Senior Partnerships Manager in London

Our Senior Partnerships Manager is a critical role in Fresh Air Media to initiate, grow and manage our partnerships with brands, agencies, podcast platforms, channels, talent and podcasters. It involves building amazing collaborative partnerships with top podcasting talent and the biggest shows, and growing Fresh Air Media to be the best specialist podcast media agency in the UK.

We're looking for someone with a media planning/advertising background, who has experience working with clients and managing partnerships/projects. You may be in a brand or creative strategy role looking for something new, from working on pitches, storytelling & positioning to managing and building partnerships with clients/agencies.

This position is a 5 day a week, initially a 12‐month contract role, starting in August 2026, with a salary of £57,935 per annum. You will receive private medical insurance, 28 days per year of paid holiday and be enrolled on Fresh Air's workplace pension scheme.

Our Senior Partnerships Manager IS:

• Creative with ideas and their implementation
• Curious to learn everything about our business & podcasting
• Committed to developing themselves
• Collaborative with colleagues and clients
• Able to initiate and deliver projects
• Ambitious to build, grow and develop Fresh Air Media
• Excited by the challenge

Our Senior Partnerships Manager CAN:

• Build trusted relationships with clients, colleagues & talent
• Manage brands, agencies and podcasters
• Initiate conversations with agencies and brands who don't know who we are
• Succinctly articulate and sell Fresh Air Media's offering to agencies
• Manage accounts and creative projects to deliver on time and on budget
• Work with creatives and video/audio editors to deliver the best ads within podcasts
• Balance multiple projects simultaneously
• Plan and implement campaigns single‐handedly
• Lead pitches and generously help to grow others' ideas
• Support on any relevant projects in articulating positioning & storytelling
• Be flexible in thinking, techniques and approaches
• Be resilient in trying ideas that might not work
• Be proactive in finding ways to improve ways of working and chase down contacts
• Stick to deadlines
• Explain marketing and brand thinking to producers and podcasters
• Adapt communication style and ways of working according to the needs of colleagues and clients
• Be an ambassador for Fresh Air at client and industry events
• Help to shape the future of Fresh Air

Our Senior Partnerships Manager HAS:

• Demonstrable experience in creating, negotiating and delivering podcast campaigns for brands, either within an agency or direct for a brand
• Experience in client servicing, especially on the media or creative agency side with a love of podcasting
• Good knowledge of the internal workings of media and creative agencies - with a strong network to make things happen
• A natural networking ability, and the instinct to commercially and creatively grow Fresh Air's business and deliver amazing campaigns for clients
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Evidence of creative strategy, media planning and data handling in a previous role
• The ability to work independently and manage their own time
• Tons of ideas, team spirit, character and a sense of humour

You will be a lynchpin at the heart of Fresh Air Media, creating podcast partnerships with brands, agencies and the world of podcasting. You will manage our biggest clients, execute podcast campaigns across all the podcast platforms, be the podcast expert in the room, and make the biggest, most creative, most effective campaigns happen.

Your typical working week might be made up of a combination of any of (but not limited to) the following:

• Coming up with a winning creative strategy for an original show with a brand
• Partnering with a media partner, a brand and Fresh Air to grow an existing show
• Proactive pitches for targeted brands and podcast opportunities, working closely with producers, talent and the executive team
• Producing high quality audio and video creative work with creatives and editors
• Using audience insights, platform data and pixel tracking to measure effectiveness and ROI
• Liaising with everyone from Acast to Goalhanger, from Flight Story to Spotify to execute and account manage campaigns – whether it's direct response or brand building
• Liaising with talent agents and podcast platforms to create amazing podcaster talent partnerships
• Setting up meetings, workshops and development programmes with media and creative agencies to grow Fresh Air's business
• Leading brainstorms and creating creative and strategic proposals in collaboration with relevant team members, and turning them into winning revenue

Location: Our London office (15 Tileyard, N7 9AH) allows us to host meetings and work together in a creative, collaborative environment. Ideally, we expect this role to be in the office for at least one day per week, but the majority of the work can be completed remotely. There is no obligation to be in the office if it's not necessary.

Hours: The role is Monday‐Friday, 9‐6. You'll need to be available and contactable during working days, but flexibility is allowed where required. Some long days and out‐of‐hours work may be necessary. Networking events or group sessions may require evening availability with ample notice.

Personal Development: It's important that the Senior Partnerships Manager immerses themselves in the world of podcasting. We will provide training and support to continually improve their role.