Head of Influencers & Community

Duolingo, Inc; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 196,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo, Inc in Pittsburgh, PA is seeking a Head of Community & Influencers to lead strategies that engage influencers and creators, driving community growth and measurable business outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess over 12 years of experience in the creator economy, successfully managing advocacy programs. Responsibilities include building partnerships with celebrities, optimizing creator content, and leading a high-performing team. The position offers a competitive salary range from $196,000 to $294,000, reflecting skills and experience.

Qualifications

• 12+ years experience driving measurable business outcomes across the creator & community industry.
• Built or led a product at scale in the creator economy.
• Proven success building multi-platform advocacy programs with measurable ROI and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Own the full influencer, creator, and community flywheel from strategy to execution.
• Build and operate partnerships across celebrities and creators.
• Architect a world-class advocate network that converts brand love into measurable growth.

Skills

Driving measurable business outcomes

Building multi-platform advocacy programs

Experience in managing influencer programs

Understanding of attribution and analytics

Job description

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about educating our users, experimenting with big ideas, making fact-based decisions, and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with world-class minds — while doing work that’s both meaningful and fun.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

Duolingo’s brand is one of the most beloved and talked-about in consumer tech — and we’re looking for a senior leader to turn that cultural relevance into a measurable growth engine. As Head of Community & Influencers, you’ll build and own the function responsible for UGC reach, word-of-mouth acquisition, and creator-driven growth across all Duolingo verticals.

This is a leadership role with broad strategic scope. You’ll define the vision for how Duolingo engages influencers, creator partners, and our global learner community — from celebrity partnerships to superfan advocacy programs to community experiences in and out of app. You’ll work at the intersection of brand, product, and growth, partnering directly with senior leaders across marketing, product, and data science to architect systems that compound organic distribution over time.

You’ll report to the Head of Brand Marketing and will build, lead, and develop a high-performing team across influencer, creator, and community functions.

• Own the full influencer, creator, and community flywheel from strategy to execution and scale it into a measurable, top-of-funnel growth engine
• Build and operate our partnerships across celebrities, influencers, and creators from deal flow and negotiation to creative and results, optimizing for CPM and cost-per-new-user
• Architect a world-class advocate network that converts brand love into measurable word-of-mouth growth, and keeps Duolingo culturally relevant at scale
• Design and launch a tiered loyalty and rewards program that turns our most engaged learners into an owned growth channel
• Collaborate deeply with product teams to increase in-app shareability, surface community-driven content, and create in-app features that reward and incentivize organic advocacy.
• Build the attribution and measurement infrastructure that connects community and creator activity to business outcomes
• Ensure new feature launches, vertical expansions, and cultural moments are systematically amplified through creator and community channels
• Lead, develop, and build a high-performing team that executes at startup speed across the org

You have...

• 12+ years experience driving measurable business outcomes across the creator & community industry
• Built or led a product at scale in the creator economy
• Proven success building multi-platform advocacy programs with measurable ROI and business growth
• Experience owning a product roadmap
• Experience in managing a scaled influencer program that contributed significantly to top of funnel growth
• Deep understanding of attribution, social, and product analytics with a proven track record of building scalable success frameworks

Exceptional candidates will have...

• Founder experience working in a 0 to 1 environment in the tech space
• Experience working at a world-class consumer brand
• A passion for education, culture, and language

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This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and world-class benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Salary Range:

$196,000 — $294,000 USD