Senior Creator Partnerships Manager

About AppLovin AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end advertising solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com . To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others. About Gist Gist is a new consumer social app built by AppLovin — a handbook for the curious. We're building our creative engine from the ground up, and we're looking for a Creative Strategist who lives at the intersection of storytelling and performance data. In this role, you'll own the creative strategy behind our paid social advertising. You'll concept, brief, and iterate on ads that are genuinely enriching, while staying deeply connected to the metrics that determine what scales. Central to this is your ability to identify, brief, and collaborate with top creators to produce authentic content that resonates at scale. This is a hands-on seat. You're not handing briefs to an agency and reviewing decks. You're in the work. About the Role We are launching a new social platform dedicated to the relatable, actionable content that people use to navigate their daily lives. We are looking for a Senior Creator Partnerships Manager to be the connective tissue between our platform and the macro and mega influencer talent that will define it. This is a dealmaker role, we want someone who knows the influencer landscape cold, has relationships with talent management companies, and can negotiate custom agreements that make top creators want to build on a new platform. You will own a budget, set recruitment strategy, and be the reason our best creators show up. A Day in the Life Recruit macro and mega/celebrity influencers across US lifestyle verticals to post on our platform and amplify their content elsewhere. Develop and own creator partnership strategy — identifying the right talent mix, negotiating custom deals, and managing relationships with influencers and their management companies. Own and optimize a creator recruitment budget, balancing deal value against platform growth and content quality goals. Build and maintain a strong pipeline of creator talent through your existing network and proactive outreach across agencies, management firms, and platforms. Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to structure deals and ensure smooth creator onboarding and activation. Track and report on creator performance, partnership ROI, and content impact to inform ongoing strategy. The Impact You'll Make Define the creator roster that shapes our platform's identity and drives daily…