Senior Manager, Marketing Partnerships
About The Position
TIME is a global media brand built on decades of unparalleled trust and authority. Having celebrated our centennial this year, we continue to evolve as a brand at a juncture of innovation and transformation. Our core purpose is to tell stories to a global audience across our unique platforms. We are looking for changemakers from all backgrounds and walks-of-life, who embody TIME’s core values as well as our mission of informing, connecting, and engaging the world. If you’re ready to take your next step with a 100+ year-old startup, read more about this opportunity below. Keep scrolling for additional information about TIME. The Role: The Senior Manager, Marketing Partnerships is a key leader within TIME’s pre-sales organization, responsible for shaping and packaging revenue-driving marketing solutions across TIME’s full portfolio. This role owns the end-to-end pre-sales process for strategic opportunities, leading proposal strategy from intake through final delivery. As a strategic partner to Sales and Marketing leadership, the Senior Manager develops compelling, insight-driven narratives that align client objectives with TIME’s unique value proposition and drive meaningful revenue growth. Working cross-functionally with Sales, Editorial, Branded Content, Events, Research & Insights, Design, Marketing Operations, Customer Success, and Account Management, this role delivers best-in-class proposals for proactive pitches, RFPs, RFIs, and core sales materials.
Requirements
- Proven pre-sales experience developing integrated proposals for proactive pitches, RFPs, RFIs, and sales collateral.
- Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with experience coordinating across Sales, Editorial, Events, Creative, Operations, and Customer Success.
- Ability to translate creative and editorial ideas into structured, sellable programs.
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Deep knowledge of media platforms and ad products across digital, social, video, print, and events.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a strong client-facing narrative voice.
- Strong visual and design instincts, with experience building high-quality presentations in Google Slides or PowerPoint.
- 7+ years of marketing experience at a digital-first publisher, media company, or agency.
Responsibilities
- Own pre-sales strategy for complex and multi-stakeholder opportunities, including proactive pitches, RFPs, RFIs, and general sales materials.
- Lead internal kickoffs to define objectives, budgets, KPIs, timelines, and strategic approach.
- Partner closely with Sales as a strategic pre-sale lead, joining select client conversations, pressure-testing briefs, and translating feedback into differentiated solutions.
- Develop integrated proposal decks and proactive opportunities that clearly articulate how TIME solves client business challenges.
- Lead idea generation and cross-functional brainstorms to create compelling, multi-channel programs.
- Coordinate and vet inputs across stakeholders to ensure proposals are accurate, feasible, and aligned with revenue and margin goals.
- Build and oversee core sales materials, including: General capabilities and one-sheets RFP/RFI responses and proposal decks Category narratives, case studies, and vertical positioning
- Identify and package new go-to-market opportunities tied to TIME franchises, tentpoles, and cultural moments.
- Translate complex media, content, data, and measurement solutions into clear, client-ready storytelling.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to confirm feasibility, delivery approach, and post-sale resourcing as needed.
- Maintain deep expertise across TIME’s advertising products, branded content, events, franchises, and audience and measurement capabilities.
- Integrate audience insights, performance proof points, and case studies into proposals.
- Scale and streamline sales materials by maintaining an organized library, reducing duplication, and ensuring narrative and visual consistency.
- Stay current on industry trends, competitors, and category dynamics to keep proposals differentiated and relevant.
- Model best-in-class pre-sales practices, including clear communication, structured timelines, and proactive stakeholder management.
- Contribute to process improvements that increase efficiency, quality, and predictability as volume grows.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental insurance
- Over 4 weeks of paid time off, in addition to paid company holidays (plus a culture that supports and encourages time to actually be taken!)
- 401k with a generous company match
- 12+ weeks paid parental leave
- Mentorship and community engagement experiences
- Free print subscription to TIME Magazine
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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