Affiliate & Creator Partnership Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and nurture the Creative Talent Management team.

• Establish performance expectations, clarify responsibilities, and ensure accountability among team members.

• Conduct one-on-one meetings, performance evaluations, and developmental discussions.

• Provide constructive feedback and handle challenging conversations, conflicts, and performance issues.

• Create improvement plans and monitor measurable progress.

• Identify skill deficiencies and offer coaching and training opportunities.

• Assist in recruitment, onboarding, and integration of new team members.

• Manage team performance in relation to KPIs, service-level agreements, quality benchmarks, and delivery objectives.

• Track productivity, assess talent pipeline health, monitor turnaround times, ensure talent quality, and gauge stakeholder satisfaction.

• Oversee the processes of sourcing, screening, vetting, briefing, onboarding, and coordinating creative talent.

• Develop workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality benchmarks to enhance efficiency and accountability.

• Manage workload allocation, team capacity, project priorities, and deadlines.

• Supervise quality assurance for talent submissions and creative outputs.

• Keep precise talent databases, pipeline trackers, and performance reports.

• Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable, data-driven solutions.

• Collaborate with Creative Leadership and stakeholders to anticipate talent needs and set sourcing priorities.

• Lead talent capacity planning and translate business requirements into talent strategies and team objectives.

• Provide updates regarding team performance, talent availability, pipeline gaps, capacity limitations, and delivery risks.

• Address escalations related to talent quality, availability, performance, and delivery timelines.

• Cultivate relationships with creative talent networks and sourcing partners.

• Stay updated on trends in the creative industry, sourcing platforms, and emerging practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in creative talent management, talent acquisition, creative recruitment, or a similar role.

• At least 2 years of direct management experience, which includes coaching team members, overseeing performance, and driving team outcomes.

• Proven track record in developing team members, addressing underperformance, and enhancing individual and team results.

• Experience in establishing and managing KPIs, monitoring outcomes, and implementing corrective measures or performance enhancement plans.

• Strong knowledge of creative talent sourcing, screening, vetting, onboarding, and freelance talent management.

• Experience in supporting creative, marketing, advertising, content production, or other project-driven talent requirements.

• Proficient in improving workflows, documenting SOPs, and creating scalable operational processes.

• Ability to leverage performance data to assess team productivity, identify bottlenecks, and make operational decisions.

• Proficient in spreadsheets and tools for managing talent pipelines, team performance, and operational workflows.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience with UGC creators, performance creative teams, influencer marketing, or direct-to-consumer brands is a plus.

• Familiarity with freelance and project-driven creative talent management is advantageous.

• Knowledge of platforms like Casting Networks, Billo, Fiverr, and Upwork is beneficial.

• Experience leading remote or distributed teams is a plus.

• Established connections within the creative, advertising, or content creation sectors are advantageous.

• Ability to work a schedule that aligns with US Eastern Time, including overnight hours in the local time zone when necessary.

• Fluent or advanced English communication skills are required for professional interactions and stakeholder communication.

• Willingness to operate under an Independent Contractor Service Agreement instead of traditional employment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Chance to collaborate with seasoned professionals across creative, performance marketing, and operations.

• Opportunity to lead and develop a team focused on creative production and performance marketing initiatives.

• Opportunity to establish systems and enhance team capabilities that support company growth.

• Work in an environment that values accountability and continuous improvement.

• Independent contractor service agreement arrangement.