Director, Creator & Influencer Growth

Foster City, CA (Remote)

$145K/yr – $175K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the creator acquisition engine for fintech content, building scalable sourcing, onboarding, and ecosystem expansion while aligning creator partnerships to category campaigns and performance metrics.

  • Growth Infrastructure: Build a scalable creator sourcing and onboarding pipeline across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, newsletters and emerging channels.
  • Partnership & Ops: Match creators to campaigns, hand off to category teams, and define best practices for regulated financial services partnerships.
  • Market Intelligence: Track creator economy trends and measure partnerships by engagement, audience quality, and conversion impact.

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.

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.
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QuinStreet

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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)
78% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
89K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
14.9%
Direct
51.6%
Referral
15.9%
Social
16.8%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
118 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
5.2 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$190M
Last Raise
$150M
Post IPO Debt, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $150M
  • Mar 2007
    Series Unknown
  • Dec 2000
    Series B • $40M

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