Vice President, Social

Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Our brands and properties division works with iconic brands and rights holders, supporting business growth through all marketing disciplines. We're a trusted partner to every major league, team and venue, building meaningful connections between brands, properties and fans.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit

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Wasserman seeks a
Vice President, Social & Creator
that truly understands the social landscape and has a passion for creators. Everyone wants your input, opinion and approval. People trust you. You feel in your bones what's on-brand for your clients and you efficiently, effortlessly direct a team to deliver the right stuff, every time.

This is a full-time role with a hybrid schedule, requiring three days per week in our London office.

This candidate will report into the Group Vice President, Social & Creators and will help shape our rapidly growing social and creator department. You will help drive new business alongside our business development team and will own client organic growth. The right candidate will deepen the client relationship and grow their business in a meaningful way. Your day-to-day work will be strategic in nature, developing initiatives and providing creative, practical solutions to client issues.

You will sit within the Social & Creator Team at Wasserman London, full of people who genuinely care about delivering ground-breaking work. We're a longstanding leader in the creator and content space, having executed award-winning, global campaigns with some of the biggest brands in the world. We serve as problem solvers for our clients, helping them grow their business through content and campaigns consumers love and share.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Commercial & P&L Ownership: Reporting into the Group Vice President, Social & Creator, hold full P&L responsibility of the team P&L. Overseeing revenue forecasting, resource management and profitability to ensure sustainable business growth.
• New Business & Growth: Act as the senior lead on all major new business pitches for the social / creator pod. Proactively identify and convent significant new revenue opportunities to expand our client base. These include social / creator led RFP's as well as more integrated / partnership RFP's where social / creator plan a key role. Work closely with BD's overseeing new business opportunities and allocating resource.
• Operational Excellence: Design and implement departmental best practices, operations frameworks and quality control standards to ensure efficiency and best in class delivery across multiple client accounts.
• Leadership: Help build, maintain and inspire the team, fostering an inclusive and high-performing culture. Proactively lead areas of the business that contribute to the ongoing growth and vision of Wasserman.
• Innovation & Through-Leadership: Champion innovation within the department, positioning Wasserman as a thought leader in the social and creator space through publications, industry events and strategic initiatives.
• Counsel & Escalation: Serve as the senior point of escalation for the most critical client challenges, providing leadership and strategic counsel to protect the clients and agencies interests.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other cross-functional Wasserman teams to ensure effective social and creator campaigns.

Requirements

• Extensive experience (12+ years) in a senior leadership role (i.e. Group Business Director, Business Director, Head of Client Services) within a leading social / creator agency
• Experience within the sports, music and entertainment categories a huge asset
• Track record of P&L ownership and delivering significant, year-on-year client growth. Exceptional commercial acumen
• Strong ability to build rapport with senior executive leadership
• Proven success in leading and growing significant clients wins (£1M plus)
• Exceptional client and team management skills, building brilliant relationships
• Strategic thinker who can provide council to our clients and deliver best in class solutions and client service excellence
• Exceptional leadership skills with experience in shaping departmental culture and development talent
• Rockstar communication skills: persuasive, strategic, proactive, diplomatic
• Uncanny attention to detail
• Ability to anticipate market trends and define a clear, forward-looking path for the business
• Unparalleled commitment to excellence —working nonstandard hours, when necessary, travel as required, anticipating issues and communicating with diplomacy, identifying emerging platforms and trends to drive innovation

Wasserman does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.