Influencer & Creator Associate Partner

Open Partners; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Partners in Manchester is hiring an Influencer & Creator Associate Partner to lead end-to-end influencer campaigns across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging platforms, collaborating with creative, paid media, PR, and client leads.

You will build a diverse creator network, negotiate contracts, develop data-driven creator strategies, and drive performance-led outcomes that boost brand fame and engagement.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in influencer marketing, social media, or creator management.
• Experience within an agency or creative-led environment is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of creator contracts, licensing, and usage rights.
• Understanding of ASA/CAP compliance and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of influencer campaigns from strategy to approvals and reporting.
• Build and nurture relationships with creators and talent agents to grow the network.
• Negotiate contracts, budgets, licensing, and usage rights in collaboration with legal and clients.
• Develop and pitch creator-first content strategies aligned with client goals.
• Identify creators using audience insights and platform performance history.
• Collaborate with paid media and creative teams to integrate content into amplification plans.
• Stay ahead of platform trends and surface opportunities for talent recommendations.
• Develop scalable, reusable campaign frameworks across clients.

Skills

Influencer marketing

Campaign management

Contract negotiation

Budget management

Trend spotting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Tagger

CreatorIQ

Sprout Social

Sprinklr

Brandwatch

Job description

Location: Remote First / Hybrid (Manchester)

Type: Full-Time (5 days per week)

The Opportunity

Are you a strategic social expert who can lead high-impact creator strategies and build industry-defining influencer campaigns? Open Partners is looking for an Influencer & Creator Associate Partner to drive and grow the creator proposition for our clients. Working at the intersection of culture, community, and commerce, you will sit within our Social & Influencer team and collaborate closely with creative, paid media, PR, and client leads to deliver integrated, performance-led work. You will own the end-to-end management of creator campaigns across multiple platforms, scaling creator-first strategies that drive brand fame, engagement, and measurable outcomes.

Your Role & Responsibilities

• End-to-End Campaign Delivery: Lead the day-to-day management of influencer campaigns from initial strategy and sourcing through to approvals, content delivery, amplification, and reporting.
• Network & Relationship Building: Build and nurture strong relationships with creators and talent agents to maintain a high-quality, diverse, and relevant partner network.
• Commercial & Legal Management: Negotiate and manage creator contracts, budgets, licensing, usage rights, and approvals in collaboration with legal and client teams.
• Strategy & Pitching: Develop and pitch creator-first content strategies that align with client goals, brand tone, and campaign objectives.
• Audience-Led Talent Selection: Identify the right creators based on audience insights, cultural alignment, and performance history across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and emerging platforms.
• Cross-Functional Amplification: Collaborate with paid social and creative teams to integrate creator content into paid amplification strategies for performance-driven outcomes.
• Trend Spotting & Innovation: Stay on top of platform trends, internet culture, and viral moments to proactively surface creative opportunities and talent recommendations.
• Framework Development: Work with the Social & Influencer Partner to develop scalable creator-led campaign frameworks and reusable models across clients.
• Performance Reporting & Insights: Analyse campaign metrics across engagement, reach, conversions, and sentiment to inform future talent selection and creative iteration.

What Success Looks Like in 6 Months

• Trusted Partnerships: You have built trusted client and talent relationships, establishing yourself as a knowledgeable leader in creator culture and influencer strategy.
• Centralised Operations: You have created scalable, consistent campaign frameworks and operational systems across the Social & Influencer team.
• Co-Intelligent Output: You deliver performance-led, culturally relevant campaigns that seamlessly integrate creator content across paid media, PR, and creative disciplines.
• Scalable Delivery: You have established efficient end-to-end workflows that manage content calendars, briefs, and brand safety guidelines seamlessly.

What You’ll Bring

• Influencer Marketing Expertise: 4+ years of experience in influencer marketing, social media, or creator management, preferably within an agency or creative-led environment.
• Commercial & Legal Acuity: Strong working knowledge of creator contracts, licensing, usage rights, ASA/CAP compliance, and budget management.
• Cultural Immersion: Deep immersion in internet and creator culture, with a natural instinct for spotting emerging trends, formats, and talent.
• Integrated Thinking: Experience using data and audience insights to select talent, combined with the ability to collaborate across PR, social, paid media, and creative teams.
• Persuasive Communication: Confident, articulate presentation skills to pitch creator strategies to clients and give constructive creative feedback to creators.
• Platform & CX Tool Knowledge: Experience with influencer platforms (such as Tagger or CreatorIQ) and social listening or CX tools (such as Sprout, Sprinklr, or Brandwatch) is desirable.

Our Values & Mindset

At Open Partners, we hire mindset first. It is the single biggest factor of success in our business, and we believe you can grow that mindset in any walk of life and career background. If you do not have direct industry experience but possess a fierce growth mindset and transferable skills to excel, we want to hear from you. We hold ourselves to three simple standards:

• Smarter: Aim high, train hard, embrace next.
• Faster: Learn fast, adapt fast, act fast.
• Better: Think, say, and do what is best.