Founding Creator Partnerships & Community Specialist

Company: ClothME Location: Austin, Texas, USA Employment Type: Full-Time Work Arrangement: On-site / Hybrid Reports To: Founder & CEO (initially) Compensation: Competitive Base Salary + Performance Incentives + Equity Eligibility Relocation Assistance: May be available

About ClothME

ClothME is building a better way for people to discover and shop for fashion.

We're creating a fit-first fashion marketplace that helps people discover clothing likely to fit them and their families, while helping fashion brands, boutiques, and retailers reach relevant shoppers.

Our platform brings together personalized fit intelligence, product discovery, merchant technology, and creator-driven commerce to make fashion shopping more convenient, personalized, and accessible.

For fashion businesses, ClothME provides an opportunity to acquire new customers, increase online and in-store sales, and reduce fit-related returns through a performance-based model.

There are no setup, subscription, or listing fees. ClothME earns a commission when it generates a sale.

Alongside ClothME, we're developing Thesi, our creator platform designed to connect creators with opportunities to promote fashion products, participate in campaigns, produce authentic content, and earn through their work.

Our long-term vision is to become the operating system for fashion retail.

We're an early-stage technology company with ambitious plans to grow across North America and eventually expand internationally.

We're looking for a Founding Creator Partnerships & Community Specialist who wants to help build that future.

About the Role

As a Founding Creator Partnerships & Community Specialist, you'll play an important role in building and supporting ClothME's creator ecosystem.

You'll work directly with our Founder and collaborate with Growth & Marketing, Merchant Partnerships, Product, and Engineering to recruit creators, help them onboard to Thesi, coordinate campaigns, and develop an engaged creator community.

This is a hands-on role combining creator recruitment, community building, partnerships, campaign coordination, content strategy, and creator success.

You'll help creators understand how to participate in campaigns, create engaging content, promote products, and build opportunities to earn through the platform.

You'll also help us understand what creators need, identify ways to improve their experience, and develop programs that encourage long-term participation.

We're not simply looking to build a large list of influencers.

We want to build a community of creators who are active, supported, and genuinely excited about the opportunities available through ClothME and Thesi.

As ClothME grows, there will be opportunities to develop professionally, specialize in different areas, and take on broader responsibilities.

Your Mission

Help build a thriving creator community where creators can discover opportunities, produce authentic fashion content, grow their influence, and generate meaningful value for themselves, merchants, and shoppers.

What You'll Do

Creator Recruitment & Partnerships

Help grow our creator community across the United States and Canada, with opportunities to support international expansion.

Responsibilities include:

• Research and identify fashion, lifestyle, family, beauty, and other relevant content creators.
• Recruit nano, micro, and emerging creators who align with ClothME's mission.
• Develop and execute creator outreach strategies.
• Build relationships with creators across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, and other relevant platforms.
• Explain the opportunities available through ClothME and Thesi.
• Conduct introductory conversations and creator onboarding sessions.
• Maintain an organized pipeline of prospective creators.
• Follow up with interested applicants and help them complete registration.
• Identify promising creators for campaigns and long-term partnerships.
• Collaborate with Growth & Marketing on creator acquisition initiatives.

Creator Onboarding & Activation

Help creators successfully begin participating in the ecosystem.

Responsibilities include:

• Guide creators through Thesi registration and profile setup.
• Explain available campaigns and participation requirements.
• Help creators understand product promotion and affiliate attribution.
• Educate creators about unique referral links and campaign tracking.
• Support creators in selecting relevant products to promote.
• Help creators prepare their first campaign participation.
• Identify and resolve common onboarding difficulties.
• Coordinate technical issues with Product and Engineering.
• Develop onboarding guides, tutorials, and educational resources.
• Follow up with inactive creators and encourage meaningful participation.

Creator Campaigns & UGC Coordination

Support the execution of creator campaigns that help merchants reach relevant audiences.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate creator participation in campaigns.
• Communicate campaign objectives, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Help creators understand product information and brand expectations.
• Support authentic user-generated content production.
• Track content submissions and campaign progress.
• Review content against agreed campaign requirements.
• Coordinate feedback and revisions when necessary.
• Help merchants identify suitable creators for campaigns.
• Monitor campaign participation and performance.
• Document successful campaign approaches and opportunities for improvement.

Creator Community Building

Help create a welcoming and engaged community where creators feel supported.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop community engagement initiatives.
• Maintain regular communication with participating creators.
• Organize virtual meetups, educational sessions, and creator discussions.
• Support community challenges and collaborative activities.
• Recognize creator achievements and contributions.
• Encourage creators to share feedback and ideas.
• Help establish community guidelines and participation standards.
• Identify opportunities for creators to collaborate with one another.
• Build long-term relationships with active community members.
• Help create a positive and inclusive community culture.

Creator Success & Education

Help creators develop their skills and achieve meaningful outcomes.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop creator education materials and best practices.
• Share guidance on creating engaging fashion and lifestyle content.
• Help creators understand campaign performance.
• Educate creators about affiliate links and attribution.
• Support creators in improving content quality and consistency.
• Identify common challenges affecting creator participation.
• Help creators understand available earning opportunities.
• Encourage responsible and transparent promotional practices.
• Support creator retention through ongoing engagement and communication.

