Creator Acquisition Manager, ShopYourLikes

ShopYourLikes, powered by Connexity, is a leading creator monetization platform and community. We empower creators to monetize and grow their businesses, offering them a suite of tools and data to maximize earnings from top products and retailers. Our strengths lie in our industry-leading commission rates, exceptional service, and easy-to-use platform. With our rapid growth, we're eagerly expanding our team.

Connexity, a performance driven martech company, drives over $4 billion in annual retail sales and maintains unparalleled payout rates for its publishers and creators. Connexity launched ShopYourLikes in 2018, and since then we have been a catalyst in driving sales for retailers and premium earnings for content creators. With Connexity's two-decade track record of success across the US, Europe, and APAC, we're built on a legacy of e-commerce innovation. Additionally, our parent company Taboola, continues to set industry benchmarks in content monetization.

Your Role at ShopYourLikes:

The Creator Acquisition Manager, is based in London, is a part of the commercial tea,and is the primary engine behind our UK creator growth. This position bridges the gap between identifying high-potential talent and converting them into high-performing creators. You’ll own the "first impression" of SYL, sourcing creators who fit our Ideal Creator Profile (ICP) and ensure they are onboarded with the knowledge they need to deliver engagement for our brand partners.

This is a high-impact role for someone who loves the "hunt" of recruitment but has the strategic mindset to understand how a creator’s audience translates into social commerce success.

Core Responsibilities

1. High-Velocity Sourcing & Recruitment

• The Talent Scout: Own the end-to-end recruitment process across key verticals, using tools like Modash / CreatorIQ to identify creators who align with both our internal goals and specific advertiser briefs.
• Quality Control: Evaluate creator quality, audience authenticity, and monetization potential to ensure every new addition strengthens our ecosystem.

2. Expert Onboarding & Activation

• The Architect of Success: Lead the onboarding journey, converting prospective creators into active partners through compelling education on affiliate marketing best practices and performance campaigns.
• Retention Focus: Ensure new creators don't just sign up but stay. You’ll provide the initial performance guidance and "toolkits" needed to help them see their first revenue milestones quickly. Keep them motivated to link via SYL on a CPA basis and work towards the overall revenue target. 
• Community Engagement: Support the planning and execution of creator workshops and events, ensuring our "on-the-ground" presence in the UK is felt and valued.

3. Commercial Alignment & Performance

• Brand Matching: Work closely with the wider teams to match your newly acquired creators with high-impact brand opportunities.
• Data-Driven Growth: Monitor the performance of your "cohorts" - analysing which acquisition channels and creator types are driving the most revenue.
• Internal Feedback Loop: Collaborate with internal teams to share creator feedback, ensuring our platform and resources evolve to meet the needs of the modern creator.
• Market Intel: Stay "in the know" regarding competitor moves and social commerce trends to ensure SYL’s offering remains the most competitive in the UK market.

• 2-4 years of experience in influencer marketing, creator monetization
• 2+ years of experience in influencer client services, talent management or influencer client development (bizdev) on the creator side

• Ability to foster and create strong connections in the influencer talent space
• Proven ability to meet and exceed revenue goals
• Clear understanding of the affiliate creator business
• Tremendous attention to detail in content analysis and creator communication
• Passion for creators and strong ability to understand the impact of engagement
• The natural ability to collaborate

• A beat on social media virality, pop-culture, and trends
• Experience with HubSpot or other CRM tools

Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, and EU. We offer top benefits including Annual Leave Entitlement, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more!

• Healthcare insurance & cash plans
• Income Protection
• Parental Leave Policies
• Flexible work schedules and work from home/work from office policy
• Lunch paid when attending the office
• Wellness Resources
• Equity

We are committed to providing a culture at Skimlinks that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.

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This position is hybrid (3 days / week) and based in our London office.