Partnerships Manager, #Paid
Influencer marketing & collaboration platform
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Influencer marketing & collaboration platform
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To power all brand collaborations across the creator economy, enabling creators to build careers they love.
Role
Who you are
- Bring 5–7+ years of experience in partnerships, strategic alliances, or ecosystem development, ideally within the creator, social, or media tech space
- Have hands-on experience in both creator-focused environments and managing revenue-generating partnerships
- Be comfortable taking ideas from 0 to 1, and thrive in environments where ambiguity is the norm
- Be known for building repeatable systems and frameworks that scale
- Know how to drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, with a revenue-first mindset
- Bring strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills to the table
- Have a sharp eye for operational inefficiencies and a drive to fix them
- Be comfortable in Salesforce, Notion, Google Suite, and other collaboration tools
- You have a deep understanding of the creator economy—you know the players, the platforms, and the pain point
- You’re a relationship builder and a dot-connector, able to create clarity across internal and external stakeholders
- You think strategically but act quickly—you can see the big picture and also know how to get things done
- You’re energized by ownership, accountability, and the opportunity to build something from scratch
- You’re naturally collaborative, but not afraid to lead
- You’re excited to play a role in shaping the future of creator marketing and thrive in high-growth environments
What the job involves
- As a Partnerships Manager at #paid, you’ll be the architect of our most strategic relationships across social platforms, media companies, and emerging tech partners
- You’ll play a pivotal role in scaling the creator economy by developing high-impact partnerships that align with our GTM strategy and unlock meaningful revenue
- This is more than maintaining partnerships—this is about shaping them
- You’ll collaborate across internal teams (Product, Marketing, Sales, Strategy, Customer Success) to bring big ideas to life, drive co-created value, and cement #paid as a critical player in the ecosystem
- Strategic Partnership Development
- Have strong experience and knowledge in the creator marketing industry and Identify, build, and grow high-value partnerships with platforms, tech partners, and ecosystem leaders
- Align partner goals with #paid’s strategy, product roadmap, and client needs
- Create and operationalize partnership roadmaps, from pilots to full-scale integrations
- Revenue Growth & Execution
- Launch co-branded initiatives, joint marketing campaigns, and monetization plays
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to build go-to-market offerings, partner pitch decks, and enablement materials
- Operational Excellence, Enablement and Growth
- Develop scalable systems for onboarding, partner playbooks, legal/billing, and ongoing communication
- Ongoing partnership maintenance to care for the partnership health, and identify new opportunities for mutual growth (sales, marketing, new product features, etc)
- Own contracts, renewals, and commercial terms to ensure win-win outcomes
- Product & Integration Leadership
- Work with Product & Engineering to scope and launch integrations that enhance the client and creator experience
- Collaborate with the Product Lead & Product Marketing lead for relevant partner product launches ensuring resources, training and cross functional team enablement of new offering
- Provide strategic feedback to inform the product roadmap and help guide beta launches
- Performance, Reporting & Optimization
- Define KPIs and track partner performance to optimize for value and long-term success
- Lead executive check-ins, QBRs, and reporting to ensure alignment and accountability
- Industry Leadership & Ecosystem Building
- Represent #paid across industry events and forums to strengthen our ecosystem presence
- Build relationships that elevate our brand and position #paid as a premier partner in the creator space
Our take
The social media creator economy has continued to grow and flourish in recent years. However, influencers continue to battle the challenge of an ever-changing engagement algorithm. This has not made it easier for big brands, who have, since the early days of social media, struggled with harnessing the power of influencer marketing. #Paid was founded to provide a solution to both stakeholders.
#Paid is a creator marketing software platform built as a marketplace for businesses to harness the influencer marketing economy. It allows influencers access to a wide array of clientele, and provides its business customers with the ability to generate campaigns, shop creators, and reach their target audience without the expertise previously needed to execute these campaigns. The company’s precision matching has contributed significantly to its success in recent years.
Impressively, the company serves Nestle, UberEats, Volvo, and Canon, amongst other big names. With the continued rise of the content creation industry, #Paid’s unique positioning as both content and brand advocate should secure its growth along with it. Recently, the company was named an official TikTok Marketing Partner, offering yet more opportunity for it to expand the reach of its platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$13.6m
SERIES B
May 2018
$9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $24.1m
Company benefits
- Digital first
- Spending account
- Unlimited vacation
- Internet/phone allowance
- Health coverage
- Education allowance
- Summer Fridays
- Team socials
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Bryan Gold
(CEO)Has worked previously as a Launch Specialist at Apple and is an Alumnus of Next Founders.
Adam Rivietz
(CSO)Previously the Founder & President of Entourage Apps, which was acquired, as well as Owner & Founder of MyProm Inc.
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