# Senior Creator Partnerships Manager

**Company:** [Spotlight](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/spotlight)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Partnerships
**Salary:** $85k – $115k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TikTok, creator partnerships, influencer marketing, content production, ugc, Budget Management, Team Management, Negotiation, tiktok shop, spark ads
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Senior leader to own and grow creator partnerships and content efforts for a TikTok Shop agency. Manage strategy, 6-figure budget, team hiring, creator roster, content production, and performance to drive client GMV growth. Requires hands-on creator/content experience, budget management, and 3+ years in creator partnerships plus management.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Manage 6-figure partnership budget
- Lead and grow a creator division, including hiring and managing your own team
- Build and maintain a roster of high-performing creators across beauty, wellness, lifestyle and other top TikTok Shop categories
- Oversee creator content production end-to-end: sourcing, briefing, quality control, and delivery
- Negotiate creator partnerships and manage relationships at scale
- Track performance and continuously improve content quality and efficiency
- Collaborate with account management and sales to align content efforts with client goals
- Own the division’s budget and be accountable for its growth and profitability

## Requirements
- Hands-on creator or content production experience (non-negotiable): you’ve either been a content creator yourself or have worked directly with creators managing UGC and content production
- You enjoy building and fostering relationships with content creators
- Proven experience managing budgets: you’ve allocated spend across creators or campaigns, tracked performance against cost, and made data-informed investment decisions
- A strong eye for content: you can tell the difference between content that converts and content that doesn’t, and you know how to coach creators to get there
- 3+ years in creator partnerships, influencer marketing, or content operations (agency experience is a strong plus)
- 3+ years of management experience: you know how to build and manage a team
- Strong knowledge of TikTok: you understand what makes content perform on the platform
- Experience building and leading teams: you’ve hired, trained, and held people accountable
- Entrepreneurial mindset: you think like a business owner, not just a manager
- Strong negotiation and communication skills

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with TikTok Shop and its creator/affiliate ecosystem
- An existing network of creators in beauty, wellness, or lifestyle
- Background in social commerce or e-commerce
- Familiarity with spark ads, content licensing, and creator compensation models

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