Account Manager, Paid Partnerships

New York City, NY (On-site)

$70K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize paid influencer partnerships end-to-end for multiple clients, from strategy and negotiations to campaign execution and performance reporting.

  • Lead strategy, client relationship management, and cross-functional coordination
  • Drive performance insights and opportunities to scale programs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for clients investing in paid partnerships, owning strategy, and performance
  • Lead bi-weekly client calls focused on campaign performance, optimization recommendations, and forward planning
  • Build paid partnership strategies tailored to each client's goals, such as brand awareness, conversion, and content generation.
  • Set and manage client expectations around performance benchmarks, timelines, and deliverables
  • Source creators across platforms based on audience fit, content quality, and historical performance
  • Lead rate negotiations directly with creators, managers, and agents. Securing competitive rates, usage rights, exclusivity terms, and whitelisting permissions
  • Build and maintain a point of view on market rates across tiers, platforms, and verticals
  • Own contracting and deal terms end-to-end, partnering with internal teams on paperwork and payments
  • Oversee campaign execution from brief through go-live, including creator briefing, content review, posting timelines, and approvals
  • Manage whitelisting and paid amplification workflows, partnering with clients or paid media partners on activation

Requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in paid influencer/creator marketing — agency experience strongly preferred
  • Proven track record negotiating creator deals directly with talent, managers, and agents
  • Hands-on experience with whitelisting (Meta Partnership Ads, TikTok Spark Ads) and paid amplification workflows
  • Strong grasp of paid performance metrics and the ability to translate data into client-facing insight
  • Experience owning client relationships independently
  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple clients and campaigns simultaneously
  • Experience managing or mentoring junior team members
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset — you surface issues early and come up with a plan
  • Proficiency in Google Sheets
  • Experience with project management tools such as Asana or Notion
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Agency Eight

Founded by Aurielle Kaminski in June 2022, Agency Eight is pioneering a community-first approach to influencer marketing. Drawing from years of experience in-house at fast-growing CPG startups, Aurielle recognized the untapped potential of seeding and gifting to foster authentic relationships with influencers, tastemakers, and content creators.Partnering with Alex Ashton (formerly at Amazon), Aurielle developed a proprietary methodology to scale gifting and seeding efforts while delivering measurable returns. This innovative approach—coined Performance Gifting—addresses the limitations of traditional influencer marketing and PR, offering a sustainable, results-driven solution for modern brands.In under two years, Agency Eight has collaborated with over 40 best-in-class brands in the CPG and Hospitality sectors. Their portfolio includes leading names like Jolie, Seed, Vacation Sunscreen, Alice Mushrooms, and Tushy. Agency Eight continues to set a new standard for influencer partnerships, helping brands build meaningful, organic connections that drive real impact on and offline.

Founded in 2022
New York, New York, USA
24 employees (7 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
23.4%
Direct
40.3%
Referral
5.2%
Social
29.7%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~24

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
5 (21% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4