Senior Associate, Partnerships - Strategic Content

NBCUniversal • New York, NY

2d • $70,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Partnerships, Strategic Content (NBCUniversal News Group) is a highly visible, client-facing role designed for a polished media professional who thrives in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. This individual will play a critical role in pitching and securing new business, maintaining and growing existing client relationships, and upholding the highest editorial and brand standards across all partnership content.
This role requires a rare combination of strategic thinking, exceptional writing, strong visual design skills, and confident client presence. The ideal candidate brings a newsroom or media background, understands how news organizations operate, and can seamlessly collaborate with editorial, production, and commercial teams.
Prior experience in media, partnerships, branded content, or journalism is required.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of prior professional experience required, ideally in news media, journalism, branded content, partnerships, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience
• Strong understanding of newsroom culture, editorial workflows, and media standards.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to write clearly, persuasively, and with editorial sophistication.
• Demonstrated strength in visual design and presentation development.
• Confident, polished communicator comfortable interfacing with senior clients and executives.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace; advanced PowerPoint/Keynote and Canva skills strongly preferred.
• Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key point of contact for select partners, supporting relationship management from pitch through execution.
• Help develop and deliver compelling partnership pitches, proposals, and presentations tailored to client objectives and editorial priorities.
• Participate in client meetings and calls with confidence, professionalism, and strategic insight.
• Support new business initiatives by researching prospective partners, developing story-led ideas, and identifying revenue opportunities.
• Draft high-quality written materials including pitch decks, proposals, scripts, run-of-show documents, recaps, and internal briefings.
• Ensure all partnership content aligns with NBC News editorial standards, tone, and journalistic integrity.
• Collaborate closely with editorial, standards, legal, and production teams to shepherd concepts from idea to execution.
• Design polished, on-brand pitch decks and client materials using tools such as PowerPoint, Keynote, Canva, or Adobe.
• Translate complex ideas into clear, visually compelling presentations that resonate with senior clients and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain a high bar for aesthetic quality, consistency, and storytelling across all materials.
• Partner with show teams, editors, producers, and operations colleagues to align timelines, deliverables, and expectations.
• Track active partnerships, deadlines, and deliverables to ensure flawless execution.
• Provide strategic and logistical support across live events, sponsored segments, and multi-platform integrations as needed.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees