Agency Cliquish

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Brand Partnership Manager – Influencer Marketing Location: Atlanta, GA (Remote with travel as needed)About Agency Cliquish® Agency Cliquish® is not simply a talent management agency. We are a culture-shaping institution rooted in excellence, equity, and heritage. With a carefully curated roster of diverse creators, we champion new voices while guiding legacy brands to build partnerships that move culture forward. Our work is distinguished, premium, and deeply intentional. Every relationship we build and every campaign we activate reflects our belief that influence is not just visibility, it is leadership. The Role We are seeking a Brand Partnerships Manager to join our team at a defining moment of scale and revenue evolution. This role is not administrative, and it is not campaign coordination. It is a revenue-driving, negotiation-forward, performance-based position designed for someone who understands how to build pipeline, close premium deals, and protect long-term positioning. As a Brand Partnerships Manager, you will be entrusted with generating revenue across a culturally significant roster of creators. You will hunt for new opportunities, cultivate brand relationships, structure strategic partnerships, and negotiate with discipline and sophistication. You are not simply responding to inbound interest. You are creating momentum. This is a role for a commercial thinker who thrives in commission-driven environments and understands that influence is only as powerful as the deals behind it. It requires tenacity, market awareness, negotiation intelligence, and a deep respect for the economics of the creator economy. Above all, it requires ownership of results. Key Responsibilities Drive Revenue with Discipline: Own outbound prospecting efforts across priority categories and brands overseeing the optimization of our lead generation platforms. Develop, manage, and expand a consistent pipeline of qualified opportunities. Conduct structured outreach, secure brand meetings, and convert conversations into closed partnerships. Negotiate brand agreements with precision. Protect rate integrity, structure usage and exclusivity thoughtfully, and ensure long-term positioning is never sacrificed for short-term wins. Exceed quarterly revenue benchmarks through both new business development and strategic management of inbound opportunities. Manage and Convert Inbound Demand: Evaluate inbound brand interest with strategic discernment. Counter, restructure, and negotiate deals to maximize revenue and long-term leverage for both talent and agency. Ensure that inbound volume translates into optimized outcomes, not reactive acceptance. Educate and Align Talent: Advise talent on deal positioning, rate strategy, and negotiation rationale. Provide commercial education that helps creators understand long-term leverage, category expansion, and brand alignment. Balance advocacy with discipline. Push talent when necessary to protect positioning and revenue integrity. Build and Maintain Strategic Relationships: Develop and deepen relationships with brand and agency stakeholders. Represent Agency Cliquish® and the roster in high-stakes conversations with professionalism and cultural fluency. Identify multi-talent opportunities, retainer structures, and cross-roster packaging where appropriate. Operate with Sales Accountability: Maintain accurate forecasting and pipeline reporting. Track conversion rates, deal size growth, renewal patterns, and revenue performance. Operate with clarity around quarterly targets and performance benchmarks. Qualifications • FIRM: Minimum of 5 years of experience in sponsorship sales, brand partnerships, business development, or influencer marketing revenue roles. • Proven record of closing six-figure monthly books of business or high-value brand contracts. • Proficiency in managing and optimizing automated outbound platforms and prospecting tools to maintain high-volume, personalized daily outreach. • Demonstrated ability to build outbound pipeline and secure new brand relationships. • Strong negotiation experience, including redlining contracts, structuring usage rights, exclusivity, and renewals. • Experience operating in commission-driven or quota-based sales environments. • Ability to manage multiple deals simultaneously in high-volume, high-performance settings. • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with confidence in presenting to senior marketing stakeholders. • Deep understanding of influencer marketing economics, CPM structures, usage valuation, and category positioning. • Cultural fluency and passion for advancing Black and BIPOC creators within commercial ecosystems. Compensation Structure This is a performance-driven role with a competitive base salary and significant commission upside. Compensation includes: • Base salary aligned with mid-level revenue roles • Commission on closed partnerships • Upside earning potential tied to performance benchmarks • On-Target Earnings (Base +Commission – OTE): $85,000 - $105,000 • Full earning potential exceeds $150,000 for high-performing candidates who consistently deliver results. Who You Are: • You are a hunter with strategic restraint. You are energized by building pipeline and closing deals. You understand that relationships are assets, but revenue is the outcome. • You are resilient in the face of rejection, confident in negotiation, and motivated by commission structures that reward performance. You see negotiation as strategy, not confrontation. • You think in quarters, not weeks. You protect long-term positioning. You do not chase volume for vanity. You close with discipline. Our Culture At Agency Cliquish®, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence. We are ambitious yet collaborative, disciplined yet creative. Our ethos is rooted in inclusion, representation, and the belief that equity is not a trend but a mandate. We push ourselves to think bigger, to work smarter, and to build partnerships that endure. To Apply Submit your resume and a thoughtful cover letter that includes: • The largest deal you have secured, including its scope and value. • An example of how you have shaped or transformed a creator’s career trajectory. • Your personal approach to building and sustaining a pipeline of opportunities.