THE PROBLEM WE ARE SOLVING. Today customers often find shopping ideas and inspiration outside of Amazon, however once a customer discovers what they want, they often come to amazon to buy it. At Inspirational shopping we are looking to close this customer experience gap by seamlessly connecting the dots from inspiration to purchase, in short, we are pursuing the future and promise of social commerce.
HOW WE ARE SOLVING THE PROBLEM. The Shop By Interest team helps customers discover and curate ideas, interests and products based on recommendations from social media influencers, creators, brands and publishers they trust. We bring window shopping online with visually rich, photo and video-first experiences that make customers feel acknowledged, entertained and inspired. We focus on the joy of shopping by enabling customers to shop by interest, topic or recommendation source.
THE ROLE. This role is responsible for bringing creators to new social commerce programs we're building that celebrates creators that authentically create content around their favorite interests. This role will manage the onboarding, oversight, and recruitment of social media influencers in new programs. This role will work alongside the product team to evolve customer-facing initiatives to bring engaging content to Amazon’s window-shopping experience.
Key job responsibilities
- Understands and effectively negotiates within the boundaries of acceptable deal terms for the creator program.
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
- Can lead their own deals with limited oversight from others.
- Lead creator recruitment for rapidly growing program.
- Onboard and train creators on best practices, expectations, and guidelines for new content.
- Track monthly deliverables from creators.
- Create contracts and manage payment for all creators in the program.
- Deliver feedback to creators.
- Document and track program success.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of business development, partnership management, or sourcing new business experience
- 3+ years of developing, negotiating and executing business agreements experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce or similar software
- Experience in setting up and managing a sales pipeline
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience interpreting data and making business recommendations
- Experience in online advertising or high-tech products/services
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $74,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $159,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.