Social Media & Content Collaboration

Work with Growth & Marketing to support ClothME's content strategy.

Responsibilities include:

• Identify promising creator-generated content.
• Coordinate permission-based reuse of creator content.
• Support social media and community campaigns.
• Help develop UGC content briefs.
• Identify relevant content trends.
• Collaborate on product launches and brand campaigns.
• Encourage authentic storytelling about ClothME's shopping experience.
• Track content engagement and campaign results.
• Help identify creators suitable for ongoing brand collaborations.

Merchant & Creator Collaboration

Help strengthen relationships between creators and fashion businesses.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate with Merchant Partnerships to identify products suitable for creator campaigns.
• Help communicate merchant campaign requirements to creators.
• Support product discovery and selection within Thesi.
• Gather feedback from creators about products and campaign experiences.
• Help merchants understand creator participation and campaign outcomes.
• Identify opportunities for repeat collaborations.
• Support the development of scalable creator-to-merchant workflows.

Creator Feedback & Product Improvement

Become an important source of creator insights within ClothME.

Responsibilities include:

• Collect feedback about Thesi and creator workflows.
• Identify recurring onboarding and campaign difficulties.
• Document feature requests and product improvement opportunities.
• Share creator insights with Product and Engineering.
• Participate in testing new creator-facing features.
• Help evaluate improvements to campaign discovery, product selection, and attribution.
• Communicate relevant product updates to creators.
• Support a continuous feedback loop between creators and the company.

Reporting & Performance

Help establish measurable and repeatable creator recruitment and success processes.

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain accurate creator relationship records.
• Track recruitment outreach and conversion.
• Monitor creator onboarding and activation.
• Track campaign applications and participation.
• Monitor content publication and campaign completion.
• Analyze creator-driven traffic and attributed sales where available.
• Identify reasons creators become inactive.
• Prepare regular creator community and campaign reports.
• Recommend improvements based on performance data.

Required Qualifications

We're interested in demonstrated experience, strong relationship-building skills, creativity, and the ability to execute.

You should have:

• 3+ years of experience in creator partnerships, influencer marketing, community building, social media, affiliate marketing, partnerships, or a related field.
• Experience working directly with content creators or online communities.
• Strong understanding of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other relevant social platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills.
• Experience coordinating campaigns, collaborations, or community initiatives.
• Good organizational and project coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple creator relationships and activities.
• Familiarity with content creation and UGC best practices.
• Ability to interpret basic campaign and engagement metrics.
• Comfortable working independently and collaborating across teams.
• Willingness to learn new technologies and processes.
• Interest in fashion, lifestyle, consumer technology, or the creator economy.

A specific degree is not required if you can demonstrate relevant experience and results.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with any of the following would be an advantage:

• Nano and micro-influencer programs.
• Fashion and lifestyle creator communities.
• Affiliate marketing and performance-based campaigns.
• Creator marketplaces or influencer platforms.
• UGC campaign coordination.
• Creator education and onboarding.
• Community events and engagement programs.
• E-commerce and marketplace businesses.
• Shopify or fashion merchant ecosystems.
• Consumer mobile applications.
• Startup or early-stage technology companies.
• Creator analytics and attribution.
• Social media content production.
• International creator partnerships.

Tools & Technology

You don't need experience with every tool listed below. We're looking for someone who can learn quickly and use technology effectively.

Creator & Community Platforms

• Thesi Creator Platform
• Instagram
• TikTok
• YouTube
• Pinterest
• Discord or comparable community platforms

Creator & Affiliate Tools

• Creator campaign dashboards
• Affiliate and referral tracking platforms
• Campaign reporting tools
• Creator relationship management systems

CRM & Communication

• HubSpot or comparable CRM platforms
• Google Workspace
• Zoom
• Google Meet
• Loom

Content & Creative

• Canva
• CapCut
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Cloud

Analytics & Reporting

• Google Sheets
• Microsoft Excel
• Social platform analytics
• Google Analytics 4
• Marketplace reporting dashboards

Collaboration

• Notion
• Slack
• Linear or comparable project management tools

AI & Productivity

• ChatGPT
• Claude
• AI-assisted research, communication, and productivity tools

Experience with equivalent tools is welcome.

What Success Looks Like

First 30 Days

• Understand ClothME's mission, marketplace model, and creator strategy.
• Become familiar with Thesi and its creator workflows.
• Review existing creator relationships, applications, and campaigns.
• Understand how creators discover opportunities and participate in campaigns.
• Identify common onboarding and engagement challenges.
• Begin building relationships with existing and prospective creators.
• Recommend improvements to creator communications and onboarding.

First 90 Days

• Establish consistent creator recruitment and follow-up processes.
• Help new creators complete onboarding and participate in campaigns.
• Coordinate initial UGC and product promotion initiatives.
• Improve creator activation and engagement.
• Develop reusable creator onboarding and campaign resources.
• Establish regular creator community communications.
• Build reporting processes for creator recruitment and participation.
• Identify promising creators for ongoing partnerships.

