About the Role
Own the product from pre-launch through scale, focusing on building from zero. Operate as the 'mini-CEO' of the creator platform, owning growth, operations, support, product, and marketing end-to-end in a high-autonomy, high-accountability role.
Responsibilities
- Define product strategy and roadmap, translating business goals into a clear backlog with measurable outcomes.
- Own creator acquisition and retention, managing the funnel from signup through sustained engagement.
- Design, test, and iterate on the RPM payout model, balancing creator incentives against campaign ROI.
- Build workflows for content distribution, quality checks, and performance tracking.
- Execute campaigns, working with Marketing & Data teams to scope ad campaigns, set targets, and deliver results.
- Manage cross-platform campaigns for TV shows, including title selection, strategy definition, distribution coordination, and reporting.
- Coordinate cross-functionally with engineering on feature development and with the ops team on daily execution.
- Develop creator sourcing channels and build a self-recruiting community.
- Partner with the content team on creator-facing marketing.
Requirements
- Be highly driven.
- Possess a bias toward speed and shipping, prioritizing action over analysis.
- Have experience taking a product from 0 to 1, shipping something from scratch.
- Demonstrate strong analytical instincts, comfortable modeling unit economics, RPM structures, and creator LTV.
- Be familiar with short-form video ecosystems and creator operations.
Skills
- Founder mindset.
- Experience building a product from 0 to 1, ideally at a marketplace, creator economy, or social platform company.
- Experience planning or managing content distribution campaigns.
- Direct experience with two-sided marketplaces or creator/influencer platforms, understanding supply-side dynamics.
- Background in entertainment, media, or ad-tech.
- Experience with creator payout systems or gig economy payment infrastructure.
- Familiarity with influencer marketing platforms.
- Experience running clipping operations or content arbitrage models.
- Deep familiarity with building communities on Discord.
Experience Level
- Experience taking a product from 0 to 1
About the Company
- Early Media is a media company creating and distributing vertical series.
- We craft narratives with real viral potential and mass appeal while preserving the heart of indie production.
- Every creative decision is sharpened by a proprietary testing and marketing engine.
- We are building a creator-side marketplace to power content testing and promotion at massive scale.
