Affiliate & Creator Partnership Lead

About Advantage HQ

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.

The Opportunity

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.

You will own team performance, develop talent management processes, and ensure the team delivers qualified creative talent within agreed timelines and quality standards. You will 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.

Working closely with Creative Leadership and other stakeholders, you will anticipate talent needs, manage team capacity, and align priorities with business objectives. This role requires someone who can lead people effectively, make data-informed decisions, solve operational challenges, and take ownership of team results.

What You'll Own

People Leadership and Development

• Lead, coach, and develop the Creative Talent Management team, building the skills and capabilities needed to achieve individual and team goals.
• Set clear performance expectations, define individual responsibilities, and hold team members accountable for their commitments and results.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones, performance reviews, and development conversations to recognize strengths, address performance gaps, and support career growth.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback and manage difficult conversations, conflicts, and underperformance with fairness and professionalism.
• Develop individual improvement plans when needed and follow through to ensure measurable progress.
• Identify skill gaps and development needs, providing coaching and training to improve team capability and effectiveness.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding, and integration of new team members as business needs evolve.
• Build a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Team Performance and Operational Excellence

• Own the team's performance against agreed KPIs, service-level agreements, quality standards, and delivery targets.
• Monitor team productivity, talent pipeline health, turnaround times, talent quality, and stakeholder satisfaction. Identify performance gaps, determine root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure the team maintains a strong pipeline of qualified creative talent to meet current project requirements and anticipated demand.
• Oversee sourcing, screening, vetting, briefing, onboarding, and talent coordination processes to ensure consistent execution and quality.
• Establish and improve workflows, SOPs, and quality standards that increase efficiency, consistency, and accountability.
• Review workload distribution, team capacity, and project priorities to ensure resources are allocated effectively and deadlines are met.
• Oversee quality assurance processes to ensure talent submissions and creative deliverables meet project requirements, brand guidelines, and campaign objectives.
• Ensure talent databases, pipeline trackers, and performance reports are accurate, up to date, and used to support decision-making.
• Identify operational bottlenecks, resolve recurring issues, and implement scalable solutions based on performance data and team feedback.
• Ensure the team follows agreed processes while identifying opportunities to simplify workflows and improve results.

Stakeholder Management and Planning

• Partner with Creative Leadership and other stakeholders to understand upcoming project requirements, forecast talent demand, and establish hiring and sourcing priorities.
• Lead talent capacity planning to ensure the team can meet changing business needs without compromising quality or delivery timelines.
• Translate business requirements into actionable talent plans, clear team priorities, and realistic delivery commitments.
• Provide regular updates on team performance, talent availability, pipeline gaps, capacity constraints, and delivery risks.
• Communicate competing priorities and resource limitations early, recommending practical solutions to keep projects on track.
• Resolve escalations involving talent quality, availability, performance, and delivery timelines.
• Build and maintain relationships with creative talent networks and sourcing partners to strengthen access to qualified freelancers and creators.
• Stay informed about creative industry trends, sourcing platforms, and emerging practices that can improve talent quality and team performance.

Who You Are

• A strong people leader who knows how to build trust, set expectations, and hold a team accountable for results.
• A hands-on coach who develops people through clear feedback, structured support, and meaningful growth opportunities.
• Comfortable managing underperformance, addressing conflict, and having difficult conversations with professionalism and fairness.
• An outcome-oriented leader who takes ownership of team performance and follows through on commitments.
• A data-informed decision-maker who uses KPIs and performance insights to identify problems, prioritize improvements, and measure results.
• An organized operator who can manage competing priorities, allocate resources, and maintain delivery standards in a fast-paced environment.
• A proactive problem-solver who identifies root causes rather than relying on temporary fixes.
• A collaborative partner who communicates clearly, manages stakeholder expectations, and builds productive cross-functional relationships.
• Adaptable and comfortable leading a remote team in a fast-growing, evolving organization.

Experience We Value

• 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.
• Experience establishing and managing KPIs, monitoring results, and implementing corrective actions or performance improvement plans.
• Strong understanding of creative talent sourcing, screening, vetting, onboarding, and freelance talent coordination.
• 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.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead meetings, deliver feedback, resolve issues, and manage stakeholder expectations.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with UGC creators, performance creative teams, influencer marketing, or direct-to-consumer brands.
• Familiarity with freelance and project-based creative talent management.
• Knowledge of creative sourcing platforms such as Casting Networks, Billo, Fiverr, and Upwork.
• Experience leading remote or distributed teams.
• Established relationships within the creative, advertising, or content creation industry.

Why Join Advantage HQ

• 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.

Location: Fully remote. We have built the infrastructure for high-performance distributed teams and trust our people to do their best work from wherever they work best.

If you're excited about leading and developing a high-performing talent team, building a culture of accountability, improving systems and processes, and taking ownership of team performance in a growing creative organization, we'd love to hear from you.