Affiliate & Creator Partnership Lead

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

📋 Description

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

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

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

• Provide constructive feedback and manage challenging conversations, conflicts, and instances of underperformance.

• Create improvement plans and deliver coaching and training.

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

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

• Track productivity, talent pipeline health, turnaround times, talent quality, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Identify underlying causes of performance deficiencies and implement corrective measures.

• Manage the sourcing, screening, vetting, briefing, onboarding, and coordination of creative talent.

• Develop and refine workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality benchmarks.

• Oversee workload distribution, team capacity, and project priorities.

• Ensure quality assurance for talent submissions and creative outputs.

• Maintain accurate talent databases, pipeline trackers, and performance reports.

• Recognize operational bottlenecks and enact scalable solutions.

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

• Spearhead talent capacity planning and translate business needs into talent strategies and team priorities.

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

• Address escalations concerning talent quality, availability, performance, and delivery schedules.

• Cultivate relationships with creative talent networks and sourcing partners.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

• A minimum of 2 years of direct experience in people management.

• Proven track record in developing team members, managing underperformance, and enhancing both individual and team performance.

• Experience in establishing and managing KPIs, monitoring outcomes, and implementing corrective actions or performance improvement strategies.

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

• Experience supporting needs in creative, marketing, advertising, content production, or other project-based talent areas.

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

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

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

• Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities.

• Experience with UGC creators, performance creative teams, influencer marketing, or direct-to-consumer brands (preferred).

• Familiarity with freelance and project-based creative talent management (preferred).

• Knowledge of platforms such as Casting Networks, Billo, Fiverr, and Upwork (preferred).

• Experience in leading remote or distributed teams (preferred).

• Established connections within the creative, advertising, or content creation sectors (preferred).

• Fluent or advanced English communication skills are essential for professional interactions, especially with US-based stakeholders.

• Willingness and capability to work a schedule aligned with US Eastern Time, including overnight hours in the local time zone when necessary.

• Comfortable working under an Independent Contractor Service Agreement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work setup.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Collaborate with high-growth consumer brands across various industries.

• Chance to lead and cultivate a team focused on creative production and performance marketing.

• Responsibility for team performance, operational enhancements, and scalable talent management processes.

• Work alongside seasoned professionals in creative, performance marketing, and operations.