Partnerships & Influencer Marketer (First Hire)

Clera getclera.com Open · verified Aug 22, 2026

Remote Worldwide Full-time Mid-level Influencer Marketing

Mid-level Influencer Marketing role at Clera. Remote · full-time · $120,000–$200,000 base.

SalaryStated by Clera

$120,000 – $200,000

Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.

Role brief

Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

You’ll create the creator and affiliate channel, taking deals from partner discovery through testing and improvement
You’ll close CPA or blended-fee agreements, secure content permissions, and place creator assets in paid social
You’ll keep partner opportunities moving, maintain relationships, and ensure live campaigns stay on track
You’ll use attribution, promo codes, vanity URLs, and holdout results to adjust pricing and investment
You’ll establish repeatable deal systems while extending reach through social, co-marketing, podcasts, and finance media

What you bring

You have at least four years in influencer, affiliate, partnership, or performance marketing at a consumer startup
You can win measurable acquisition by shifting partners from flat fees into CPA or blended compensation
You can interpret CPA, attribution, and incrementality reporting, then stand behind channel results
You’ve handled creator content permissions and paid distribution, including whitelisting and Spark Ads
You’ve scaled affiliate programs with publishers, comparison sites, or communities and can work independently with AI tools

Who this fits

You’ll fit a self-directed operator who enjoys ambiguity, moves quickly, and owns results in a lean company. The role is fully remote within the United States, and visa sponsorship is unavailable. Consumer fintech, credit, lending, or other regulated-category experience is a bonus.

From the employer

About the Role

This is a founding role for a Partnerships & Influencer Marketer at a bootstrapped consumer fintech company focused on credit building. You'll build the creator and affiliate acquisition channel entirely from scratch, owning the full deal lifecycle — from sourcing and negotiation through measurement and optimization — at a small, fast-moving company where this channel is already showing strong signal.

What You'll Do

Source, vet, and negotiate deals with creators, influencers, and affiliate partners, driving toward performance-based and hybrid CPA structures.
Own end-to-end partnership outcomes, including channel CPA and acquisition volume — not just deal count.
Secure usage rights and whitelisting permissions in every deal, then feed creator content into paid social as Spark Ads and whitelisted placements alongside performance marketing teammates.
Build and maintain a high-velocity pipeline from first contact through live placement, managing relationships and keeping deals on schedule.
Read attribution and incrementality data (promo codes, vanity URLs, holdouts) to reprice deals, cut underperformers, and double down on what's working.
Create scalable systems — deal templates, standard terms, partner scorecards, and processes — that allow this function to grow beyond one person.
Extend brand reach through secondary channels including organic social, co-marketing, podcasts, and earned media with finance publishers, always with acquisition outcomes as the north star.

What We're Looking For

4+ years in influencer, affiliate, partnerships, or performance-partnership marketing at a consumer startup, with a demonstrated track record of deals that drove measurable acquisition.
Proven ability to negotiate and close performance-based deals, including moving partners from flat-fee to CPA or hybrid structures.
Fluency in performance data — CPA reports, incrementality readouts, attribution — with the ability to act on insights and defend channel numbers.
Hands-on experience with creator content as paid media: whitelisting, Spark Ads, usage rights negotiation, and what makes in-feed creator assets convert.
Experience structuring and scaling affiliate and performance partnership programs with publishers, comparison sites, and communities.
Comfortable using AI tools to stay efficient and operate independently in a lean environment.
Self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and takes full ownership of outcomes.
Bonus: Experience in consumer fintech, credit, lending, or other regulated/consideration-heavy categories.
Bonus: Hands-on experience with Meta Ads Manager or TikTok Ads Manager.
Bonus: Experience building a partnerships or influencer function from the ground up.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $120,000 – $200,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Location

Fully remote within the United States.