Influencer + Affiliate Marketing Specialist

Vida Shoes International; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Vida Shoes International is seeking an Influencer Specialist in New York to manage influencer, UGC, gifting, and affiliate programs across the brand portfolio. You will own partnerships from identification and contracting through creative development, execution, and reporting, building a scalable creator ecosystem that drives awareness, consideration, and sales.

The ideal candidate has experience overseeing end-to-end influencer programs, with a focus on audience fit, content quality,

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in influencer marketing or creator partnerships.
• Proven ability to manage influencer partnerships end-to-end.
• Hands-on experience with influencer contracts, negotiations and redlining.

Responsibilities

• Manage influencer partnerships end-to-end from vetting to reporting.
• Evaluate creators by audience fit, engagement, content quality and performance.
• Build and maintain a creator/UGC pipeline for paid, gifted, affiliate, and ongoing partnerships.
• Negotiate rates, deliverables, and contract terms with creators.

Skills

Influencer marketing

Creator partnerships

Negotiation

Data analysis

Campaign reporting

Project management

Tools

ShopMy

LTK

Affiliate platforms

Job description

About The Role

Vida Group is seeking an Influencer Specialist to manage influencer, UGC, gifting, and affiliate programs across the brand portfolio. This role will own partnerships from talent identification and vetting through contracting, creative development, execution, and reporting, while helping build a scalable creator and affiliate ecosystem that drives awareness, consideration, and sales.

About The Role

Vida Group is seeking an Influencer Specialist to manage influencer, UGC, gifting, and affiliate programs across the brand portfolio. This role will own partnerships from talent identification and vetting through contracting, creative development, execution, and reporting, while helping build a scalable creator and affiliate ecosystem that drives awareness, consideration, and sales.

The ideal candidate has strong experience managing influencer partnerships end-to-end and understands what makes a creator the right fit for a brand - not just based on follower count, but on audience, content quality, engagement, brand alignment, and ability to drive action. They should also be comfortable managing contracts and negotiations, discussing creative directly with creators, and using performance data to inform future partnerships.

Compensation

$65,000-$80,000

Key Responsibilities

Influencer & Creator Partnerships

• Manage influencer partnerships end-to-end: vetting, contracting, negotiation, briefing, approvals, execution, and reporting
• Evaluate creators based on audience, engagement, content quality, brand fit, and performance
• Build and maintain a pipeline of creators for paid, gifted, UGC, and ongoing partnerships
• Negotiate rates, deliverables, and contract terms, including redlining agreements
• Develop creative briefs and collaborate directly with creators on content ideas and execution
• Manage content approvals and ensure deliverables meet brand and business objectives
• Identify opportunities to extend high-performing partnerships across UGC, affiliate, gifting, and paid campaigns
• Partner with Social and Creative to amplify high-performing creator content

Affiliate & Gifting

• Manage affiliate programs across ShopMy, LTK, and other creator platforms
• Vet and identify high-potential affiliate and gifting partners based on audience fit, content quality, and performance
• Manage gifting strategy, product seeding, outreach, and follow-up
• Build relationships with affiliate platforms and manage activations and opportunities
• Identify opportunities to convert strong gifting partners into affiliate or paid relationships
• Monitor affiliate performance and optimize partners to drive traffic, conversion, and revenue
• Reporting & Optimization
• Track influencer and affiliate performance across reach, engagement, traffic, conversions, and revenue
• Develop campaign recaps with key results, learnings, and recommendations
• Use performance insights to optimize creator selection, content, gifting and investment
• Maintain organized tracking of partnerships, contracts, deliverables, costs, and performance

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in influencer marketing, creator partnerships bonus: affiliate marketing
• Proven experience managing influencer partnerships end-to-end
• Hands-on experience with influencer contracts, negotiations, and redlining
• Strong understanding of what makes a creator a strong brand fit, including audience, content, engagement, credibility, and aesthetic alignment
• Experience briefing creators and collaborating on creative concepts and content
• Strong understanding of influencer content and what drives awareness, consideration, engagement, and conversion
• Hands-on experience with gifting and seeding
• Strong analytical skills and ability to report on influencer and affiliate performance
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple partnerships and deadlines simultaneously

Preferred Experience

• Experience working within a DTC, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, or consumer brand
• Experience with platforms like ShopMy, LTK or similar
• Experience building always-on creator or UGC programs
• Existing knowledge of creator talent within fashion, beauty, lifestyle, or adjacent categories

Thank you in advance for your interest in this opening. Vida Shoes International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. At this time, only qualified candidates will be contacted.