5 Tech Companies Moving the Creator Economy Forward
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Over the past decade the idea of making a living off of content creation has gone from a novel idea to reality for a growing number of people.
Creators get the luxury of creating the kind of content they produce, choosing their own schedule, deciding which brands to work with, and all the other benefits that come with being your own boss.
Savvy companies realize that creators and influencers are the future of reaching their target audience in a cost effective manner. They are finding ways to support and bankroll creators while profiting themselves.
CreatorIQ is a Los Angeles-based company dedicated to connecting the world's biggest brands with creators in order to create digital marketing that will achieve a variety of business objectives such as creating brand loyalty and repeat sales. Last year they closed a $40M funding round.
New York-based Lumanu has created a SaaS platform that makes for a more frictionless experience between creators and marketers. Their platform offers automated payments for creators, integration with a brands existing accounting and CRM, and more. Last year, they were named one of the top New York creator economy startups.
If you want to work for a company powering creativity and building smarter marketing solutions, here are 5 creator economy companies hiring now.
- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://www.socialnative.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Argentina, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, London
- About
Social Native is a marketplace technology company that empowers marketers to create, source and optimize authentic visual content in the most efficient way possible. Leveraging the world's first AI-powered creative platform, brands partner with Social Native to improve the performance of their paid and organic social strategy with a combination of Influencer Marketing, Custom Content, and Content Editing solutions.
- Industries
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- http://www.kajabi.com
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Irvine
- About
Easily create, publish and sell beautiful digital products and membership sites with Kajabi.
- Industries
Powerful enough for the world’s largest companies. Nimble enough for its most innovative201-500 Employees- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- 5.0Highly ratedCreatorIQ is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 5.0 out of 5 stars
- 4.7Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate CreatorIQ 4.7/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- 5.0Strong LeadershipEmployees rate CreatorIQ 5.0/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- https://creatoriq.com/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, London, New York, Culver City
- About
CreatorIQ is the global system of record for managing and optimizing creator-driven campaigns at scale. Powerful enough for the world’s biggest enterprises and nimble enough for its most innovative, CreatorIQ’s Enterprise Creator Cloud enables intelligent creator discovery, streamlines end-to-end workflow, ensures brand safety, and drives meaningful measurement.
- Industries
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- 4.6Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Teachable 4.6/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- Website
- https://teachable.com/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- United States
- About
Teachable is an instructor-focused online course platform that empowers course creators to build and sell courses on any topic—from iOS development to watercolor painting to card tricks. Instructors using our platform have collectively earned more than $555 million to date.
- Industries
E-Commerce Platforms
- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://www.lumanu.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Milwaukee, New York City, San Francisco
- About
Lumanu's mission is to increase the value of the Creator Economy by using technology to reduce the friction between all parties. Our SaaS platform powers the business transactions between creators and marketers.
- Industries
- Social Media Advertising
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