Manager, Talent (Saulderson) in Manchester

This role is for our newly acquired group company, Saulderson Media.

Saulderson Media is a premium influencer marketing and talent management agency. We specialise in driving awareness and growth, predominantly for gaming, consumer tech, entertainment and SAAS companies. Alongside this, we manage a roster of high-performing content creators across all platforms, providing support to turn content creation passions into long-lasting careers. Over the last 7 years, we have worked with top brands and creators, executing award-winning campaigns for the likes of ASUS, Ubisoft, ACER UK, Sandbox VR, Netflix, Backbone and many more. This year, we became part of The Journey Further Group, a full-service performance marketing agency, that now gives us greater strength and depth to deliver for our clients.

What you will do:

• Directly manage a portfolio of creators, overseeing deals, schedules and inboxes to ensure high-quality delivery.
• Identify, pitch and sign leading and emerging creators to grow the exclusive talent roster in line with recruitment KPIs.
• Report on talent revenue and performance, and contribute to decision-making for the talent department.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing and deal terms to protect talent and agency interests.
• Collaborate with the CEO and Influencer Director on talent division strategy.
• Monitor platform performance, analytics and pricing benchmarks.
• Ensure creators meet deliverables and timelines for campaigns.
• Support the evolution of internal processes and ways of working within talent management.
• Identify opportunities to expand the talent team and support future hiring.
• Act as a trusted advisor to creators, balancing commercial ambition with long-term sustainability.
• Attend in-person meetings and events with the goal of recruiting talent to the agency and new brands to work with your creators.
• Collaborate with our campaign delivery team to identify relevant creators within our campaigns, suitable for management.

Requirements:

• Significant experience in influencer marketing, talent management, creator management, or digital advertising.
• Demonstrated experience managing creators and generating commercial revenue.
• Exposure to gaming, esports, tech or entertainment sectors is advantageous.
• Proactive sales mindset with proven ability to close commercial opportunities.
• Deep understanding of influencer platforms (YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, X, Meta).
• Knowledge of creator pricing models and performance metrics.
• Experience in pitching talent and negotiating brand partnerships.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Journey Further takes pride in creating an environment where everyone can be themselves. This starts with recruitment. We pledge to make our roles as open as possible and to provide equal opportunities to everyone that is kind enough to give us their time. All recruitment decisions we take will be based solely on the positive skills and behaviours that applicants display and absolutely nothing else. We do not discriminate based on any personal characteristic, we are a people first agency and we care about and celebrate individuals. If something is important to you, it's important to us. If you have a particular need during the application process or during your time at Journey Further, please let us know.