Affiliate & Creator Partnership Lead

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

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and enhance the capabilities of the Creative Talent Management team

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

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

• Provide constructive feedback and navigate challenging conversations, conflicts, and underperformance issues

• Create improvement plans and ensure measurable progress is achieved

• Identify skill deficits and offer coaching and training opportunities

• Assist in the recruitment, onboarding, and integration processes for new team members

• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement

• Manage team performance in accordance with KPIs, service-level agreements, quality benchmarks, and delivery objectives

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

• Maintain a robust pool of qualified creative talent

• Supervise sourcing, screening, vetting, briefing, onboarding, and coordination of talent

• Establish and refine workflows, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and quality standards

• Evaluate workload distribution, team capacity, and project priorities

• Ensure quality assurance for talent submissions and creative deliverables

• Keep accurate talent databases, pipeline trackers, and performance reports

• Identify bottlenecks, address recurring issues, and implement scalable solutions

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

• Lead talent capacity planning and translate business needs into talent strategies

• Report on team performance, talent availability, gaps in the pipeline, capacity limitations, and delivery risks

• Resolve escalations related to 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 emerging practices

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in creative talent management, talent acquisition, creative recruitment, or a related field

• Minimum of 2 years of direct experience in people management, including coaching team members, overseeing performance, and achieving team results

• Proven success 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

• Background in supporting creative, marketing, advertising, content production, or other project-based talent requirements

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

• Capability to analyze performance data to assess team productivity, identify bottlenecks, and make informed 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 desirable

• Familiarity with freelance and project-based creative talent management is a plus

• Knowledge of platforms such as Casting Networks, Billo, Fiverr, and Upwork is advantageous

• Experience in leading remote or distributed teams is a plus

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

• Proficient in English for leading meetings, managing difficult discussions, coaching team members, and engaging with US-based stakeholders

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

• Comfort working under an Independent Contractor Service Agreement

🏝️ Benefits

• Collaborate with a team that supports rapidly growing consumer brands across various industries

• Opportunities for professional development

• Fully remote work setup

• Engagement under an Independent Contractor Service Agreement