Brand Campaign Team

NOTE: This is a contract-to-hire role. You will start on a fixed-term full-time contract with a clear path to full-time W2 employment after 30 to 120 days, based on performance, mutual fit, and business needs.

Remote with option for hybrid schedule in Chicago office.

$70,000 to $85,000 based on experience

As a member of the Brand Campaign Team, you support the end-to-end delivery of creator campaigns — briefs, sourcing, contracting, content workflow, publishing, and campaign analysis and reporting. You ask thoughtful questions and learn quickly from mistakes or errors. You look to earn autonomy in your role from delivering consistent work at the expected standard. In this role, you are expected to learn and deliver execution excellence, building creator and content judgment, and developing the cultural fluency and client communication skills that define this team.

Social media is second nature to you. You live in the creator economy, are a short-form video savant, and never stop learning new platforms and formats. You know the business of creators and digital talent, and you read culture as fluently as you read a brief. You’re hyper-organized and take real pride in detail and accuracy. You’re a clear, warm, professional communicator with clients, talent, managers, and vendors alike.

You take ownership of tasks, and you’d rather try, occasionally miss, and learn than wait to be told.

You hold a high bar for your own work and give and take direct feedback without ego. You have a natural inclination to take work further than asked or expected, and your expertise helps you become a genuine extension of the brands you work on rather than a vendor to them. You thrive on autonomy: clear ownership, room to chase the problems you find interesting, and you value a team that aims to give you the best and expects your best in return.

Thirteenth operates from a structure inspired by flat-organization principles. Every team member, regardless of tenure of experience, is capable of contributing high-impact work. We believe the best work is inspired and quickly executed, not excessively dictated.

We believe that, in order to do this successfully, ownership of tasks and decision rights must be clearly outlined and stated to allow high-performing autonomous individuals and teams the freedom to operate and excel.

Client and relationship

• Assist with day-to-day client communications; support the team in keeping clients informed and well-served
• Immerse yourself in each client's brand, voice, guidelines, goals, online discourse. Build the fluency and expertise that will strengthen the full workflow
• Surface potential issues early so the team can manage client expectations proactively
• Build relationships clients value: be someone they trust, like working with, and enjoy hearing from

Brief and approach

• Read and internalize every client brief thoroughly before any campaign work begins
• Identify gaps, missing information, and unstated assumptions in campaign briefs – and ask subsequent questions to solve those
• Develop your understanding of why certain creators and platforms get recommended, and which creators and platforms deliver the best results

Creator sourcing and vetting

• Research, compile, and vet creator sourcing lists based on brief requirements and casting guidelines
• Learn the qualities that make a creator a genuine brand match and apply them in your research
• Stay current on which creators are trending, gaining audiences, or creating cultural moments worth acting on quickly; bring that awareness into brief discussions
• Bring strong casting recommendations based on guidelines to support client goals

Budget strategy…