Associate, Social & Influencer

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Are you the person friends turn to when they want to know what’s happening on TikTok, Instagram, or the latest social platform? Do you enjoy spotting trends, follow creators you admire, and find yourself curious about why certain content connects? If you’re enthusiastic about social media and influencer marketing, naturally proactive, and eager to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Weber Shandwick is seeking an Associate, Social + Influencer Strategy to join our team in Washington, DC. This is an entry-level opportunity for someone early in their communications career who wants to grow in the social and influencer space. You’ll work alongside supportive, collaborative teammates on a range of client work, contributing curiosity, a can-do attitude, and care for the details as you build your skills. You do not need to have built social or influencer programs before; we’re looking for genuine interest, initiative, and a willingness to learn.

This is a client-facing role, so an approachable, thoughtful communication style and the ability to work well with different people are important.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and proactive teammate who is excited to get involved, ask questions, and take initiative. You keep up with social platforms and creators because you’re genuinely interested—not just because it’s part of a job. You’re organized, dependable, curious about how social and influencer work supports communications goals, and comfortable learning in a fast-paced environment. You may have gained relevant experience through internships, an early-career role, campus activities, personal projects, or other hands-on opportunities.

POV: YOU’RE OUR NEW ASSOCIATE, SOCIAL + INFLUENCER STRATEGY

Your days will include a mix of research, collaboration, coordination, and learning. You might help gather social and creator insights, track emerging conversations, support content and campaign planning, develop client-facing documents, organize project details, or help pull together performance updates. You’ll contribute to social and influencer projects while getting guidance from colleagues, building confidence with clients, and learning how great programs come together.

TL;DR — You’re curious about social and influencer marketing, bring positive energy and follow-through, and are ready to learn and grow with a collaborative team in Washington, DC.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support social and influencer projects, from research, content ideation and planning through execution, coordination and reporting.
• Help research platforms, audiences, creators, cultural moments, and emerging trends; share useful observations with the team and apply them to client projects.
• Assist with social content calendars, creator research, campaign materials, and client-ready presentations.
• Help coordinate project timelines, approvals, deliverables, and day-to-day details across internal teams and partners.
• Contribute ideas and thoughtful questions, and take initiative to move assigned work forward.
• Support social listening and performance reporting by organizing information and helping identify key takeaways.
• Collaborate with colleagues across social, influencer, creative, strategy, media, and public relations teams.
• Build client communication skills by supporting meetings, follow-ups, and day-to-day account needs.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

We welcome candidates who are early in their careers and excited to learn. You do not need to have independently developed or managed social or influencer programs to be considered.

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in communications, marketing, social media, public relations, or a related area; internships and other hands-on experience may count.
• A genuine interest in social media, creators, influencer marketing, and digital culture.
• Proactive approach: you look for ways to help, follow through on commitments, and raise questions when you need context.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.
• Clear, thoughtful written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working with people across different teams and backgrounds.
• Curiosity, adaptability, a positive attitude, and eagerness to learn from feedback.
• Familiarity with major social platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, or X.
• Interest in learning responsible uses of generative AI for research, ideation, and analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

These are helpful, but not required. Interest and potential matter more than having already built programs.

Experience assisting with content creation, social channels, creator research, or campaign coordination.

Exposure to social listening, analytics, or publishing tools—or enthusiasm for learning them.

ABOUT US
Ok, our turn. Who is Weber Shandwick? Weber Shandwick is the earned-first global communications agency. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named #1 in the Public Relations and Brand Strategies category on Fast Company’s 2024 + 2025 Most Innovative Companies list, one of Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators in 2023, PRWeek’s 2024 Global Agency of the Year, ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2024 and honored on Ad Age’s A-List in 2025, 2024 & 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019, in addition to being awarded Campaign Global’s PR Agency of the Year in 2023. Weber Shandwick was the most awarded PR agency at the 2023 and 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the past three years, including earning the PR industry’s first-ever idea-led Cannes Grand Prix in the Brand Experience & Activation category and cumulatively earning more than 250 Cannes Lions. Weber Shandwick has also been named PR Agency of the Year by Campaign US in 2021, honored as PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021, as the only PR agency featured.Weber Shandwick is part of Omnicom Public Relations and Omnicom (NYSE: OMC). For more information, visit https://www.webershandwick.com/.

$50,000 - $55,000 USD

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