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Partnerships Director - London, UK
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London, UK
Partnerships Director - London, UK
This is a pivotal role for Newsroom AI as we enter the next phase of our high-growth journey. We’re looking for a Partnership Director that enables our enterprise clients to successfully introduce our Brand Stories and Conversations products within their commercial portfolio. As our company is spanning multiple time zones and countries, we rely on a culture of direct accountability and trust and look for teammates that will operate effectively in that environment. You must be able to work semi-autonomously and deliver crystal clear communication in both synchronous and asynchronous formats.
About the
Commercial
team:
The Commercial team is a motivated and results-oriented group that drives usage and long-term adoption of our platform with Brand and Agencies. We seek candidates who are analytical, detail-oriented, proactive, and thrive in an energetic environment.
Salary information:
Depending on experience
Responsibilities:
- You will be responsible for implementing and owning the delivery of our global partnership strategy across global Publishers and Agencies.
- Become a Brand Stories solutions expert and facilitate knowledge transfer across to our partners and their go-to-market teams
- Cultivate and maintain relationships with key decision makers at all levels
- Delivering a scalable and repeatable pipeline of opportunities sourced from partners, which ultimately drive usage fees
- Build credibility through strong understanding of the strategy and identify and create solutions to address those needs
- Interact with other parts of the business to create best practices and improve overall success rates
- Able to problem solve at a senior level, skillfully overcoming any challenges that may arise and dealing directly with clients and commercial strategies
Performance Profile:
- Substantial experience creating and project managing successful branded content partnerships, ideally with financial client experience
- Proven track record of successfully driving revenue via direct and partner influenced opportunities
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience in a senior client-facing role within a team environment
- Strong client and agency relationships/contacts across industry categories, and at all levels
- Skilled Storyteller and Presenter, with experience communicating the benefit of marketing opportunities to partners and brands, with an emphasis on translating insights, product information, and data to client value.
- Creative, resourceful and adaptable, able to find solutions to problems
- Experience in people management and team mentorship
Office:
Our London office is based at the bright and spacious WeWork London Victoria. We offer a flexible 3-days in the office and 2 days remote work setup.
Where:
London, UK
Team:
Commercial
Position Type:
Full Time
Updated:
February 4, 2022
Why join us:
1. Work from anywhere
Our technology is used by some of the world’s leading storytellers at companies such as USA Today, Forbes, Guardian or Google.
2. Build awesome products
We share a passion for building world leading editorial and commercial products that influence the lives of millions.
3. Competitive compensation
We offer fair and competitive compensation, for all our team members.
4. Twice yearly global meet-ups
Our global teams meet up twice a year for a week of work, great food and drinks in the same location. Previous locations include Portofino, Lake Como and Istanbul.
5. Empower leading media brands
Our technology is used by some of the world’s leading storytellers at companies such as USA Today, Forbes, Yahoo or the Evening Standard.
6. Shape the future
We offer significant flexibility and support, to shape and develop the role as you work on existing clients and help lead new business in the future.
About Newsroom AI:
We help creators build visual content that engages, entertains and inspires millions.
The path to where we are today was never a straight line, but the common thread is our ability to thrive on change and relentlessly expand our culture, skills and entrepreneurial spirit. We’re headquartered in London, UK but operate as a fully remote, global company with teams and new career opportunities opening up from Melbourne to Cape Town, New York and Mexico City.
Newsroom AI by the numbers:
Our products reach millions of users every month, while unlocking immense commercial opportunities for our partners.
+800M
Monthly people reached
25,000
Content Creators
100
New stories published
every hour
every hour
+$25M
Revenue generated for
our partners in 2020
our partners in 2020
Our Investors:
We're backed by some of the greatest minds in media, technology and journalism.
Who uses our platform:
Our technology powers the content creation capabilities of thousands of publishers, brands, agencies and independent creators from 52+ countries around the world.
Brand Stories:
Brand Stories redefine brand-supported experiences with a format purposely engineered for the mobile age. The product helps sales organizations such as Verizon Media, Singapore Press Holdings, The Evening Standard or Lonely Planet bring to market an uniquely differentiated sponsored content experience that’s amplified across premium content using existing ad placements and infrastructure.
Editorial Content:
Web Stories enable iconic media brands such as Forbes, Vice, USA Today or Condé Nast to create engaging visual content for the Google Discover platforms. Our authoring platform is a category leader, recognised, used and advocated by Google.
Our Values:
Our everyday work, partnerships and communication are driven by 7 operating principles.
1.
Embracing positive storytelling
We believe in the positive change that storytelling creates among teams, generations and cultures, in our work or everyday lives.
2.
A shared mission
Our success is entirely dependent on the strength of our partnerships. We’re fully invested in building and nurturing long term relationships with all of our partners, irrespective of size or location.
3.
Radically transparent
We aim for complete transparency around our business models, hiring practices and communication of our successes and failures.
4.
Lead by helping others
We grow by sharing knowledge openly with partners and team members. The collective knowledge that we share or acquire enables us to learn faster and get better at solving problems.
5.
Experiment our way through
We encourage trial and error with every aspect of our work. We invite everyone to dream, test, fail, try again and again.
6.
Strength in diversity
We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace to further improve our ability to serve and understand the millions of people our products are reaching.
7.
Dream big
As Marilyn Monroe put it: “Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.”
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