Influencer Development Specialist

Position Summary

As an Influencer Development Specialist at Mavely, you will be responsible for sourcing leads and doing outreach to Influencers in the social commerce space.You will stay up to date with industry trends that result in potential acquisition opportunities for Mavely. Leveraging your creativity and outside the box thinking, you will craft personalized outreach to recruit, onboard, and grow Influencers. Persistency is key as you master the art of the follow up. You will source and stay organized and on top of potential leads by utilizing our customer relationship management (CRM) tool. You will utilize your people skills to pitch and sell influencers on the suite of Mavely offerings in an effort to bring them into the Mavely Influencer community. You will help educate and activate Influencers on the Mavely platform and guide them through the onboarding flow. You will play an integral role in ensuring influencers have the best possible onboarding experience to Mavely and have the tools needed to succeed.

As an Influencer Development Specialist you will embody our Mavely values of childlike curiosity, accountability, fearless honesty, collaboration, and being visionary.

Essential Functions

• Leverage internal tools (CRM, listening tools, etc.) along with manually sourcing to generate your own leads
• Craft unique outbound communication with the goal to acquire, onboard and grow Influencers
• Actively schedule and lead phone/video calls with Influencers with the goal to convert them to the Mavely platform.
• Persistently follow up with leads and follow through on communication.
• Ability to clearly articulate and have a good understanding of the Influencers onboarding journey and guide them through it.
• Hold strategy sessions to coach Influencers - from setting up their account to increasing their earning potential.
• Work collaboratively with Campaigns team, regularly recommending Influencers for brand campaigns
• Create a seamless transition between Influencers and Account Managers.
• Expected to troubleshoot Influencer issues, escalating where necessary.
• Perfect the Mavely sales pitch and effectively communicate value props.
• Gather competitive research and share internally.
• Keep up to date with industry and Influencer trends.
• Identify partnership opportunities that Mavely can tap into.
• Attend industry events and trade shows.
• Meet and exceed sales targets to propel the business forward.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 2-4 years of experience in a sales role
• A background and understanding in influencer or affiliate marketing

Knowledge & Skill Requirements

• Knowledgeable about the affiliate marketing space preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to build client rapport
• Strong understanding of social media
• Experience working in a customer relationship management tool (CRM) - HubSpot preferred
• Strong knowledge in Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Strong knowledge of company policy, goals and standards
• Ability to assume responsibility and exercise good judgment when making decisions within the scope of the position
• Strong sales and people skills to build rapport and garner trust with clients
• A positive attitude and growth mindset
• Data-driven and analytical approach to review data and pull out valuable insights
• Effective communicator both internally and externally while working in person or remotely
• Ability to perform the job safely and with respect for others, for property and for individual safety
• Team player and positive attitude
• Hard-working and self motivated
• Resilient and willing to “go for no”
• Organized and detail oriented
• Willingness to learn and open to coaching