Affiliate Creator Community Manager

About the Role: tarte cosmetics is looking for a Affiliate Creator Community Manager to help take our rapidly growing creator affiliate program to the next level. This role will own the day-to-day strategy and management of our affiliate creator communities, with a particular focus on TikTok Shop, Discord and Lark. We’re looking for someone who understands that a best-in-class affiliate program is about more than recruiting creators; it’s about creating a community people genuinely want to be part of. The ideal candidate is deeply plugged into the creator and affiliate ecosystem, understands what motivates creators to post and sell, and knows how to turn community engagement into action. They’ll develop programming, activations, challenges, gamification strategies and communications that keep our affiliates informed, engaged and excited to create content for tarte. This is a hands-on role for someone who is equal parts community builder, creator marketer and affiliate strategist. Responsibilities: Lead the strategy, day-to-day management, and continued growth of tarte’s Discord and Lark affiliate communities, creating an engaging destination where creators want to participate and grow. Develop an ongoing community programming calendar featuring challenges, contests, leaderboards, incentives, recognition programs, trainings, webinars, and IRL creator experiences. Identify, nurture, and reward both top-performing and emerging affiliates, providing the education, resources, content inspiration, and selling strategies needed to drive long-term success. Build scalable communication strategies that quickly mobilize creators around priority products, promotions, commission opportunities, content best practices, and TikTok Shop tools. Stay ahead of TikTok Shop trends, platform updates, affiliate best practices, and emerging creator behaviors, while gathering community feedback to inform internal teams and future programming. Establish and track KPIs for community health and affiliate performance, including active membership, participation, creator activation, content volume, sales, and the effectiveness of community initiatives. What We’re Looking For 5+ years of experience in influencer marketing, affiliate marketing, creator partnerships, social media community management or a related field Previous hands-on experience building and/or managing a Discord community Experience with TikTok Shop affiliate marketing or another social commerce/creator affiliate platform Strong understanding of the creator economy and what motivates creators to engage, create and sell Experience developing creator challenges, incentive programs, ambassador programs or other gamified community initiatives Proven ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with creators at scale Highly creative with a strong pulse on social media, internet culture and emerging creator trends Comfortable using data and performance insights to inform…