’s Social Influencer Practice, unifying social and influencer expertise across WPP Creative and WPP Media. Own the practice vision, standards, offer architecture, and operating model, and build next-generation, AI-native influencer and social commerce capabilities powered by WPP Open and Open Intelligence. Lead a global leadership team, drive C-suite client impact, and deepen platform and ecosystem partnerships across the influencer economy.
Location: New York
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: CXO level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide global leadership for the Social Influencer Practice, defining world-class standards and the future of influencer-led brand building.
  • •Set and execute an enterprise-wide social and influencer strategy, including offer architecture and standards across markets.
  • •Unify social and influencer capabilities across WPP Media and WPP Creative, directing the practice operating model and integration delivery.
  • •Build next-generation capability, including AI-native influencer tooling, agentic content workflows, governance for synthetic media, and measurement tied to business outcomes.
  • •Own platform and influencer ecosystem partnerships (e.g., TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Snap) and build/lead a global practice leadership team.

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of progressive leadership in social, influencer, or digital marketing, including at least 5 years at a global head or C-suite-adjacent level.
  • •Proven track record building and dramatically growing a significant social or influencer business at global scale, with meaningful global client management.
  • •A genuine, visible point of view on the future of the influencer economy, based on leading businesses built around social and community-led brand building.
  • •Deep, senior-level relationships across the platform ecosystem (TikTok, Meta, YouTube, Snap, and emerging platforms) and influencer talent/marketplace landscape.
  • •AI- and data-native hands-on fluency in generative AI, agentic tools/workflows, social and influencer analytics, and privacy-safe data collaboration.
Experience:Social/influencer marketingDigital marketingGlobal leadership
Skills:LeadershipVisionClient focusAccountabilityGrowth mindset
Tech Stack:Generative AIAgentic workflowsSocial searchWPP OpenOpen IntelligenceSocial and influencer analyticsPrivacy-safe data collaboration

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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