Creator Growth Architect: Build a 1,000-Creator Network

Transformcap; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental, vision

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Tech stipend

Mental health support

Hybrid work (NYC HQ)

Job summary

Citizen in NYC is seeking a lead to own the creator program end-to-end, recruiting, paying, managing, and growing a creator network that scales to 1,000 active creators per month.

You will collaborate with product, manage nights/weekends, design incentives, engage the community on Slack or Discord, close media partnerships, and measure metrics like activation, retention, and content volume.

Qualifications

• 4+ years running creator programs, influencer networks, or community growth at a consumer app or media company.
• Has personally built a community from scratch — not inherited one.
• Comfortable owning a program that runs nights and weekends; this isn't a 9-5.
• Strong taste in video content and an instinct for what goes viral.
• Experience with incentive design and creator economics.
• Bonus: background in hyperlocal media, public safety, or news.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate the creator recruitment pipeline from 50 to 1,000 active creators/month.
• Own creator incentives: payment structures, milestone rewards, exclusives, partnerships.
• Run the creator community daily — Slack or Discord, nightly engagement, content feedback, momentum.
• Source and close media and partnership deals that expand the creator pool (local news, influencers, neighborhood orgs).
• Work with product to define the tooling creators need and surface friction points back into the roadmap.
• Define and track the metrics: creator activation rate, retention, content volume, incident creation lift.

Skills

Creator program management

Community growth

Night/weekend work

Video content intuition

Incentive design

Job description

Citizen in NYC is seeking a lead to own the creator program end-to-end, recruiting, paying, managing, and growing a creator network that scales to 1,000 active creators per month.

You will collaborate with product, manage nights/weekends, design incentives, engage the community on Slack or Discord, close media partnerships, and measure metrics like activation, retention, and content volume.