First 12 Months

• Help build a growing network of active creators.
• Develop repeatable creator recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Improve creator activation and retention.
• Support consistent UGC production and campaign participation.
• Help establish strong relationships between creators and merchants.
• Contribute to measurable creator-driven customer acquisition and sales.
• Build a supportive creator community.
• Help create scalable creator operations as ClothME expands.

How Performance Will Be Measured

We believe a successful creator ecosystem is defined by active participation, meaningful relationships, and measurable outcomes—not simply follower counts or registrations.

Performance may be evaluated through:

Creator Acquisition

• Qualified creator leads.
• Creator outreach conversion.
• New creator registrations.
• Creator acquisition efficiency.

Creator Activation

• Percentage of creators completing onboarding.
• Percentage participating in their first campaign.
• Time from registration to first campaign activity.
• Number of active creators.

Campaign Performance

• Campaign participation and completion.
• Published UGC.
• Content quality and engagement.
• Creator-driven traffic.
• Attributed registrations and sales.
• Repeat campaign participation.

Community Health

• Creator retention.
• Community participation.
• Creator satisfaction.
• Response and support quality.
• Creator feedback and referrals.

Specific targets will be established based on ClothME's growth stage, available resources, and business priorities.

Who Will Thrive Here

You'll likely enjoy this role if you:

• Love working with creative people.
• Enjoy building meaningful relationships.
• Understand how creators think and work.
• Are naturally organized and dependable.
• Take initiative without waiting for constant direction.
• Enjoy coordinating projects and campaigns.
• Are comfortable in an early-stage company.
• Can balance creativity with measurable results.
• Care about helping creators succeed.
• Welcome feedback and continuous improvement.
• Want to help build a technology company with global ambitions.

We're looking for someone who is thoughtful, proactive, creative, and committed to building a valuable creator community.

Compensation & Benefits

ClothME aims to provide competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.

Depending on eligibility and finalized company policies, benefits may include:

• Competitive base salary.
• Performance-based incentives.
• Equity participation for eligible employees.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off and company holidays.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Learning and professional development opportunities.
• Modern work equipment.
• Travel opportunities for relevant creator events.
• Relocation assistance where applicable.
• Long-term career development opportunities.

Final compensation and benefits will be communicated during recruitment.

Career Growth & Development

This is a founding position with opportunities to grow as ClothME expands.

As our creator ecosystem grows, we expect opportunities to emerge across creator partnerships, community development, campaign operations, creator success, and international creator programs.

Depending on your interests, performance, and company needs, potential career paths include:

• Senior Creator Partnerships & Community Specialist
• Creator Partnerships Lead
• Creator Community Lead
• Director of Creator Partnerships
• Director of Creator Community
• VP of Creator Partnerships
• VP of Community

These are potential career paths, not guaranteed promotions.

We believe advancement should reflect demonstrated results, collaboration, leadership ability, and the evolving needs of the business.

We want people who join ClothME early to have the opportunity to develop professionally and take on greater responsibilities as the company grows.

Interview Process

Our interview process focuses on practical experience, relationship-building, creativity, campaign execution, and community development.

Stage 1 — Initial Conversation

Discuss your background, creator economy experience, and interest in ClothME.

Stage 2 — Founder Interview

Meet with the Founder to learn about ClothME, Thesi, and our creator community vision.

Stage 3 — Creator Partnerships & Community Discussion

Walk us through creator programs, campaigns, or communities you've personally helped build or manage.

Stage 4 — Practical Creator Scenario

Complete a focused, job-relevant exercise involving creator recruitment, campaign coordination, or community engagement. We aim to respect candidates' time and avoid unnecessarily lengthy assignments.

Stage 5 — Collaboration & Values Interview

Discuss your approach to communication, teamwork, creator support, and problem-solving.

Stage 6 — References & Offer

For shortlisted candidates, complete reference checks and discuss compensation, responsibilities, and next steps.

Why Join ClothME?

At ClothME, you'll have the opportunity to help build a creator ecosystem that connects fashion, technology, and commerce.

You'll work closely with the Founder and collaborate across Growth, Merchant Partnerships, Product, and Engineering.

Your work will help creators discover opportunities, develop their skills, build relationships with fashion brands, and participate in a new model of creator-driven commerce.

You'll have opportunities to contribute ideas, shape programs, and grow professionally as the company expands.

We're building a team that values ownership, creativity, collaboration, and meaningful results.

If you're excited about empowering creators, building communities, and helping shape the future of fashion commerce, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us in building a better future for fashion commerce.

Equal Opportunity

ClothME is committed to providing equal employment opportunities.

We welcome qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds and evaluate candidates based on their experience, capabilities, and ability to contribute to our mission.

Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process.

How to Apply

Apply through the ClothME Careers page:

https://clothme.io/careers

Please include your resume and, if available, examples of creator programs, UGC campaigns, or communities you've helped develop.

We'd especially love to learn about a creator partnership or community initiative you personally worked on, how you approached it, and the results you achieved.