Creator Partnerships Lead

About Whop:

Whop is on a mission to create a new paradigm of the internet – where connection, consumption, creation and commerce can happen all in one place. People come to Whop every month, from nearly every country, to learn new things, meet new people, and elevate their daily lives.

Less than 3 years into our existence, we have enabled tens of thousands of creators to earn nearly $400M by selling access to increasingly diverse digital offerings. Our apps infrastructure allows anyone to build a digital experience, and our marketplace offers creators a sleek storefront that can accept payments, seamlessly deliver digital products, and attract new customers.

We envision a future in which everyone is an internet entrepreneur. Join us in making that future a reality.

Benefits Overview:

✅ Salary: $130,000 base, $260,000 OTE + a competitive equity package

❤️ Unlimited PTO, with full health, vision, dental coverage

📍 A brand new office in Brooklyn, New York at the Domino Sugar Refinery

🍕 12k annual UberEats credits for lunch & dinner Monday thru Friday

🏠 9k annual rent subsidy if you live within 4 blocks of our 300 Kent office

💻 3k ramp card to get you the latest Macbook Pro & tech accessories

💪 Free gym membership to the Equinox in our building & Annual Citi Bike Membership

What does the role look like?

As a Creator Partnerships Lead at Whop, you will be responsible for growing the amount of processing volume (GMV) brought to Whop through securing strategic partners that refer creators to Whop. (These are: high-profile creators, performance agencies, and other industry contacts). In this role you will work closely with other Creator Partnerships Leads, and together, you will be responsible for getting everyone in the world referring creators to Whop.

You are expected to source leads (partners that can refer creators), and partner with them to refer all of their creators to Whop. We expect you to meet partners in person, run live presentations/webinars for their creators, attend industry-relevant events, build meaningful relationships with partners, and teach them how to onboard their creators to Whop self-service. You will be the front line of feedback and will be asked to triage product feedback (Both from partners and their creators) into the organization to improve product and marketing.

You’ll be given different tools and resources to hit your targets. The resources you’ll be given are a $20,000 quarterly budget to help with closing partners and running events, access to a team of VAs who can help with manual tasks, access to a Growth Engineer who can help automate new strategies, our full team of Account Managers who can keep partners creators happy, and the Whop Twitter account for outreach. You will also be given a list of creators & partners we are already targeting and new ones we wish to target.

Your first 90 days will look like the following:

• Within 30 days you will understand our product, how to source partners, how to get in contact with partners, how to close partners, have a clear understanding of our ICP and what we’re selling them, and understand common pain points leads have. You will have also started reaching out to your list of leads and closing your first deal.
• Within 60 days, you will have hit 10% of your quota.
• Within 90 days, you will have hit 30% of your quota and be fully ramped up.

Who you are:

• You have a passion for our mission at Whop. You live and breathe creators and will work relentlessly to help them earn a sustainable income on our platform.
• 2+ years of experience working in fast-paced, high-output environments, such as; Partnerships at a fast-paced tech startup, running your own agency, being your own creator, or having launched a previously successful company.
• You are scrappy and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
• You want to grind and get your hands dirty.
• You are highly resourceful and an executor who can produce results in a highly ambiguous environment.
• You are analytical and are comfortable understanding and using data to gain and take action on business insights.

Nice to have:

• Experience working closely with creators.
• Experience working closely with product teams.
• Experience working on affiliate programs.
• Experience working with agencies/partner networks.
• Experience working in a digital marketplace.
• Have had your own business in our space or have bought digital products from Whop creators or similar products.
• Experience with two-sided platforms and marketplace dynamics.