Senior Partnerships Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

The PMC team sits within the Content Service for Publicis Media. Our Content Service consists of 70+ specialists working across content strategy & planning, creative, production, social, influencers and partnerships. We service Publicis brands, building complete content stories which are audience-centric and platform-native. Our global scale gives us unrivaled access to market-leading data, tech, marketplaces & partners.

Job Description

In response to demand for our services across our partnerships  offering, we require a Senior Manager to join our growing content marketing service, Publicis Content.

Reporting into the Partnerships Director, you will be required to create and deliver multiple branded content partnerships across a range of clients, sectors and media channels. You will also be responsible for project managing the end-to-end delivery of your campaigns across sponsorship, product placement and advertiser funded programmes (AFPs), ensuring they run smoothly, on time and deliver agreed KPIs.

Who are we looking for?

Great communication skills, a passion for project management and a growth mind set are essential for you to be successful in this role. You should have a keen interest in creativity, innovation and the future of media partnerships. This is a growing team looking for someone with ambition backed by solid experience to deliver award winning campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

•Line manage at least one Partnerships Executive, providing leadership, inspiration and motivation

•Provide regular feedback and build a trusted relationship with your Executive, and nurture them to challenge the way things are done to achieve measurable, continuous improvements

•Project manage integrated partnership solutions across a range of clients, including brand partnerships, sponsorships, advertiser funded programmes and product placement

•Challenge suppliers & media owners to deliver innovative responses to briefs & provide solutions to client challenges

•Negotiate best value on every content partnership, ensuring that relevant trading teams are informed of campaigns and that all projects comply with any pre-agreed pricing guarantees by media

•Proactively support your Director and the wider business with responding to new business or organic growth opportunities, confidently challenging briefs and providing creative and innovative responses that align with client’s overall business goals

•Build strong relationships with your team, members of the wider agency, clients, client agency partners, media owners and third parties by encouraging questions and actively listening to needs, to ensure client retention and continued revenue growth

Qualifications

• Prior experience creating and project managing successful branded content partnerships

•Flexible and hard working -used to working to tight deadlines and under pressure

•Wide-reaching knowledge of partnerships and sponsorships across multiple media channels

•Strong creative, project management and negotiation skills

•Creative & structured approach to devising partnership opportunities

Desired skills and experience

•Good knowledge of the different types of content and what makes content engaging

•Able to use active listening, self-disclosure and clear communication to negotiate success

•Able to apply logical and rational judgement to everyday decisions whilst thinking about how these may affect business targets

•Process driven experience using research and measurement tools

•Able to inspire a team culture of change by possessing a positive attitude to ambiguity

•Able to work independently and as part of a team, whilst motivating others

•Experience with budget management

•Strong relationships with media partners

Additional Information

Publicis Media is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and therefore strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups.  We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of their background.
If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.

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