Partnerships & Growth Manager - Manchester, UK

Linkby is a global VC-funded ad tech business that connects both established and emerging D2C e-commerce brands with the world’s largest publishers, helping them to work together more profitably and effectively in an AI discovery world through our suite of products and services.

As we continue to expand our UK footprint and product offering, we’re looking for a UK Partnerships & Growth Manager to join our team to onboard new brand partners onto the platform and continue to grow their revenue quarter-on-quarter. This role is open to candidates who can travel to our Manchester office.

This is a unique opportunity to work with a global team intent on disrupting the way the world’s most exciting digital media brands monetise their audiences, with a focus on high-quality e-commerce content that sits perfectly alongside publishers’ organic content.

An ideal candidate has 3+ years professional experience in a targeted, revenue driving role, with preferred experience in digital marketing, advertising, publishing or media relations/PR.

Job Description

• New Business Growth: Prospect, conduct meetings, and onboard/sell Linkby bespoke native articles and intelligent content distribution products to key prospective advertisers, affiliate networks and agencies.
• Revenue Generation: Take ultimate responsibility in line with KPIs for scaling clients on Linkby, driving revenue, and maximising the lifetime value of clients who engage with our platform.
• Client Expertise & Management: You will play a pivotal role in our company's growth and success by becoming the primary point of contact and subject-matter expert of creating your own client patch.
• Prospect Nurturing & Lead Generation: Be at the forefront of Prospect Nurturing, cultivating leads, and converting them into lucrative revenue opportunities.
• Strategic Prioritisation: You will be in charge of developing and maintaining a prioritised client patch, focusing on revenue opportunities across multiple products that align with our company's strategic goals.
• Client Retention: Client retention will be a top priority, you will be in charge of taking proactive measures to manage cohort and churn rates, ensuring our advertisers remain actively engaged on our platform.
• Team Collaboration: Operate within a pod structure, seizing opportunities and ensuring seamless client integration with the account manager(s).

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years experience selling Digital Marketing, Publishing and/or Adtech products/solutions.
• Proven sales-based track record.
• Inherently motivated to lead new initiatives, problem-solving challenges, and identify existing opportunities to optimise/improve.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Enjoy & thrive in a fast-paced environment - especially working remotely.
• Having an existing network of brands that you could onboard onto the platform to test would be highly advantageous.
• CRM experience (Hubspot preferred) is a bonus.
• Experience with LinkedIn - Sales Nav is a bonus.
• Experience with Rocketreach is a bonus.

Compensation & Benefits

• £45k - £50k Base Salary, based on experience.
• £10,000 Variable Compensation Based On KPIs Paid Quarterly.
• Competitive ESOP (Employee stock option program).
• Parental Leave Benefits.
• Work-From-Home Flexibility (With WeWork Membership available).
• Home-Office Credit.

About Linkby: Linkby connects D2C brands and premium publishers and facilitates performance-based cost-per-click quality content. Our solutions help make brands famous and allow publishers to better monetize the billions of moments of trust they create with their audiences. Founded in Australia, Linkby operates in Sydney, London, Manchester, LA, New York, Toronto, Vancouver, Singapore and more.