Senior Partnerships Manager (12m FTC)

Reporting into the Partnerships Director, you’ll create and deliver impactful branded content partnerships across a range of clients, sectors, and media channels. You’ll own the end-to-end delivery of campaigns across sponsorships, product placement, and advertiser-funded programmes (AFPs), ensuring they run smoothly, on time, and against agreed KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic branded content partnerships that respond to client briefs and business objectives.
• Project manage integrated partnerships across sponsorship, AFPs, and product placement.
• Challenge media owners to deliver innovative, high-quality solutions aligned to client KPIs.
• Negotiate best value across partnerships, ensuring deals are structured in the client’s best interest and align with pricing agreements.
• Support new business pitches with creative ideas and research when required.
• Deliver clear, insightful reporting to inform future campaigns.
• Line manage and develop a Partnerships Executive, setting clear roles, responsibilities, and milestones.
• Manage day-to-day client relationships, lead status meetings, and escalate issues when needed.
• Build strong relationships with clients, media owners, and internal teams to support growth and retention.
• Create cost plans and manage budgets, ensuring financial accuracy and compliance with billing processes.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering branded content partnerships across multiple media channels.
• Strong creative, project management, and negotiation skills.
• Structured, process-driven approach with experience using research and measurement tools.
• Ability to analyse campaign performance and deliver insightful reports and PCAs.
• Strong relationships with media partners.
• Comfortable working at pace under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience managing budgets and mentoring or managing team members.

Additional information

Zenith UK has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer:

• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us! Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with full time employees being office-based three days during the working week. We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process. Please make sure you check out the Publicis Career Page which showcases our Inclusive Benefits and our EAGs (Employee Action Groups).