Influencer & Creator Associate Partner

Open Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Partners is looking for an Influencer & Creator Associate Partner to lead and scale influencer campaigns across our client roster from Manchester. This role sits in a collaborative Social & Influencer team, bridging creative, paid media, PR, content and client leadership to deliver creator-first strategies.

You will oversee end-to-end campaigns, build strong creator relationships, manage contracts and budgets, and ensure brand safety and compliance while staying ahead of trends across

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on influencer marketing or creator partnerships experience.
• Deep knowledge of creator agreements, licensing terms, usage rights and ASA/CAP.
• Ability to translate culture and trends into creative strategy.
• Experience collaborating across PR, paid social, and creative teams.
• Familiarity with influencer discovery tools and social listening platforms.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Campaign Delivery: Lead day-to-day management of creator campaigns from strategy to reporting.
• Creator-First Strategy: Develop and pitch creative strategies aligned with client objectives and performance goals.
• Integrated Performance Amplification: Collaborate with paid social and creative teams for paid amplification.
• Talent Relations & Commercial Rigour: Manage creator contracts, licensing, usage rights and budgets with legal and client teams.
• Creative Guidance & Brand Safety: Brief and guide talent, ensure quality and ASA/CAP compliance.
• Cultural Relevance & Trend Scouting: Monitor internet moments and platforms to pitch agile opportunities.

Skills

Influencer marketing

Social media

Creator partnerships

Campaign management

Strategic thinking

Tools

CreatorIQ

Tagger

In Da Hash

Sprout

Sprinklr

Brandwatch

Job description

Location: Manchester & Remote First (with in-office collaborative days as needed)

Type: Full-Time (5 days per week)

The Opportunity

Are you deeply immersed in social and creator culture, with a passion for unlocking impactful brand partnerships?

Open Partners is looking for an Influencer & Creator Associate Partner to lead and scale the influencer and creator proposition across our client roster. Operating at the crossroads of culture, community, and commerce, you will craft innovative, creator-first strategies that drive brand fame, audience engagement and tangible business results across paid and organic channels. Joining our collaborative Social & Influencer team, you will bridge the gap between creative, paid media, PR, content and client leadership teams, turning strategic concepts into culturally brave, performance-driven creator campaigns.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• End-to-End Campaign Delivery: Lead the day-to-day management of creator campaigns from initial strategy and talent discovery through to creative briefing, approvals, content delivery, paid amplification and reporting.

• Creator-First Strategy: Develop and pitch creative strategies that align seamlessly with client objectives, brand tone, and performance goals across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and emerging channels.

• Integrated Performance Amplification: Partner closely with paid social and creative teams to feed authentic creator assets directly into paid amplification engines to deliver measurable commercial impact.

• Talent Relations & Commercial Rigour: Build and nurture strong direct relationships with creators and agents, managing contract negotiations, licensing, usage rights and budgets in collaboration with legal and client teams.

• Creative Guidance & Brand Safety: Direct talent through briefings and feedback cycles to ensure exceptional creative quality, strict ASA/CAP compliance and complete brand safety.

• Cultural Relevance & Trend Scouting: Keep your finger on the pulse of internet moments, emerging formats and platform behaviours to proactively pitch agile creative opportunities to clients.

What Success Looks Like in 6 Months

• Client Trust & Partnership: You have built trusted relationships with client teams and account leads, becoming an indispensable expert in creator marketing and cultural strategy.

• Centralised Operations: You have established consistent, repeatable operational systems and frameworks for influencer briefing, contracting and campaign delivery.

• Co-Intelligent Workflows: You and your team are working co-intelligently with a HI / AI workforce, using modern platforms to elevate creator discovery, listening and reporting efficiency.

• Scalable Campaign Models: Working with the Social & Influencer Partner, you have developed scalable creator frameworks and reusable campaign models across key agency accounts.

What You'll Bring

• Proven Influencer & Social Experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience in influencer marketing, social media, or creator partnerships, ideally within an agency or creative-led environment.

• Commercial & Legal Acumen: Deep working knowledge of creator agreements, licensing terms, usage rights and advertising compliance (ASA/CAP guidelines).

• Cultural Instinct & Creative Voice: A genuine love for storytelling, social culture and trend spotting, with the confidence to deliver clear creative direction to creators and present ideas to clients.

• Integrated & Analytical Mindset: Experience collaborating across PR, paid social, and creative teams, using data, audience insights and campaign metrics to guide talent selection and iterative optimisation.

• Tool & Platform Familiarity: Practical experience with influencer discovery and campaign tools (such as CreatorIQ, Tagger, or In Da Hash) alongside social listening/CX platforms (like Sprout, Sprinklr, or Brandwatch).

Our Values & Mindset

At Open Partners, we hire mindset first. If you do not tick every single box but bring a strong growth mindset, transferable skills, and an authentic passion for this space, we want to hear from you. We hold each other to three simple standards:

Smarter: Aim high, train hard, embrace next.

Faster: Learn fast, adapt fast, act fast.

Better: Think, say and do what's best.