Brand Activation, Senior Manager
On-siteLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Own the activation journey for new brand partners from first engagement through onboarding and early growth, qualifying inbound opportunities and converting strategic sales into revenue-generating partnerships. Lead discovery calls, platform demonstrations, and commercial discussions while managing a portfolio of brands through their first six months, developing activation strategies to increase engagement and long-term investment. Build repeatable onboarding processes and playbooks to scale the function, coordinate contracts and billing with Legal and Finance, and share market insights to influence product development. Manage the EU affiliate network as the commercial point of contact, ensuring seamless campaign delivery and exceptional partner experiences across the UK and wider European markets.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years' experience in business development, brand success, sales or account management within brand digital marketing, SaaS or creator commerce
- Proven track record of acquiring new business and growing commercial partnerships
- Strong understanding of influencer marketing, affiliate marketing and the creator economy
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders across commercial, operational and cross-functional teams
- Comfortable owning both strategic conversations and day-to-day execution
- Excellent presentation, communication and negotiation skills
- Highly organised with strong project management skills and exceptional attention to detail
- Analytical mindset with experience using CRM platforms (HubSpot preferred) and performance data to inform decision making
- A builder's mentality: Someone who enjoys creating new processes, improving ways of working and scaling a function
- Fluent in German and English
- A mindset focused on seizing opportunities and moving with urgency
- Dedication to fierce prioritization and operational excellence
- Adaptability to a dynamic, fast-moving environment
- A growth mindset and openness to feedback
- authorization to work in the UK
Desired Qualifications
- additional European languages
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