Director, Platform Partnerships (Maternity Coverage)

SALARY: $120-140k

Placement within the range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to, years of experience, relevant qualifications, skills, local market and budgetary considerations.

LOCATION: New York (Hybrid)

Who are we?

Influencer is a global creator marketing agency on a mission to shape the future of marketing by humanizing brands. By placing creators at the center, the agency delivers creator-first solutions across creative, media, and commerce that connect brands with audiences through insight-driven creator campaigns built to stop the scroll and drive measurable impact.

Founded in 2015 by YouTuber-turned-entrepreneur Caspar Lee and entrepreneur Ben Jeffries, Influencer is the world’s largest independent creator marketing agency - powered by a unique ecosystem of proprietary technology, platform partnerships, and longstanding talent relationships.

As an Official Global Marketing Partner of TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Snap, Meta, and Twitch, Influencer delivers bespoke, enterprise-level solutions powered by Waves, its AI-driven operating system. From concept to conversion, the agency blends human instinct with platform intelligence to drive measurable outcomes across the full funnel - from brand perception to performance and sales.

With 200+ team members speaking 30 languages across North America, Europe, and the Middle East, Influencer has delivered 6,000+ campaigns for leading brands including Spotify, SharkNinja, Google, Nike, Disney, and Coca-Cola.

Job title

Director, Platform Partnerships (Maternity Coverage)

Reporting of the role

This role reports to the VP, Brand Partnerships

Overview of the job

Reporting directly to the VP, Partnerships, you will maintain partnerships status with existing platform partnerships across TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Snap, Pinterest and more. You will find and drive revenue and innovation opportunities from existing and new platform partners while playing a key role in communicating, operationalizing and educating partnership updates, growth etc, internally.

This is a critical, full-time temporary contract role serving as maternity coverage for the Executive Director of Partnerships. This position is essential for maintaining momentum and providing seamless support to our key partners.

3 best things about the job

• Opportunity to Drive Growth: As the face of the agency to the world’s most prominent social platforms, you will build deep, strategic partnerships within TikTok, Youtube, Meta, Snap and Pinterest, positioning yourself as a key player and expert in the creator economy, directly influencing the agency’s growth and partnership pipeline.

• Work with Industry-Leading Teams: Collaborating with key partner leads externally, you'll work on high-profile opportunities and shape how the agency evolves. You will be the bridge between platform innovation and agency execution, ensuring we maintain our partnerships status and standing.

• Innovative and Fast-Paced Environment: Working cross-functionally with a dynamic, forward-thinking team at the forefront of influencer marketing, you’ll partner with Sales, Client Services, Creative, Strategy, Marketing, and Product teams to turn platform insights into market-leading offerings.

Measures of success - in the first month, you will have:

• Mastered the “Influencer Way”: Gained a comprehensive understanding of our unique agency capabilities, our proprietary technology, and our specific value proposition to platform partners to maximize mutual success and campaign results.

• Established Deep Relationship Continuity: Successfully transitioned and solidified relationships with key contacts at TikTok, Meta, YouTube, and Snap; you are now the trusted "main point of contact" and are proactively managing the partnership pipeline.

Roles & responsibilities:

• Manage existing relationships with platform partners at TikTok, YouTube, Meta, Snap, Pinterest and more, serving as the main point of contact between each platform and the agency.

• Build relationships with all platforms to