Business Development Manager, Brands – Creator Marketing

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Toronto seeks a growth-focused sales and partnerships professional to own outbound activities and build a healthy pipeline with creator, affiliate, and influencer marketing brands. You will engage decision-makers, manage inquiries, and contribute to RFP and deck creation.

The role emphasizes daily activity discipline, strong CRM usage, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to refine outbound strategies and close mid-sized opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in sales, business development, or partnerships in creator/affiliate marketing
• Strong CRM discipline, HubSpot preferred
• Ability to own daily activity goals and pipeline targets
• Experience with proposal, RFP, and deck creation
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Responsibilities

• Own and hit daily outreach goals through calls, emails, LinkedIn, and conferences
• Build and maintain a qualified pipeline of brand and marketing decision-makers
• Identify and cultivate new business opportunities with brands using creator/affiliate programs
• Develop outbound strategies with sales leadership and cross-functional teams
• Manage a small sales quota from first touch to close
• Respond to inbound leads and schedule calls with stakeholders
• Maintain HubSpot CRM, logs, deals, and forecasts
• Support proposal, RFP, and RFI creation and pitch deck ideation
• Conduct prospect and account research and deliver actionable briefs
• Own email follow-ups and pipeline tracking across stakeholders

Skills

Sales Experience

CRM Management

Outbound Strategy

Account Research

Proposal Creation

Tools

HubSpot

Asana

Google Slides

Job description

• Own and hit a daily outreach activity goal through calls, emails, LinkedIn, and conference outreach


• Build and maintain a qualified pipeline of brand and marketing decision-makers


• Identify and cultivate new business opportunities with brands running or evaluating creator, affiliate, or influencer marketing programs


• Develop, test, and refine outbound strategies with the VP, Sales, and cross-functional team


• Own a small sales quota focused on mid-size growth brands, managing opportunities from first touch through close


• Respond promptly to inbound leads, qualify prospects, and schedule calls with the right stakeholders


• Maintain CRM hygiene in HubSpot, including activity logging, deal-stage updates, and accurate pipeline forecasts


• Join strategy calls, take CRM notes, and support proposal, RFP, and RFI creation


• Project manage proposal, RFP, and RFI creation


• Support the ideation and creation of pitch decks


• Conduct prospect and account research and deliver actionable briefs to the sales team


• Own email follow-ups, recaps, and pipeline tracking across stakeholders


• Apply firsthand knowledge of creator and affiliate platforms and networks to differentiate Trevant


• Grow toward a full-cycle, quota-carrying partnership account manager role

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in a sales, business development, or partnerships role within the creator, affiliate, or influencer marketing industry (agency, network, platform, or brand-side), OR one to three years in a traditional SDR/BDR/full-cycle sales role, ideally in an agency or martech environment


• Working knowledge of the creator/affiliate ecosystem, including influencer programs, affiliate networks, or shoppable platforms like TikTok Shop and ShopMy; this can substitute for traditional SaaS sales experience


• Comfortable owning and being measured against a daily activity goal and pipeline/revenue targets


• Client or partner management experience, ideally in the influencer, affiliate, agency, or content industry


• Strong CRM discipline; HubSpot experience preferred, and comfort with a project management platform such as Asana


• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to craft outbound messaging that earns a reply from marketing and brand-partnership stakeholders


• Proficient in creating engaging, high-impact proposal decks using Google Slides


• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to juggle multiple accounts and shifting priorities

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in sales and business development within the creator and affiliate marketing industry, with a strong focus on pipeline management, client engagement, and proposal creation. Proficient in utilizing CRM tools like HubSpot and project management platforms to drive outreach and maintain organized workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Sales Experience in Creator Marketing


• CRM Management in HubSpot


• Proposal and RFP Creation


• Client Management in Influencer Marketing


• Outbound Strategy Development

Hard Skills

• Sales Development


• Pipeline Management


• Proposal Creation


• Account Research


• Outbound Messaging

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication


• Highly Organized


• Self-Motivated

Industry Keywords

• Creator Marketing


• Affiliate Marketing


• Influencer Programs


• Affiliate Networks


• Shoppable Platforms

Tools & Technologies

• HubSpot


• Asana


• Google Slides