Director, Creator & Influencer Growth at QuinStreet | USA | $145K/yr – $175K/yr

QuinStreet

Director, Creator & Influencer Growth

USA (Remote)

$145K/yr – $175K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive scalable creator acquisition and partnerships for QuinStreet’s fintech marketplace, building a creator ecosystem and aligning with cross-functional campaigns.

Must-have: 10+ years in influencer marketing or creator partnerships.
Standout: Proven ability to scale a creator ecosystem across multi-channel platforms.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Build a Scalable Creator Acquisition Engine
Identify and recruit creators across platforms including Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, newsletters, and emerging social channels.
Develop scalable sourcing strategies to consistently identify high-potential creators in personal finance, lifestyle, and consumer decision categories.
Build a structured pipeline of creators aligned to QuinStreet’s financial services marketplace.
Grow QuinStreet’s Creator Ecosystem
Expand and diversify our network of influencers, creators, and content publishers.
Identify creators capable of driving trust, education, and conversion in complex financial decisions.
Establish onboarding processes that enable creators to participate in performance-driven campaigns.
Partner with Internal Category Leaders
Collaborate with marketing teams across insurance, credit cards, banking, loans, and debt solutions.
Match creators to campaigns and transition partnerships to category teams for execution, optimization, and scaling.
Help define best practices for creator-driven acquisition in regulated financial services categories.
Bring Market Intelligence
Monitor trends in the creator economy, social platform algorithms, and emerging distribution channels.
Evaluate creator partnerships using engagement data, audience quality, and conversion performance.
Identify new partnership formats including affiliate creator programs, sponsored integrations, and performance partnerships.

Requirements

10+ years experience in influencer marketing, creator partnerships, or social growth.
Proven experience building or scaling a creator ecosystem.
Strong understanding of performance marketing and affiliate economics.
Ability to identify creators who can drive both trust and customer acquisition.
Experience working with cross-functional marketing teams.
Analytical mindset with strong understanding of creator performance metrics.
Experience in fintech, personal finance media, or regulated industries is a plus.

Preferred

QuinStreet

3.7 Glassdoor

Powering Performance Marketplaces In Digital MediaQuinStreet is a pioneer in powering decentralized online marketplaces that match searchers and “research and compare” consumers with brands. We run these virtual and private-label marketplaces in one of the nation’s largest media networks.Our industry leading segmentation and AI-driven matching technologies help consumers find better solutions and brands faster. They allow brands to target and reach in-market customer prospects with pinpoint segment-by-segment accuracy, and to pay only for performance results.Our campaign-results-driven matching decision engines and optimization algorithms are built from over 20 years and billions of dollars of online media experience.We believe in:- The direct measurability of digital media.- Performance marketing. (We pioneered it.)- The advantages of technology.We bring all of this together to deliver truly great results for consumers and brands in the world’s biggest channel.

Founded in 1999

San Mateo, California, USA

1K employees (137 in marketing)

www.quinstreet.com

78% recommend to a friend

84% CEO approval