Influencer & Partnerships Manager (Ecommerce)

Location: New York, NY; hybrid schedule based in the NYC office. Occasional travel to events, photo/video shoots, or influencer meetups is required.

Company

RugsUSA is an online home goods retailer offering area rugs, lighting, and accessories through a broad e-commerce assortment.

What you will do

• Identify, vet, recruit, and manage influencers, content creators, brand ambassadors, affiliates, and product partners.
• Lead outreach, negotiations, contracting, gifting, seeding, and paid partnership campaigns from briefing through content delivery.
• Coordinate product partnership marketing, including creative shoots, social posts, and partner approvals.
• Track and report campaign reach, engagement, conversion, ROI, budgets, invoices, and payments.
• Collaborate with Social Media, Creative, and Performance Marketing on campaign calendars and creator content.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor activity, emerging platforms, and affiliate program growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in influencer marketing, partnerships, social media, or PR, ideally in retail or e-commerce.
• Working knowledge of influencer and affiliate platforms such as LTK, ShopMy, and Aspire, plus social media analytics tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build and maintain external relationships.
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets for budget tracking, performance analysis, and reporting.
• Ability to work from the NYC office on a hybrid schedule and support launches or events outside standard business hours when needed.

Nice to have

• Experience in home goods, furniture, or design and lifestyle industries.
• Familiarity with TikTok Shop, LTK, ShopMy, affiliate influencer programs, or livestream shopping.
• Experience managing product partnerships and coordinating marketing needs across two parties.

Culture & Benefits

• Healthy work/life balance culture.
• Benefits package for eligible full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, PTO, and 401(k).
• Career advancement opportunities across departments.
• Employee discount across the company’s house of brands.