Creator Partnerships Lead
Senior Channel & Partnerships role at Hercules. Remote, United States · full-time · $100,000–$200,000 base.
Growth Roles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Own creator partnerships from sourcing through measurement, turning content into reusable growth assets
- Build sponsored creator and influencer programs across major and micro channels
- Find creators, manage inbound and outbound outreach, and keep the pipeline moving
- Handle rates, rights, contracts, deliverables, timelines, compliance, and approvals
- Verify posts, set up links and UTMs, then report results by creator, format, platform, and cohort
What you bring
- A track record of creator or influencer partnerships with measurable results
- Strong sourcing, networking, negotiation, and contract judgment
- The ability to give clear creative direction while preserving creator flexibility
- Knowledge of whitelisting, paid usage rights, and creator content in ads
- Operational and analytical strength across pipelines, UTMs, tracking, reporting, and learning loops
Who this fits
You’ll fit a fast-moving, detail-focused team that values strong taste, hard work, quick iteration, and persistent follow-through. Hercules strongly prefers office work in San Francisco, but may consider exceptional remote candidates in US time zones who can travel to the office regularly. The role suits someone comfortable owning both strategy and hands-on execution.
From the employer
What are we looking for?
We’re hiring a Creator Partnerships Lead to build and scale Hercules’ creator distribution. You will own partnerships end-to-end, from sourcing to measurement, and turn creator content into reusable growth assets.
You should be:
Deal-oriented: strong at outreach, negotiation, and closing.
Taste-driven: you know which creators will perform and why.
Process-strong: you can run a high-volume pipeline without chaos.
Performance-aware: you treat creator spend like a growth channel with clear KPIs.
What will you lead?
Sponsored creator and influencer program across major and micro channels
Sourcing + outreach: identify creators, run inbound/outbound, maintain pipeline
Negotiation + contracts: rates, terms, deliverables, timelines, and compliance
Briefs + approvals: creative direction, messaging, brand safety, review workflow
Deliverable ops: timelines, revisions, posting verification, link/UTM setup
Tracking + reporting: performance by creator, format, platform, and cohort quality
What skills do we expect you to have?
Proven experience running creator/influencer partnerships with measurable outcomes
Strong networking and sourcing ability (finding emerging creators before they are expensive)
Excellent negotiation and contract instincts (rates, rights, exclusivity, timelines)
Strong creative briefing skills (clear direction without constraining creators)
Familiarity with whitelisting/paid usage rights and how creator content performs in ads
Strong ops + analytics: pipelines, tracking, UTMs, reporting, and learning loops
Good judgment on branding (especially with meme and micro media pages)
What are Hercules’ operating principles?
Hercules’ operating principles guide how we make decisions every day. We take them very seriously. Most of them are specifically choices that we as a company unique prioritize and so can be learned on the job. However, we do specifically filter for these principles our hiring process:
We move with urgency. We ship fast, iterate, and correct mistakes quickly. Our bias for action speeds our learning and delights our customers.
We strive for excellence. Doing things well is in our DNA. We have good taste. We get the details right. Our outputs are exceptionally simple and self-serve. We’re proud of our work.
We are hungry. We are willing to work hard and break through walls to achieve the outcomes we want. We are willing to operate at any level to get things done. We are politely relentless.
Is Hercules in-office or remote?
Hercules founding team works in-office in San Francisco (Kearny and Bush). We have a very strong preference for in office. We are open to remote for exceptional candidates in US time zones who would be willing/able to travel to the office regularly.
What are Hercules’ benefits?
Healthcare, vision, and dental
User whatever AI tools you’d like (you have an unlimited AI budget)
Take what you need vacation policy
Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office
We guarantee you will do the best work of your career here
What’s the compensation?
$80k-$180k + equity (depends on seniority, equity, and location)
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