Creator Partnerships Lead

Hercules; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, vision, and dental

Unlimited AI budget for tools

Vacation policy

Daily meals in office

Job summary

Hercules is seeking a Creator Partnerships Lead to build and scale its creator distribution. You will own partnerships end-to-end, from sourcing to measurement, turning creator content into reusable growth assets.

The role emphasizes deal-making, sourcing, and strong analytics to optimize creator investment and performance across channels. In-office preference in the US with flexibility for exceptional remote candidates in US time zones.

Qualifications

• Proven experience running creator/influencer partnerships with measurable outcomes.
• Strong networking and sourcing ability (finding emerging creators before they are expensive).
• Excellent negotiation and contract instincts (rates, rights, exclusivity, timelines).
• Strong creative briefing skills (clear direction without constraining creators).
• Familiarity with whitelisting/paid usage rights and how creator content performs in ads.
• Strong ops + analytics: pipelines, tracking, UTMs, reporting, and learning loops.
• Good judgment on branding (especially with meme and micro media pages).

Responsibilities

• Spearhead sponsored creator and influencer program across major and micro channels.
• Lead sourcing and outreach: identify creators, run inbound/outbound, maintain pipeline.
• Handle negotiation and contracts: rates, terms, deliverables, timelines, and compliance.
• Own briefs and approvals: creative direction, messaging, brand safety, review workflow.
• Oversee deliverable operations: timelines, revisions, posting verification, link/UTM setup.
• Track performance: by creator, format, platform, and cohort quality.

Skills

Partnerships management

Sourcing & outreach

Negotiation

Creative briefing

Whitelisting rights

Analytics & tracking

Branding judgment

Job description

What are we looking for?

We’re hiring a Creator Partnerships Lead to build and scale Hercules’ creator distribution. You will own partnerships end-to-end, from sourcing to measurement, and turn creator content into reusable growth assets.

You should be:

• Deal-oriented: strong at outreach, negotiation, and closing.
• Taste-driven: you know which creators will perform and why.
• Process-strong: you can run a high-volume pipeline without chaos.
• Performance-aware: you treat creator spend like a growth channel with clear KPIs.

What will you lead?

• Sponsored creator and influencer program across major and micro channels
• Sourcing + outreach: identify creators, run inbound/outbound, maintain pipeline
• Negotiation + contracts: rates, terms, deliverables, timelines, and compliance
• Briefs + approvals: creative direction, messaging, brand safety, review workflow
• Deliverable ops: timelines, revisions, posting verification, link/UTM setup
• Tracking + reporting: performance by creator, format, platform, and cohort quality

What skills do we expect you to have?

• Proven experience running creator/influencer partnerships with measurable outcomes
• Strong networking and sourcing ability (finding emerging creators before they are expensive)
• Excellent negotiation and contract instincts (rates, rights, exclusivity, timelines)
• Strong creative briefing skills (clear direction without constraining creators)
• Familiarity with whitelisting/paid usage rights and how creator content performs in ads
• Strong ops + analytics: pipelines, tracking, UTMs, reporting, and learning loops
• Good judgment on branding (especially with meme and micro media pages)

What are Hercules’ operating principles?

• We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds our learning and delights our customers.
• We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.
• We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done. We’re politely relentless.

Is Hercules in-office or remote?

Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly.

What are Hercules’ benefits?

• Healthcare, vision, and dental
• User whatever AI tools you’d like (you have an unlimited AI budget)
• Take what you need vacation policy
• Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office

What’s the compensation?

$80k-$200k + equity (depends on seniority, equity, and location)

Compensation Range: $100K - $200K