Brand Partnerships Manager for Content Creator

We're looking for a brand partnerships specialist to actively prospect, pitch, and close paid brand deals on behalf of a licensed therapist and content creator in the relationship/wellness space. This is not a consulting or strategy role — we need someone who will go out and find deals, not just advise us on how to. About the creator: Dual-licensed therapist (LPC/LMHC) with ~10 years of clinical experience Media features in Forbes, NBC, SELF, and Bustle 185K TikTok, 70K+ Instagram followers, growing steadily Content: relationship dynamics, attachment, communication, multigenerational family format (mother-daughter-grandmother) Highest-performing content is a three-generation video series that recently went viral and led to inbound interest from multiple brands Just closed a brand deal with a shoe company off the back of that virality What we need: Proactively identify and reach out to brands that fit our audience (wellness, relationship, lifestyle, home/family products) — we're not waiting on inbound Pitch using our existing media kit and account audit (we'll provide these) Help negotiate rates, usage rights, and whitelisting terms — we have basic frameworks in place but want someone who can push for better terms than we've gotten solo Ideal experience: Prior work at an influencer marketing agency or as an in-house brand partnerships freelancer for creators in the 50K–500K follower range Track record of securing paid deals (please share deal values/examples, not just testimonials) Comfortable with commission-based compensation Compensation: Commission-based, 15% of secured deal value, paid upon contract signing.