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The Role
The Creator Affiliate Manager will build and scale the TikTok Shop creator affiliate program by recruiting creators, managing operations, and reporting on performance metrics.
Summary Generated by Built In
Launched in 2014 by former philosophy professor David Barnett, PopSockets is a global digital-lifestyle company that sells empowering, fun, and expressive products that improve people’s digital lives. PopSockets has sold close to 300 million of its iconic phone grips in 75 countries and now has an expanding ecosystem of related products, including phone cases, wallets, mounts, batteries, and chargers.
Our mission is to empower enhanced mobile functionality, self-expression, and authentic human connection. We imagine an Eternal Positivity Machine that sparks joy, creativity, and meaningful relationships. We bring this vision to life by upholding the highest standards in materials, packaging, logistics, and design—while ensuring our supply chain and labor practices remain ethical, responsible, and transparent.
In 2021, PopSockets was honored as one of Fast Company’s World's Most Innovative Companies.
PopSockets is hiring a Creator Affiliate Manager to build and scale our TikTok Shop creator affiliate program. You will recruit an army of content creators and own the program end to end.
We live by our e-commerce growth formula: Visitors × Conversion Rate × Average Order Value. This role is a primary lever on visitors, driving the right people to TikTok Shop through the right creators, at scale.
This is the performance side of influencer and creator marketing. You live for profitable customer acquisition, and affiliates are your tool to do it.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, vet, and onboard creators through TikTok Shop Affiliate Center, Creator Marketplace, and direct outreach
- Design and manage the commission structure (tiered, performance-based) and day-to-day affiliate operations
- Run the seeding program: product sampling, brief delivery, and posting-cadence enforcement
- Build and own a rights-cleared content library. Secure usage rights in every creator agreement and turn that library into ammunition for paid acquisition across Meta, Snapchat, AppLovin, YouTube, Pinterest, and every other channel we run
- Partner with Paid Media to identify organic-winning content and deploy it through Spark Ads and whitelisted campaigns across TikTok, Meta, and other performance channels
- Partner with Creative Strategy to bring the science side of creator content
- Partner with Post Production to craft additional variations and deliver proper channel-specific sizing
- Build and run a creator community (Discord or equivalent) with coaching, trend updates, and product information
- Manage creator agreements, payout operations, and 1099 compliance
- Reconcile affiliate GMV, ROAS, conversion rate, and return-adjusted creator profitability across TikTok Seller Center, affiliate platforms, and internal reporting
- Report weekly on program KPIs and creator performance
- Leverage AI to build tools that support endless scaling of the program
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in creator, affiliate, influencer, or partnerships roles at a DTC brand
- Hands-on TikTok Shop experience across Seller Center, Creator Marketplace, and affiliate program management. You have lived in the TikTok affiliate portal and can show real expertise in it
- Experience designing and operating commission-based creator programs with measurable GMV outcomes
- Working knowledge of the tools used to secure asset rights and manage cross-channel affiliate attribution. You know the tools
- Experience writing or managing creator and ambassador agreements, including content usage rights
- Familiarity with content whitelisting and Spark Ads workflows across TikTok and Meta
- Comfort with performance data: pulling reports, reconciling attribution, and tracking ROAS, CVR, and AOV. Media buying background is a high plus
- Strong written communication for briefs, agreements, and creator-facing content
- AI curious: Claude Code, OpenClaw, Vercel, Supabase, and similar tooling
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience at a DTC apparel, beauty, supplement, or consumer lifestyle brand with a mature TikTok Shop program
- Experience building or managing a creator Discord or community platform at scale
- Experience running a LIVE Shopping activation
- Media buying background
- Vibe coding expertise
PopSockets is dedicated to the practice of equal opportunity employment. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, color, creed, ancestry, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct which has the purpose or effect of interfering with an individual’s work performance, or creating an intimidating, hostile, offensive, unsafe or otherwise non-welcoming work environment. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co-workers; and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in creator, affiliate, influencer, or partnerships roles
- Hands-on TikTok Shop experience across Seller Center and Creator Marketplace
- Experience designing and operating commission-based creator programs with measurable GMV outcomes
- Working knowledge of tools for securing asset rights and managing affiliate attribution
- Experience managing creator and ambassador agreements
- Familiarity with content whitelisting and Spark Ads workflows
- Comfort with performance data and tracking metrics
- Strong written communication skills
- AI curious: familiarity with AI tools and coding
- Prior experience at a DTC apparel, beauty, or consumer lifestyle brand
- Experience building or managing a creator community platform
- Experience running a LIVE Shopping activation
- Media buying background
- Vibe coding expertise
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The Company
What We Do
PopSockets LLC designs, manufactures and sells innovative products that merge function with self-expression. The PopSocket is a collapsible grip and stand that provides effortless one-hand holding for any mobile device. Customizable, re-positionable, and fun to pop, PopSockets embody the company’s mission to merge function with self-expression.
Why Work With Us
We combine the traditional benefits of a startup (amazing, dog-friendly office, tons of perks, lots of vacation time) with the growth and promise of an already successful organization. Come jump on the train.
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