Business Development Manager, Brands – Creator Marketing

• Own and hit a daily outreach activity goal through calls, emails, LinkedIn, and conference outreach
• Build and maintain a qualified pipeline of brand and marketing decision-makers
• Identify and cultivate new business opportunities with brands running or evaluating creator, affiliate, or influencer marketing programs
• Develop, test, and refine outbound strategies with the VP, Sales, and cross-functional team
• Own a small sales quota focused on mid-size growth brands, managing opportunities from first touch through close
• Respond promptly to inbound leads, qualify prospects, and schedule calls with the right stakeholders
• Maintain CRM hygiene in HubSpot, including activity logging, deal-stage updates, and accurate pipeline forecasts
• Join strategy calls, take CRM notes, and support proposal, RFP, and RFI creation
• Project manage proposal, RFP, and RFI creation
• Support the ideation and creation of pitch decks
• Conduct prospect and account research and deliver actionable briefs to the sales team
• Own email follow-ups, recaps, and pipeline tracking across stakeholders
• Apply firsthand knowledge of creator and affiliate platforms and networks to differentiate Trevant
• Grow toward a full-cycle, quota-carrying partnership account manager role

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in a sales, business development, or partnerships role within the creator, affiliate, or influencer marketing industry (agency, network, platform, or brand-side), OR one to three years in a traditional SDR/BDR/full-cycle sales role, ideally in an agency or martech environment
• Working knowledge of the creator/affiliate ecosystem, including influencer programs, affiliate networks, or shoppable platforms like TikTok Shop and ShopMy; this can substitute for traditional SaaS sales experience
• Comfortable owning and being measured against a daily activity goal and pipeline/revenue targets
• Client or partner management experience, ideally in the influencer, affiliate, agency, or content industry
• Strong CRM discipline; HubSpot experience preferred, and comfort with a project management platform such as Asana
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to craft outbound messaging that earns a reply from marketing and brand-partnership stakeholders
• Proficient in creating engaging, high-impact proposal decks using Google Slides
• Highly organized and self-motivated, with the ability to juggle multiple accounts and shifting priorities

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in sales and business development within the creator and affiliate marketing industry, with a strong focus on pipeline management, client engagement, and proposal creation. Proficient in utilizing CRM tools like HubSpot and project management platforms to drive outreach and maintain organized workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Sales Experience in Creator Marketing
• CRM Management in HubSpot
• Proposal and RFP Creation
• Client Management in Influencer Marketing
• Outbound Strategy Development

Hard Skills

• Sales Development
• Pipeline Management
• Proposal Creation
• Account Research
• Outbound Messaging

Soft Skills

• Excellent Communication
• Highly Organized
• Self-Motivated

Industry Keywords

• Creator Marketing
• Affiliate Marketing
• Influencer Programs
• Affiliate Networks
• Shoppable Platforms

Tools & Technologies

• HubSpot
• Asana
• Google Slides