Brand Partnership & PR Lead

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $150K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 6 days ago

Job Summary

Own and advance Cymbiotika's brand partnership strategy, shaping a calendar of culturally relevant collaborations and programs, while leading outreach, negotiations, and cross-functional execution.

  • Own partnership strategy, development, and long-term platforms
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration, from outreach to delivery and measurement

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own Cymbiotika's overarching brand partnership strategy and roadmap.
  • Translate brand and business objectives into thoughtful partnership opportunities and programs.
  • Identify and secure culturally relevant partnerships across wellness, fashion, hospitality, fitness, beauty, entertainment, lifestyle, and adjacent categories.
  • Develop partnerships that create meaningful brand equity—not simply impressions, logo placement, gifting, or short-term visibility.
  • Develop creative partnership concepts that feel unexpected, premium, and distinctly Cymbiotika.
  • Evaluate inbound opportunities based on audience, brand alignment, cultural relevance, business value, and long-term potential.
  • Own partnership outreach, relationship development, negotiations, timelines, deliverables, coordination, and execution.
  • Build long-term relationships and repeatable partnership platforms rather than relying solely on one-off activations.
  • Identify opportunities for partnerships to support product launches, retail moments, campaigns, community building, and broader marketing initiatives.
  • Develop and execute a proactive PR strategy aligned with Cymbiotika's broader brand and business priorities.

Requirements

  • 6–10+ years of progressive experience across brand partnerships, integrated marketing, PR, brand marketing, experiential, cultural marketing, or a related field.
  • Experience within a high-growth consumer brand strongly preferred.
  • Meaningful in-house brand experience preferred, with an understanding of how to consistently build one brand over time.
  • Demonstrated experience developing annual or quarterly partnership, PR, or integrated marketing strategies.
  • Proven ability to take programs from insight and strategy through execution and measurement.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Creative, Social, Brand, Growth, Product, Retail, Communications, and leadership teams.
  • Strong understanding of how partnerships and PR fit within a broader integrated marketing strategy.
  • Experience building long-term brand platforms, partnerships, or programs rather than primarily executing one-off activations.
  • Strong relationships across brands, media, hospitality, wellness, fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture are valuable, but strategic thinking and execution ability matter more than a contact list.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate strategy and gain cross-functional buy-in.

Preferred

  • Experience within a high-growth consumer brand strongly preferred.
  • Meaningful in-house brand experience preferred, with an understanding of how to consistently build one brand over time.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer-paid plan options
  • 401(k) with company match
  • paid holidays and PTO
  • flexible work-from-home Fridays
  • wellness and fitness perks
  • employee product discounts
  • catered team lunches
  • team-building events
  • additional lifestyle benefits
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Cymbiotika

4.3 Glassdoor

Supporting your wellness journey with intentionally sourced nutrition 🌿

Founded in 2018
San Diego, California, USA
110 employees (25 in marketing)
81% recommend to a friend

Salaries

Posted range

$120K/yr – $150K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
15 (14% of company)
Median Tenure
1.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$55M
Last Raise
$25M
Seed, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Seed • $25M
  • Oct 2024
    Debt Financing • $30M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
713.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$74.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.8%
Direct
53%
Referral
6.8%
Social
3.7%
Paid
2.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~112

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Brand Partnership & PR Lead

Cymbiotika · San Diego, CA · Hybrid