Influencer Collaborations Assistant
Location: Manchester (HQ) — supporting US/UK/EU/UAE
Department: Marketing
Reports to: Influencer & Partnerships Lead
Role Overview
We’re looking for an agile Influencer Collaborations Assistant to help scale our creator and brand partnerships. You’ll research and source talent, liaise with influencers daily, coordinate gifting, and support content placement across channels—ensuring UGC and creator assets amplify our marketing presence and drive measurable impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct cohesive, ongoing research of influencers and collaboration opportunities across US/UK/EU/UAE (primary focus), mapping personas and tiers to campaign goals.
- Maintain an expert understanding of influencer marketing, audience personas, and platform best practices (TikTok/Instagram).
- Liaise with creators across social platforms; manage inboxes, track comms, and ensure speedy, professional replies.
- Generate content ideas for collaborations/campaigns; contribute to briefs and moodboards.
- Support social media posting/scheduling across social channels.
- Engage with comments on the posts across our social media channels.
- Partner with Shopify/Website, CRM, and external partners to ensure UGC/influencer assets are placed, tagged, and aligned with marketing calendars and product priorities.
- Coordinate and track gifting (product selection, dispatch, follow-ups, and performance).
- Monitor trends; proactively surface timely partnership opportunities and reactive content moments.
- Keep meticulous trackers (outreach, status, deliverables, links, usage rights, performance).
Skills & Attributes
- Exceptional written and verbal communication; fast, polite, and precise.
- Highly responsive and organized; thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong knowledge of TikTok & Instagram creator ecosystems across US/UK/EU/UAE.
- Trend-aware with sharp cultural intuition and a test-and-learn mindset.
- Flexible and agile; comfortable pivoting with business needs.
- High ownership, energy, and follow-through.
Required Qualifications
- 1–2 years in influencer marketing, social media, talent coordination, or partnerships (fashion or consumer brand experience preferred).
- Demonstrable experience liaising with creators and managing outreach trackers.
- Familiarity with scheduling tools and basic analytics/UTM tracking.
- Competent in Google Sheets/Excel; comfortable with CRM or influencer platforms.
- Understanding of usage rights, deliverables, and content approval flows.
Would be a plus.
- Experience with Shopify or web merchandising placements for UGC.
- Basic creative skills (e.g., asset cropping, story formatting) a plus.
- Exposure to multi-region campaigns or time-zone coordination.