Opportunity brief
Persist Ventures is looking for a Business Development & Partnerships Associate to help scale Game of Creators. India's first and largest purely performance-based creator marketing and clipping platform.
Game of Creators is building the operating system for creator-led marketing, where brands launch campaigns and creators earn based on performance, not follower count. Our platform connects brands, agencies, startups, podcasters, movies, music labels, apps, and thousands of creators in one ecosystem.
If you're excited about startups, enjoy building relationships, solving problems, and creating partnerships from scratch, this role is for you. You'll work directly with the founders, take ownership from day one, and play a key role in growing one of India's fastest-growing creator ecosystems.
What you'll do:
- Own creator onboarding and activation - Improving the funnel and onboarding experience
- Manage creator community and engagement
- Coach creators to improve campaign performance
- Identify and reach out to potential brands and agencies
- Build and maintain partnership pipelines
- Book discovery meetings with prospects
- Coordinate campaign execution between brands and creators
- Create SOPs and improve internal processes
- Build scalable onboarding and knowledge resources
- Track KPIs and prepare weekly progress reports
- Identify growth opportunities and implement experiments
- Work closely with the founders on strategic initiatives
What we're looking for:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Self-driven and comfortable working independently
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced startup
- Experience with business development, partnerships, or community management
- Comfortable using AI tools such as ChatGPT or Claude
- Familiarity with Google Workspace or Notion to maintain data created during creating brand pipelines
- Strong problem-solving mindset
- Passion for the creator economy and startups
Nice to have:
- Experience working with creators or influencers
- Startup experience
- Sales or business development experience
- Community management experience Discord, Telegram
- Knowledge of influencer marketing
- Basic understanding of social media analytics
- Content creation or personal brand experience