PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVATIONS MANAGER

REPORTS TO VP OF PARTNERSHIPS

Teton Gravity Research (TGR) is the preeminent media brand for youth culture & adventure.

Description

The Partnerships & Activations Manager will work with the partnership development team in three key areas: partnership outreach and closing opportunities, managing partnership accounts, managing partnership presentations, proposals, and contracts, and coordinating TGR's digital ad operations. The Partnerships & Activations Manager will be reporting directly to the VP of Partnerships.

The Partnerships & Activations Manager will be tasked and accountable with these primary responsibilities:

Ensure partnership satisfaction and on-time/on budget delivery of partnership deliverables

Ensure the delivery of partnership pitch presentations on time and within the team's expectations

Ensure all TGR digital ad operations run smoothly and effectively

The Partnerships & Activations Manager will be properly briefed on all TGR's goals, objectives, and project priorities on a weekly basis during the Partnership Development team status meetings.

Core Responsibilities

Opportunity Pitch & Close Coordination (70% of time)

Utilize a portfolio of contacts to generate and close new partnership leads

Aggressive outreach and the ability to schedule new brand meetings for pitch opportunities

Work with the team to assure the appropriate resources are assigned and properly allocated to upcoming assigned opportunity pitches

Ensure project plans, task assignments and budgets are created for every assigned opportunity pitch and that the timelines and budgets are approved by the CGO

Coordinate the team's deliverables and team communication during the pitch creation process for assigned opportunities

Ensure all pitch related material are delivered on time and within expectation

Create proposed media plans and facilitate IO completion/implementation on assigned opportunities

When needed, create pitch presentations, proposals, or contracts without team support

Partnership Management (25% of time)

Assigned to coordinate a fixed number of brand partner accounts

Coordinate the allocation of project team members and the creation of budgets for projects where needed

Coordinate with the allocated teams to assure timelines are set, expectations are clearly briefed, and that project runs on budget

Ensure that new opportunities within assigned accounts are inputted into the CRO and that the pipeline is updated on a weekly basis in line with the Partnership Development Process document

Ensure that the CGO is involved in all potential upsell discussions on assigned accounts that could exceed $100,000 or opportunities deemed as strategic in nature

Communicate effectively, consistently, and within expectations with brand partners

Communicate effectively, consistently, and within expectations with the CGO and VP

AD Operations Management (5% of time)

Ensure that ad operations across all TGR's platforms run smoothly and effectively

Review all media plans before contracts are assigned to identify any future ad trafficking issues

Work with other Partnership Producers to assure all closed campaigns are properly scheduled within the ad operations platform

Coordinate and traffic all ad platforms, communicate any perceived issues to the VP

Create weekly reports on ad operations performance

Desired Skills & Experience