Creator Partnerships Lead - Scale Influencer Growth

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

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.