Creator Acquisition Manager, ShopYourLikes
ShopYourLikes, powered by Connexity, is a leading creator monetization platform and community. We empower creators to monetize and grow their businesses, offering them a suite of tools and data to maximize earnings from top products and retailers. Our strengths lie in our industry-leading commission rates, exceptional service, and easy-to-use platform. With our rapid growth, we're eagerly expanding our team.
Connexity, a performance driven martech company, drives over $4 billion in annual retail sales and maintains unparalleled payout rates for its publishers and creators. Connexity launched ShopYourLikes in 2018, and since then we have been a catalyst in driving sales for retailers and premium earnings for content creators. With Connexity's two-decade track record of success across the US, Europe, and APAC, we're built on a legacy of e-commerce innovation. Additionally, our parent company Taboola, continues to set industry benchmarks in content monetization.
Your Role at ShopYourLikes:
The Creator Acquisition Manager reports the Director, Creator Growth and Sponsorships. This pivotal role emphasizes driving creator growth within the ShopYourLikes community. Success is measured by increasing revenue via new creator sign ups and establishing partnerships with agencies and talent management companies to bring their talent on to the ShopYourLikes platform.
Responsibilities:
Creator Pipeline Growth and Strategic Oversight:
- Building and closing a strong pipeline of talent through creative outreach/networking, contacts, 1st party data, and 3rd party tools
- Growing the ShopYourLikes creator base in core categories (fashion, home, beauty, lifestyle)
- Expanding creator coverage on YouTube, TikTok, and other non IG/FB platforms
- Ability to adapt and understand trends in the creator economy and craft outreach to fit within that structure
- Identifying market trends and opportunities, then partnering with leadership to improve our product/service offering and capture market share
- Attending creator events to drive new creator acquisition
Revenue Focus:
- Meet and exceed quarterly financial and north star metric goals for creator growth
- Focus 1:1 sourcing on high-quality and high-performing creators with proven/promising affiliate earning potential
- Invest in 1: many growth opportunities with agencies and talent management companies whose leadership and creators believe in the value of affiliate earnings
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience in influencer marketing, creator monetization
- 1+ years of experience in influencer client services, talent management or influencer client development (bizdev) on the creator side
- Ability to foster and create strong connections in the influencer talent space
- Proven ability to meet and exceed revenue goals
- Clear understanding of the affiliate creator business
- Tremendous attention to detail in content analysis and creator communication
- Passion for creators and strong ability to understand the impact of engagement
- The natural ability to collaborate
- A beat on social media virality, pop-culture, and trends
- Experience with HubSpot or other CRM tool
Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Santa Monica, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, EMEA and APAC. We offer top benefits including flexible time off, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more!
- Health Care Plans (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k Matching)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D), LTD & STD
- Paid Leave Benefits (Maternity, Paternity & Medical)
- Learning & Development Program (educational tool)
- Free Food & Snacks
- Wellness Resources
- Equity
We are committed to providing a culture at Connexity that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.
The pay range for this position is $70,000 - $80,000 + Commission. The pay offered may vary depending on
several factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Compensation packages
include a variety of perks such as Commission, Equity, 401(k) match, and rich benefits.
This position is hybrid 1 day/week in our Santa Monica office.
