Talent Partnerships Coordinator - Later, Vancouver

About this opportunity

Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. As a Senior Coordinator for Talent Partnerships, you will own and evolve how Later identifies, engages, and activates influencer talent across high-impact influencer marketing campaigns. You will build a best-in-class talent ecosystem that gives clients access to the right creators faster, unlocks premium partnerships, and differentiates Later.

This is both a strategic and executional role. You will shape our point of view on talent while leading day-to-day sourcing, negotiation, and relationship management to bring campaigns to life across teams.

Your impact

You will drive measurable impact by shaping strategy and executing creator procurements:

• Develops and continuously refines Later’s point of view on creator talent across categories, platforms, and cultural trends.
• Identifies emerging and high-impact creators aligned to client objectives and brand positioning.
• Stays ahead of industry shifts, pricing trends, and platform dynamics to inform recommendations.
• Assists in refining processes and best practices, ensuring campaigns align with industry trends and customer goals.
• Proactively surfaces agile talent and culture-driven strategic opportunities, pitching to the appropriate parties in alignment with customer business needs.
• Sources and secures creator talent for campaigns, balancing quality, speed, and strategic fit.
• Embed yourself within the account pod as a creator procurement expert, with a deep understanding of your client’s brand archetype, ideal talent personas, and vetting requirements.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with creators, agents, and managers to unlock priority access to talent.
• Leads sourcing, negotiations, and contracting for all tiers of talent, ensuring talent and agreements meet client strategy, brand safety, and compliance standards.
• Continuously improves workflows and processes to increase scalability and efficiency in talent sourcing and trend identification.
• Organizes recurring touch bases with talent representatives to unlock access for the Customer Team to major talent relationships and milestones.
• Partners with cross functional teams including Services, Product, Strategy, Research, and Creator teams to embed a creator and culture-first approach.
• Acts as the internal expert on creator talent when working with internal teams, advising on best practices.
• Stays ahead of platform shifts, monetization models, and compliance regulations such as FTC guidelines.

Skills and experience

To be successful in this Later career opportunity, you bring the following qualifications:

• 2-3 years of experience in influencer marketing, creator partnerships, or talent management, with a proven track record of building and scaling high-impact creator programs; agency background preferred.
• Demonstrated success in sourcing, negotiating, and managing influencer relationships across all tiers of influencers, and across various partnership models.
• Experience casting talent for brands that sit in highly regulated industries.
• Strong network of creator, agent, and manager relationships across key verticals and platforms.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with experience managing scalable systems that improve efficiency and outcomes.
• Deep understanding of social platforms, creator economics, and cultural trends.
• Experience implementing AI and workflow to increase operational efficiencies.
• Exceptional negotiation and relationship management skills, with the ability to cultivate trust and secure competitive agreements.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with cross-departmental teams.
• Strong understanding of FTC guidelines, brand safety standards, and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with influencer marketing platforms, CRM systems, and campaign analytics tools.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, being operationally excellent, solutions-oriented, and energized by scaling complex systems in a fast-paced environment.
• Clear communicator with strong judgment and attention to detail, with experience representing an organization externally.

Perks and benefits

Later offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits to support permanent team members:

• Market-based and data-driven compensation approach with bi-annual evaluations including performance and market-related factors.
• Salary range structured with On Target Earnings (OTE) between $70,000 and $78,000.
• Eligibility for various benefits plans as part of the overall compensation package for permanent team members.