Partnerships Manager
The role of Senior Partnerships Manager directly reports to our Head of Partnerships, and manages both new and pre-existing partners to bring our collaborations to life. In this role, you will be mainly responsible for finding and pitching top-tier partners for the platform, which align with our vision and ethos. You will manage full execution of the collaborations, with coordination support from the Partnerships team, and will be expected to align with other departments (Marketing, Logistics) to ensure the best possible outcome.
Collaborations include, but are not limited to: collections launched via Experience videos, longer-term partnerships with talent and brands, IRL events and activations, and support with production of goods. Experience in artist management or production (either creative production, event management, or manufacturing) is strongly preferred.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Focus on recruiting, managing, and growing the seller communities of the many existing and upcoming Basic.Space product categories
- Build and pursue a pipeline of sellers
- Manage ongoing relationships and day-to-day communications with strategic sellers in your category
- Educate and support sellers to ensure the success and growth of their businesses on Basic.Space
- Stay close to sellers and buyers in the ecosystem to understand user needs and provide the engineering team with key user insights and problems to solve
- Start-to-finish execution of partnerships with top-tier sellers
- Finding and pitching new partners & overtaking select ongoing seller conversations and executing follow-thru
- Devising timelines for production & launch
- Gathering deliverables from sellers
- Coordinating with production partners efficiently and according to timeline
- Coordinating with seller partners to update and accommodate their needs
- Aligning across teams for successful roll-outs
- Providing Insight and Metrics
- Providing weekly and monthly recaps of talent outreach and status of communication
- Providing insight to the greater team on the success of recent partnerships
- Ability to advise on partnership needs and continued improvement
- Coordination for on-going partnerships
- Working directly with Head of Partnerships for the coordination of larger-scale partnerships, seller outreach, and seller support
- Working with Partnership Coordinators to guide their outreach, assist on seller comms, timelines, and scheduling wherever necessary
WE’RE IDEALLY SEEKING
- You have 5+ years of experience working in a business development / partner-facing role
- You have relationships and previous experience with luxury designers, specifically in design, furniture and art
- You have experience building and executing against a pipeline of targets
- You are scrappy and flexible enough to work in a fast-paced startup environment with limited guidance, and are comfortable pivoting quickly as needed
- You are a strategic and creative thinker who can turn research and data into actionable plans
- An existing network of sellers, creators, and influencers within Basic.Space product categories
- Passion for creator communities and/or existing Basic.Space product categories
- Experience buying and selling in online marketplaces
Find more opportunities on our Basic.Space page. You're welcome to mention that you learned about this role through Calibre Careers.