Creator Lead

Fitt
New York, NY
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Geared toward candidates with agency experience in health and wellness and a track record in building creator practices, comfortable with hybrid work arrangements and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with agency experience in health and wellness and a history of leading creator practices
    — “Proven track record leading creator and talent agency relationships and managing high-performing teams
  • Candidates with hybrid work flexibility and experience in creator strategy development
    — “Based in New York City and able to work a required hybrid schedule
  • Candidates who have managed creator campaigns and built scalable systems for creator management
    — “Build scalable frameworks for creator vetting, briefing, contracting, campaign management, and reporting

Things to consider

  • Requires managing budgets and ensuring profitability for client campaigns
    — “Confident managing budgets, scopes, and overall account profitability

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in building creator practices from the ground up in your resume and interview narratives
    — “Confident building a creator practice from the ground up, with an entrepreneurial and systems-oriented mindset
  • Emphasize your ability to lead creator strategy and campaign execution across diverse platforms
    — “Lead integrated creator campaigns across product launches, gifting, events, paid partnerships, and other brand initiatives
  • Showcase your knowledge of health and wellness advertising compliance and FTC guidelines
    — “Working knowledge of FTC endorsement guidelines and health/wellness advertising compliance
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage and mentor junior team members effectively
    — “Manage and mentor junior team members
  • Include experience with creator relationship management tools like MightyScout or CreatorIQ
    — “Experience managing creator research, list-building, tracking, and reporting through MightyScout or comparable platforms
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • build scalable frameworks for creator vetting
  • define and evolve creator KPIs
  • expand creator programming
  • support new business pitches
Typical background
5–8 years of experience in client communications with a focus on creator strategy and campaign management

Skills & requirements

Required

Creator StrategyCampaign ManagementAccount ManagementTeam DevelopmentClient CommunicationBrand BuildingNegotiationBudget ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

PMP CertificationMBAConsulting BackgroundRegulatory/compliance Domain Expertise

Stack & domain

LTKShopmyShopify CollabsAmazon AssociatesLeadershipCommunicationTeam ManagementHealth And WellnessFitnessPerformance Marketing

About the role

Original posting from Fitt via Ashby

Fitt Talent Partners is a specialized recruitment firm for top health and wellness companies.

We’re filling this role for AIIR, a communications and experiential agency that helps health, wellness, fitness, and performance brands sharpen their story, build credibility, earn trust, and accelerate growth through strategic communications, media relations, creator partnerships, brand activations, and performance marketing.

AIIR is seeking a Creator Lead to join its New York team. This role will lead the development of AIIR’s dedicated creator practice, building the strategy, systems, relationships, and frameworks that will support the agency as it scales. The Creator Lead will work closely with agency leadership and client teams, owning creator strategy and campaign execution while managing creator and talent relationships, budgets, reporting, team development, and cross-functional collaboration.

ESSENTIALS:

  • 5–8 years of experience in client communications with a focus on creator strategy and campaign management (agency, in-house, or a combination)
  • Proven track record leading creator and talent agency relationships and managing high-performing teams
  • Expert in creator strategy, account management, and end-to-end campaign execution
  • Confident building a creator practice from the ground up, with an entrepreneurial and systems-oriented mindset
  • Strong leadership, organizational, and client communication skills
  • Deep understanding of health, wellness, fitness, and performance trends and the broader creator landscape
  • Working knowledge of FTC endorsement guidelines and health/wellness advertising compliance, including required disclosures and supplement and medical/health claims
  • Foundational brand-side knowledge of LTK and ShopMy
  • Confident managing budgets, scopes, and overall account profitability
  • Experienced negotiating creator and talent agency contracts, including usage rights, exclusivity, and paid amplification/whitelisting terms
  • Passionate about storytelling, brand building, and mentoring teams
  • Based in New York City and able to work a required hybrid schedule

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Creator Strategy + Practice Building
  • Lead creator strategy, planning, and program development across client accounts
  • Build scalable frameworks for creator vetting, briefing, contracting, campaign management, and reporting
  • Define and evolve creator KPIs and ROI benchmarks across clients, including engagement, EMV, and conversion
  • Identify opportunities to expand creator programming within existing client accounts
  • Support new business pitches, RFPs, proposals, and creator budget/pricing development
  • Creator + Talent Relationships
  • Build and manage targeted creator and new media lists aligned with campaign objectives
  • Develop strong relationships with creators, talent managers, and agencies
  • Oversee creator recruitment and affiliate programs across platforms such as LTK, ShopMy, Shopify Collabs, and Amazon Associates
  • Negotiate creator and talent contracts, including usage rights, exclusivity, and paid amplification terms
  • Campaign Execution
  • Lead integrated creator campaigns across product launches, gifting, events, paid partnerships, and other brand initiatives
  • Manage creator campaigns from strategy and outreach through contracting, execution, tracking, and reporting
  • Collaborate closely with PR, experiential, paid social, and creative teams
  • Own creator budgets and ensure campaigns deliver against client scope, KPIs, and profitability goals
  • Measure campaign performance and translate results into actionable client recommendations
  • Client + Team Leadership
  • Serve as the primary day-to-day creator point of contact for clients
  • Provide senior-level counsel, proactive recommendations, and strategic pivots as needed
  • Maintain a strong understanding of client industries, competitors, and category trends
  • Manage and mentor junior team members
  • Help hire, onboard, and structure the creator team as the practice grows

PREFERRED / NICE TO HAVE:

  • Experience spearheading creator campaigns within IMPACT
  • Experience managing creator research, list-building, tracking, and reporting through MightyScout or comparable platforms such as CreatorIQ, GRIN, Aspire, or Tagger
  • Experience contributing to new business pitches, RFPs, and proposal/pricing development
  • Experience collaborating with paid social/media teams on creator content amplification, including whitelisting and Meta partnership ads
  • Experience hiring, onboarding, or structuring a creator/influencer team as it scales

SKILLS AND SYSTEMS:

  • Google Suite, Notion, and Slack
  • Muck Rack
  • MightyScout
  • ShopMy and LTK
  • Shopify Collabs
  • IMPACT

Source: Fitt careers (Ashby)

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