Partnerships Manager, UK & Europe

Allied Global Marketing is a leading full-service entertainment, culture, and lifestyle-marketing agency. We build strategic campaigns for a diverse range of clients that connect audiences with experiences they love. Our team of experts captures the unique energy of each project with customized strategies that deliver on-target messaging and drive bottom-line results. An integrated approach is supported by our on-the-ground network of 24 offices and over 500 colleagues across the globe, providing resources and relationships that our partners and clients know and trust.

The Partnerships Team, based at the company’s UK head office in Soho, are responsible for delivering brand partnerships across UK, Europe and International markets for several major entertainment and gaming clients. We are looking for a Partnerships Manager to join the team to work primarily on international partnerships for our global streaming client. We operate a hybrid working model where employees are office-based for two days a week (Tuesday and Thursday) in our office in Soho, London. Employees are welcome to use the office 5 days a week.

The role of Partnerships Manager would suit someone who is passionate about streaming, entertainment, gaming and culture. This individual will have the responsibility for planning, developing, implementing, and executing brand partnership campaigns across a variety of brand partners. This role would suit someone who is driven, creative and collaborative as you will be working alongside the Senior Partnerships Director and Senior Partnerships Manager to create standout brand partnership moments, telling compelling stories for our client and brand partners, whilst driving tangible results. Due to the varied projects and opportunities, this role will suit someone who is proactive, organised with great attention to detail and has experience managing the day-to-day of a major client. The Partnerships Manager should be passionate about immersing themselves into our client’s IP and to deliver engaging results to the benefit of the client, partners, and fans.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work alongside Senior Partnerships Director on delivering for our clients to include: Confidently pitch and present to brands alongside the Senior Partnerships Director & Senior Partnerships Manager.
• Build engaging pitch decks (presentations, concepts, etc.), demonstrating creative thinking and strong proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of tools.
• Compile contact details for promotional pitch lists and initiate outreach via cold-emailing.
• Research potential partners and industry trends and participate in creative team brainstorms to identify new brands and opportunities.
• Help foster a high-performing culture that supports the goals of the company.
• Have a presence on the team, offer solutions to challenges based on current or past experiences.
• Best in class account management – acting as point of contact on all initial client enquiries and delivering standout service to key external stakeholders (brand partners).
• Update and maintain client and partner-facing materials e.g., term sheets, status reports and marketing calendars.
• Manage preparation and delivery of partnership recap reports.

Candidate Profile:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience (related field or similar).
• Strong knowledge and passion for the entertainment industry preferred.
• Proficiency with Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Drive), Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) & Apple Keynote.
• Experience crafting pitch decks and presentations in PowerPoint & Keynote.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel.
• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to prioritise, capable of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of accuracy.
• Positive attitude, good persuasive skills, ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ambitious, resourceful, focused and goal oriented.
• Creative thinker and problem solver, team player.

Benefits:

This position is eligible to participate in the benefits offered to UK employees of Allied Global Marketing, which includes health, life, critical illness and income protection, and retirement plan with employer contribution. Allied Global Marketing is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or any other status protected under UK law.