influencer marketing account manager in Leicester

Location: Fully Remote, UK based

Salary: £45-49k DOE

Job: Full-time, permanent

About Us

Growth Gorilla helps fintechs & financial services brands grow without limits. We help brands drive their user acquisition with data-driven paid campaigns, scroll-stopping influencer marketing and hard hitting performance creative. Launched in 2017, we have worked with over 50 fintech and financial services brands — from VC backed start-ups and scale-ups to established, global companies. We are passionate about everything finance & growth, and we are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team.

Role Overview

As an Influencer Account Manager, you will be at the heart of our client partnerships, helping fintech brands unlock their growth potential. You will be the go-to person for clients, building trust and ensuring every campaign delivers real impact. Working across influencer marketing, paid social channels, and creative, you will oversee the moving parts, connect the dots, and make sure everything comes together seamlessly. You will also play a role in strengthening our influencer offering as both a standalone and integrated service. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on responsibility, loves building relationships, and is motivated by seeing great work come to life. You will lead client conversations, guide campaigns from briefing through to delivery, and spot opportunities to push work further. With the support of an Account Director and a team of channel specialists, you will have the chance to grow your expertise, develop leadership skills, and make a real difference to our clients’ success stories.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Strategy & Relationships
  • Be the trusted day-to-day partner for clients, ensuring goals are met and expectations exceeded.
  • Lead client calls with clear agendas, discussions, and actionable next steps.
  • Proactively share progress, risks, and wins to keep clients informed and confident.
  • Support onboarding and maintain accurate documentation, reports, and updates.
• Campaign Delivery & Impact
  • Oversee delivery of paid media, influencer, and creative campaigns, ensuring everything aligns with client objectives.
  • Collaborate with Paid Media and Influencer teams to maximise impact.
  • Own the creative process — briefing, quality checking, and securing client approvals.
  • Step in where needed to maintain momentum, from optimisations to influencer outreach.
• Project Management & Service Excellence
  • Keep projects on track, supported by the Project Manager.
  • Ensure campaigns are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standard.
  • Turn insights into action by feeding into performance reviews and next steps.
• Growth & Contribution
  • Learn and develop under the guidance of an Account Director.
  • Spot opportunities to push client work further and support upsell conversations.
  • Contribute to proposals, case studies, and new business opportunities.
  • Stay on top of fintech and marketing trends to bring fresh ideas to clients and the team.

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in account management or client services, ideally within an influencer or social media heavy digital marketing agency.
• Senior exposure to paid media and influencer marketing campaigns, with a solid understanding of how these channels drive growth.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships — leading calls, handling feedback, and keeping projects moving.
• Experience writing briefs, managing creative processes, and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong organisational skills, including experience in budget management and resource tracking to keep projects on time and within scope.
• Confident communicator — both written and verbal — able to build trust with clients and internal teams.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a genuine interest in fintech, marketing, and growth.
• Strategic mindset - experience in taking client briefs, creating pitch decks, new business opportunities and overall assisting client strategy.

Why Join Growth Gorilla?

• Join a fast-growing growth marketing agency with a focus on fintech and financial services.
• Enjoy a flexible remote work environment and competitive compensation with performance-based bonuses.
• Be part of a collaborative team that values innovation, client success, and continuous improvement.

What We Offer

• Significant career advancement, learning opportunities and direct input into building the culture and processes of the business.
• 23 days of holiday, plus birthdays and bank holidays.
• Top of the range equipment.
• Full remote working — work from home (or on the beach!).
• Continuous training and personal development across both technical and business skills.
• Regular team events across the UK.
• Deliveroo Friday — Once a month, have dinner on us!

We put our team first

Our team is more important than our profits. Don’t get us wrong, we love profit, but we also love seeing smiling faces on our calls.

We don’t work with a$$holes

Clients or colleagues. No ifs, no butts (pun intended), no maybes. We’ve built a team on mutual respect and we don’t hire anyone that doesn’t agree.

We are inclusive

We’re ourselves, so you should be too. Our culture supports our diversity. We embrace our differences and want our team to feel comfortable in the skin they’re in.

Everyone has a voice

We don’t believe in hierarchy. We make sure everyone’s ideas and opinions are heard, considered and respected.

We support our team

We focus on creating an environment where our team can thrive in their career. We offer support, mentorship and anything they need to get them to where they want to go.

We’re fully remote

You can work from the beach, the sofa or the toilet. We don’t care as long as you’re getting your work done… and not joining video calls from the loo.