[Hiring] Create Talent Leader @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.