[Hiring] Affiliate & Creator Partnership Lead @Advantage HQ

Role Description

We’re looking for a strong people leader to lead and develop our Creative Talent Management team. This person will be responsible for building a high-performing team that consistently sources, vets, onboards, and coordinates creative talent to support our performance marketing campaigns, UGC production, design, and other creative initiatives.

• Own team performance, develop talent management processes, and ensure the team delivers qualified creative talent within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Coach and develop team members, establish clear performance expectations, address performance gaps, and build systems that support efficient and consistent execution as the business grows.
• Work closely with Creative Leadership and other stakeholders to anticipate talent needs, manage team capacity, and align priorities with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in creative talent management, talent acquisition, creative recruitment, or a related function.
• At least 2 years of direct people management experience, including coaching team members, managing performance, and driving team results.
• Demonstrated success in developing team members, managing underperformance, and improving individual and team performance.
• Strong understanding of creative talent sourcing, screening, vetting, onboarding, and freelance talent coordination.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead meetings, deliver feedback, resolve issues, and manage stakeholder expectations.

Requirements

• Experience establishing and managing KPIs, monitoring results, and implementing corrective actions or performance improvement plans.
• Experience supporting creative, marketing, advertising, content production, or other project-based talent needs.
• Experience improving workflows, documenting SOPs, and building scalable operational processes.
• Ability to use performance data to evaluate team productivity, identify bottlenecks, and make operational decisions.
• Proficiency in spreadsheets and tools used to manage talent pipelines, team performance, and operational workflows.

Benefits

• Work with a team supporting high-growth consumer brands across multiple industries.
• Lead and develop a team that directly supports creative production and performance marketing initiatives.
• Take ownership of team performance, operational improvements, and scalable talent management processes.
• Partner with experienced professionals across creative, performance marketing, and operations.
• Help build systems and team capabilities that support the company's continued growth.
• Work in an environment that values accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Company Description

Advantage HQ is building the next generation of creator-led growth infrastructure for consumer brands. We combine creative strategy, creator partnerships, performance content, whitelisting, affiliate distribution, paid media, and proprietary technology into one integrated growth system.

• Our team manages more than $850 million in annual media spend and works with a network of more than 400,000 creators across Meta, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Through Meteoric AI, our proprietary intelligence platform, we use data and AI to improve decision-making across creative production, creator selection, customer acquisition, campaign performance, and brand growth.
• We work with ambitious consumer brands across health, wellness, beauty, nutrition, personal care, and lifestyle.