- Location
- San Francisco California USA
- Employment
- Full-time
- Seniority
- Senior
- Compensation
- $125,000–145,000/year
- Department
- Clienteling, CRM & VIP Relations
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
About Benefit Cosmetics
Benefit Cosmetics is a global beauty house born in San Francisco in 1976, renowned for its witty spirit, brow expertise, and feel-good approach to makeup. As part of the LVMH family, the brand offers employees the dynamism of an entrepreneurial culture with the reach and discipline of an international luxury group. Benefit cultivates talent across retail, artistry, education, marketing, and corporate functions, valuing warmth, confidence, and commercial flair as highly as technical skill. Its teams thrive in a playful yet performance-driven environment where client experience, creativity, and inclusive self-expression shape every career journey.
Benefit Cosmetics is hiring a Senior Manager, Influencer Relations to lead creator partnerships, campaign execution, contract administration, and cross-channel collaboration. The permanent, full-time role is hybrid, with onsite presence at Benefit HQ three days per week; the target salary range in California is $125,000–$145,000 annually, with actual pay based on market location and other factors.
Role & Responsibilities
- Develop and manage brand influencer partnerships and events; lead day-to-day execution and project management of partnerships, events, and always-on campaigns from brief through post-campaign reporting.
- Execute a multi-tiered, cross-platform creator strategy to drive daily awareness, engagement, and earned content generation.
- Serve as the primary operational contact for agency partners, facilitating daily workflows and supporting agreement tracking.
- Lead negotiation and development of contracts for paid influencer partnerships, including campaigns, photo shoots, and experiential activations.
- Optimize influencer initiatives day to day to maximize performance across new product launches and core franchises, both organic and paid.
- Oversee hands-on creator contracting, talent vetting, and creative briefing for always-on creator programs.
- Work daily with internal teams to fulfill partnership requests and content needs and provide cross-channel support.
- Manage influencer network growth, performance tracking, data aggregation, and regular campaign reporting.
- Coordinate with PR and social teams to align activation schedules and support cohesive, cross-channel communication plans; collaborate cross-functionally on relevant initiatives, partnership requests, and content needs.
Qualifications
- Minimum 6–8 years of progressive experience in marketing, PR, and/or digital media, with a strong focus on hands-on influencer operations.
- At least 4 years of dedicated, direct experience managing digital influencer marketing campaigns and creator networks in-house or at an agency.
- Proven ability to independently lead complex influencer campaigns from brief development and contract negotiation through execution and performance reporting.
- Experience managing, mentoring, and developing direct reports; people-management experience is required.
- Advanced negotiation skills, with a proven history of structuring and closing creator contracts, agency agreements, and activation scopes.
- Expert knowledge of the beauty industry, creator landscape, digital content trends, and emerging social platforms.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and polished relationship-building capabilities across internal teams, agency partners, and talent.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and operationally rigorous, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
Experience
Minimum 6–8 years of progressive experience in marketing, PR, and/or digital media, with a strong focus on hands-on influencer operations; at least 4 years of dedicated, direct experience managing digital influencer marketing campaigns and creator networks in-house or at an agency.
Workplace
This position is based in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Compensation
The base compensation for this position ranges from USD 125,000 to USD 145,000 per annum.
Benefits
Eligible for an annual bonus; comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans; 401(k) plan with employer matching; paid time off programs; employee discounts and perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts.
Culture
Benefit Cosmetics fosters a playful, energetic workplace where creativity, confidence, and self-expression are central to the employee experience. As an employer, it combines the dynamism of a bold beauty brand with a collaborative, people-focused environment that encourages teams to delight customers, support one another, and bring a sense of fun to everything they do.
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