PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR

About Jungle Creations Jungle Creations is an award-winning social publisher, home to The Wild by Jungle, its publisher-powered social agency. Jungle owns a portfolio of passion-point media brands, including Twisted, Craft Factory and Four Nine, that create and publish original content to over 150 million followers. Jungle leverages its expertise in communities, creators, and content through The Wild by Jungle, to help brands build communities and break into culture. The Wild by Jungle offers unrivalled client-direct services and partnerships for global brands including Heinken, PepsiCo, Superdrug and Red Bull. Jungle also provides a unique offering to brands via Jungle Creators, its global network of creators that support brands in unlocking the power of influence and fandom. Jungle Creations is truly ‘A Space for What's Next’, with a track record for creative ingenuity and storytelling paired with always-on access to cultural insights through its owned-audiences. Job Title: Partnerships Director Department/Brand:The Wild by Jungle Reports to: Director of Client Partnerships Hours: Full time / Hybrid Working Salary: Competitive Office Location: London, UK Start Date: ASAP The Partnerships Director role will manage an agency group within the sales team, as well as owning key direct client relationships. This role will be responsible for driving multi-platform revenue through brand partnerships across all services - including Jungle Creators, Jungle Media brands and social agency services. With the aim to grow relationships, increase brand count and drive commercial growth across the team. The Partnerships Director will act as an ambassador for The Wild, focusing on increasing exposure in market, attending industry events and educating senior agency contacts and brands on our offerings, above and beyond Partnerships teams. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable and passionate about the media industry, be able to demonstrate strong leadership skills, work well under pressure, enjoy public speaking and be driven by results – with a strong track record of working within a high performance team, delivering significant revenue and exceeding commercial targets. Key Responsibilities Management of all relationships across Group M, Dentsu or Indies agency groups Negotiating commercial terms with key stakeholders Driving revenue and hitting sales targets Accountable for achieving account financial targets and KPIs across this patch Pitching all services to brands and media agencies including social media management strategy and creative, publisher partnerships, creator campaigns Working with our creative team to ensure prospective client’s needs and deadlines are met with tailored partnership proposal Creating proactive and innovative go-to-market proposals Educate their agency patch on all Jungle business offerings, continuously keeping all agencies up to date with new updates, offerings, and news Proactively educating agencies and brands about wider social trends, thought-leadership topics and new platform trends and insights Driving new business leads through; attending industry events, proactive selling, tailored outreach and relationship building Background and Experience Experience working with and relationships across Group M, Dentsu or Indies agency groups Strong leadership skills Management experience Must be competent at building RTB decks and pitch decks within deadlines Experience in pitching and presenting to senior leadership teams Good industry contacts across agencies or brands Previous experience in driving six figure partnerships/deals with both media agencies and brands Expectations - Key Skills and Competencies Excellent communication Relationship building Influencing Negotiating Presentation/pitching Time Management Organisation Accountable Results-driven Innovative What's in it for you? Working at Jungle has its perks. People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to suit everyone! Free breakfast daily Dog friendly office Pension scheme Generous holiday allowance to include your birthday day off Eye care A great wellbeing platform; access to our Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders Generous family friendly policies Regular social events and communication with our leaders Volunteering days Wellbeing day Recognition schemes and people awards Long service awards Access to great high street discount vouchers & much more! Cycle to work scheme We want you to add to our culture At Jungle Creations, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diverse society we live in. Our different ideas, our different perspectives and our respect for one another enables us to be innovative, creative and build a sense of belonging that actively encourages our people to add to our culture. We want everyone to feel that Jungle Creations is a place where they belong and that is the reason why we look for the cultural add, not the cultural fit. Our mission ‘We exist to create ideas that get people to thrive online and in the real world’ Our values - Collaborate, Innovate & Champion This is who we are. These qualities are the things we look for in new Jungle talent, the things we celebrate and reward our people for, and the things clients discover about us and our work. Please visit our website to find out more about Jungle https://junglecreations.com/about/