Senior Brand & Agency Partnerships Manager (NYC)

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own end to end partnerships with brand and agency decision makers, driving full cycle pipeline from intro to upsell.

  • Partnerships & Growth: Own the hunt, close new brand/agency deals, and manage onboarding through upsell.
  • Client Lifecycle: Lead onboarding, campaigns, retention, and platform demos for high value accounts.
  • Market Feedback: Gather intel from events and meetings to inform product and marketing decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Activate your network of CMOs, VP-level marketers, media directors, and agency decision-makers to build immediate pipeline
  • Prospect, pitch, and close new brand and agency partnerships
  • Own the full client lifecycle including onboarding, campaign management, retention, and upsell
  • Lead meetings, RFP responses, and platform demos with brand and agency stakeholders
  • Partner within a pod structure to ensure seamless client experience
  • Represent Linkby at industry events, upfronts, and networking dinners across NYC
  • Feed market intelligence back to product and marketing teams

Requirements

  • 6+ years in partnerships, sales, or account management within digital media, adtech, affiliate marketing, or performance marketing
  • An established network of decision-makers at DTC brands, ecommerce companies, and/or media agencies, people who know you and will take your meeting
  • Full-cycle experience: comfortable both hunting new business and owning accounts post-close
  • Proven track record of exceeding revenue KPIs
  • Experience with holding companies (WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom, Dentsu) or brand-direct teams is a plus
  • CRM proficiency (HubSpot preferred), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, RocketReach
  • Familiarity with affiliate networks, CPC models, or publisher-brand content partnerships

Preferred

  • Experience with holding companies (WPP, IPG, Publicis, Omnicom, Dentsu) or brand-direct teams is a plus

Benefits

  • Parental leave
  • 401k with employer match
  • Health, dental, and optical insurance
  • Free breakfast, snacks, and happy hours at our Midtown Manhattan office
  • Regular team events
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Linkby helps advertisers get more editorial coverage via cost-per-click press releases sent to the world's most premium publishing brands.✅ Performance Based PublishingLinkby gets you featured with full articles on premium news & lifestyle publishers but you only pay for the clicks back to your website via CPC.✅ Full Control on PublishersYou control the publishers who can write up your content from the likes of Urban List, Pedestrian.tv, Broadsheet, Starts@60, Mamamia & TimeOut.✅ Full Control Over BudgetYou set your maximum budget, your campaign timeframe and your chosen CPC. Then sit back and let your chosen publishers make your brand famous!------------------------Hear what our happy clients have to say about Linkby:"The CPC model means we are well rewarded for the traffic, awareness and sales we drive for partner brands" - Susannah George, Founder at Urban List"Linkby lets us land sales focused stories into trusted publishing sites while driving ROAS in line with our other advertising" - Alyce Tran, Founder & CEO at Tde."Linkby has quickly become an integral part of our overall Marketing channel mix and allowed us to significantly scale up our brand and news coverage" - Liana Lorenzato, Head of Marketing at Modibodi"Using Linkby's platform to leverage the credibility and conversion power of publishers has enabled Up to materially improve ROI versus direct response advertising" - Rukmal De Silva, Partnerships at Up------------------------Pitch to and get featured across some of the world's most well known and trusted publishing brands in 24 to 72 hours.

Founded in 2020
Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
87 employees (39 in marketing)
51% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
311.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$3.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18.3%
Direct
64%
Referral
12.4%
Social
4.3%
Paid
0.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~87

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
37 (43% of company)
Median Career Experience
13 years
Median Tenure
0.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$21.2M
Last Raise
$15M
Series B, 8 months ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2025
    Series B • $15M
  • Jun 2024
    Series A • $2.6M
  • Feb 2022
    Seed • $3.6M

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