Manager - Partnerships

dentsu•New York, NY

1d•$71,875 - $89,999•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager will operate alongside the Director to manage Ecosystems partners both internally and externally. This role will be responsible for supporting in all aspects of partnership operations and management across their adjacent media channels including - supporting the creation of partnership strategy for their specialism, ensuring excellence in execution of assigned partnerships, including negotiating and delivering partnership agreements, managing communications with assigned partners and ensuring partnerships delivery against core objectives. The manager will also be tasked with creating and distributing internal resources and communications with the support of the Director and VP, Partnerships. The Manager will work with the team to ensure their core responsibilities contribute towards a cohesive Partnership strategy and vision for dentsu. This role aligns across several departments within dentsu – including technology, media, investment, innovation, activation, trading and planning therefore an ability to work with multiple stakeholders to create solutions for all is essential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (marketing, advertising, business, communications preferred)
3.5+ years of experience within the media industry as a partnership or investment member
Microsoft product suite expertise (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

Nice To Haves

deliver sustainable growth
think strategically
retain focus in a fast-changing environment
rigor to a multi-disciplinary business
ability to work across many stakeholders

Responsibilities

Relationship management across key partnerships
Manage day-to-day need and communication of the partnerships, ensuring excellence in execution with team support
Distribution of pertinent information to the correct stakeholders
Own various reporting needs
Support the team leadership to execute strategic vision
Be a subject-matter-expert in assigned specialism within the Partnership team
Work closely with Investment, Activation, and Amplifi (trading) to ensure partnership approach meets the needs of our clients and aligns to dentsu standards
Inform and educate Investment & Activation teams on partner new and updated deal details
Support the creation and execution of dentsu and client agreements
Be seen as an integrator and problem solver both internally and externally driving partners and maintaining on-time engagement across several variables
Support on client business where needed to build custom partnership plans and subject-matter-expertise of partner landscape.
Participate in new business as subject-matter-expert in specialism and/or Partnership leader on value proposition for potential client.