Business Development, Creator Economy

You find highly followed artists & creators, show them a change in the art & social commerce market most of them don't know is happening, and close. You earn uncapped commission on everything they sell through us in their first year.

About us

creativehub & theprintspace have spent 18 years transforming how art is sold, with a blend of art, data and technology. Today we have evolved into a social commerce agency that helps clients from marketing to order fulfilment, with facilities in Shoreditch, Düsseldorf, Dallas and DUMBO, Brooklyn. Learn more about our artist and creator marketing approach.

The market is going through a once-in-a-generation disruption: social commerce. An artist or creator with an engaged following can now sell prints, apparel and one-of-a-kind pieces directly to that audience, and most of them do not yet know it. Your job is to find them, show them, and sign them.

The role

This is a pure new-business role. You do not manage a book. You work the top of the funnel: identify the right artists & creators, open the conversation, run the pitch, agree the terms and get them to a first drop. At the first drop you hand the client to one of our Artist & Creator Managers, who takes the relationship from there, and you move on to the next one. Our India-based outreach team feeds you leads and research every day; a dedicated account-handling team builds every launch. Your time goes on finding, pitching and closing.

What you will do

• Identify the right artists & creators, using our in-house system for tracking social engagement and your own eye for what will sell.
• Open conversations cold, through introductions and at fairs, shows and events, and build the relationship that gets a yes.
• Pitch the model: prints, apparel and merchandise made and fulfilled by us, auctions of originals and collectibles, drops, collaborations and pop-ups.
• Agree the terms and sign the client, including one-year fulfilment contracts where the fit is right.
• Run the first drop jointly with the manager who will keep the client, then hand over cleanly.
• Keep every lead, conversation and next step in the CRM from first contact.
• Own a monthly target for new clients activated, and the uncapped commission that comes with beating it.

What we are looking for

Essential

• Direct experience in the creative industry in a business development role.
• A track record of closing: you have found prospects, built relationships and signed them, and you can show the numbers.
• Comfort with a high volume of outreach and a long list of live conversations.
• A welcoming, confident, outgoing personality: artists and creators have to want to work with you.
• Enough understanding of social media and e-commerce to explain how an audience becomes revenue.
• A strong passion for art or social commerce.

Welcome, not necessarily required

• An understanding of how artists and creators make a living.
• An existing network among artists, creators, galleries or creator agencies.
• Experience selling to founders, sole traders or talent rather than to companies.

If you don't have every item on the first list but you burn to lead this change, apply anyway and make the case. We can teach a great deal; we can't teach drive.

What we offer

• Base salary plus uncapped commission on everything each client you sign sells through us in their first twelve months, paid monthly from their first drop.
• Leads and research from our outreach team, and a launch team that delivers what you sell.
• Comprehensive ongoing training from our industry-leading social commerce team.
• Career growth in a company widely recognised as the leading innovator in its field.
• Fully remote, or hybrid at our Shoreditch studio.
• Flexible working hours. A significant proportion of our clients are US based.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any characteristic protected by law.