Director, CAIT (1-year Contract)

Location: Sydney, Australia. This is a 12-month contract position based in Sydney.

Company

hirify.global is a global integrated creative and media agency within the VaynerX family, helping brands build relevance, win attention, and deliver business results.

What you will do

• Develop integrated creators, affiliates, influencers, talent, and social commerce strategies aligned with client business goals.
• Lead TikTok Shop and social commerce capabilities, including setup, creator recruitment, seeding, promotions, affiliate programs, and performance optimization.
• Oversee talent casting, sourcing, negotiations, usage rights, licensing, exclusivity, deliverables, and paid amplification.
• Translate campaign concepts into platform-native creator briefs while maintaining strategic objectives and brand safety.
• Manage workflows, budgets, scopes, profitability metrics, and operational delivery.
• Mentor the local CAIT team, build APAC platform relationships, lead pitches, and represent the agency as a creator-economy subject-matter expert.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of experience in influencer marketing, creator relations, talent management, affiliate marketing, social commerce, or integrated agency work in the Australian market.
• Hands-on experience with social commerce ecosystems; TikTok Shop strategy and affiliate execution are strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of talent fees, usage rights, exclusivity, paid amplification, scoping, agency margins, and P&L indicators.
• Ability to evaluate creator content and feed-native ideas for cultural relevance and in-feed performance.
• Experience advising C-suite stakeholders, pitching new business, and explaining platform changes as strategic opportunities.
• Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and scaling cross-functional teams in fast-paced agency environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Entrepreneurial, experimentation-focused environment with a start-up-like pace.
• Focus on solving business problems, testing hypotheses, and improving the craft of marketing.
• Opportunity to collaborate with teams across APAC and work with major brands.