Senior Manager of Brand Activation, LTK
Sales, German Speaker
+ Bonuses
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Influencer marketing platform
Open for applications
Influencer marketing platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Bonuses
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
LTK's mission is to empower premium lifestyle creators and brands to achieve maximum economic success through proprietary technology: universal creator shops, global brand partnerships, strategic growth consulting and high-intent shopper distribution.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years' experience in business development, brand success, sales or account management within brand digital marketing, SaaS or creator commerce
- Fluent in German and English (additional European languages are a plus, but not required)
- Proven track record of acquiring new business and growing commercial partnerships
- Strong understanding of influencer marketing, affiliate marketing and the creator economy
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders across commercial, operational and cross-functional teams
- Comfortable owning both strategic conversations and day-to-day execution
- Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills
- Highly organised with strong project management skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Analytical mindset with experience using CRM platforms (HubSpot preferred) and performance data to inform decision making
- A builder's mentality: Someone who enjoys creating new processes, improving ways of working and scaling a function
- A mindset focused on seizing opportunities and moving with urgency
- Dedication to fierce prioritization and operational excellence
- Adaptability to a dynamic, fast-moving environment
- A growth mindset and openness to feedback
What the job involves
- Reports to: Director New Business, (Brand Partnerships EU)
- We're looking for a Brand Activation, Senior Manager to join our growing EU Brand Partnerships team
- You'll own the activation journey for new brands, from first conversation through onboarding and early growth, ensuring every partner has the best possible start on LTK and is set up for long-term success
- Reporting to the Director of New Business, you'll support the conversion of strategic sales opportunities into long-term commercial partnerships while managing inbound demand across the UK and wider European markets
- Through consultative onboarding, strategic guidance and ongoing partnership management, you'll drive platform adoption, helping brands realise value quickly and build confidence in LTK as a core part of their creator marketing strategy
- Beyond delivering revenue, you'll help build and scale the Brand Activation function by developing repeatable onboarding processes, activation playbooks and best practices that enable LTK to support increasing brand demand while delivering a consistent, high-quality partner experience
- This is a highly commercial, cross-functional role suited to someone who enjoys building relationships, improving processes and helping brands unlock long-term value through creator commerce
- Own the activation journey for new brand partners, from first engagement through onboarding and early growth
- Qualify and prioritise inbound opportunities, identifying high-potential DTC, enterprise and creator-founded brands
- Partner closely with the Director of New Business to convert strategic sales opportunities into active, revenue-generating partnerships
- Lead discovery calls, platform demonstrations, commercial discussions and onboarding for prospective partners
- Drive platform adoption by educating brands on LTK's products, best practices and commercial opportunities, ensuring they realise value quickly
- Deliver against Brand Activation revenue and activation targets
- Manage a portfolio of newly onboarded and high-potential brand partners through their first 0–6 months on the platform
- Develop activation strategies that increase platform engagement, campaign activities and long-term investment
- Identify opportunities to grow partner spend across gifting, creator campaigns, paid media, and events
- Act as a trusted commercial advisor, providing strategic recommendations and performance insights that support partner growth
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive retention and long-term commercial success
- Guide partners through campaign activation, ensuring a seamless experience from briefing through execution and wrap-up
- Partner closely with Campaign Operations to deliver best-in-class campaigns
- Coordinate contracts, onboarding requirements and billing alongside Legal and Finance
- Proactively troubleshoot onboarding or campaign challenges to maintain momentum and deliver an exceptional partner experience
- Ensure every new partner receives a consistent, high-quality onboarding experience that reflects the LTK brand
- Serve as the commercial point of contact for EU affiliate network partners
- Partner closely with Brand Operations, Campaign Operations, Creator Success and Brand Support to deliver a seamless partner journey
- Develop and continuously improve onboarding playbooks, activation frameworks and operational processes to enable future scale
- Maintain accurate pipeline management, forecasting and reporting through HubSpot and internal systems
- Share market insights and customer feedback to influence product development and go-to-market strategy
- Contribute to building a scalable, best-in-class Brand Activation function as the business continues to grow
- Flexible work schedule plus Summer Fridays (workday ends at 3 pm)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Influencer marketing is an increasingly lucrative industry. The industry has seen significant growth over recent years and reached a worth of $21 billion in 2023. The collaboration between brands and influencers is a powerful approach to accelerate company growth and social media platforms have increasingly attributed to the success of influencer marketing.
LTK, formerly known as rewardStyle, is a global technology platform to enable premium lifestyle creators to be as economically successful as possible. More than 165,000 fashion, beauty, fitness, home and lifestyle creators use LTK to monetise their content across the entire social ecosystem, all through their flagship Shop on LTK.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
48% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2021
$300m
LATE VC
Jun 2015
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $315m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary, bonuses and private pension scheme
- Flexible work schedule plus Summer Fridays (Workday ends at 3pm)
- 25 days holiday, plus an extra day for your birthday
- A benefits and wellness scheme, including free gym membership
- Private medical care
- Volunteering days
- Professional development
- Work anniversary celebrations, including extra annual holidays, and luxury gifting
- Hybrid remote working combined with in-office time
- Virtual company Happy Hours and Virtual Team Events!
- Interesting problems to solve with an expert team at a rapid growth retail disruptor and the largest influencer marketing platform
Company HQ
Turtle Creek, Dallas, TX
Leadership
Amber Venz Box
(Co-Founder & President)Formerly they were an Assistant Buyer for Studio Sebastian. Subsequently, they've gone on to be a Lifestyle Blogger for VENZEDITS.com. They're also a Business and Community Advisory Council for Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Baxter Box
(Co-Founder & CEO)They were the Founder, President and Chairman for NastyGoat Corporation.
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