Director, Partnerships, Collabs, & PR

Responsibilities

• Partnerships & Talent
• - Develop the partnership strategy and identify new categories, whitespace, and opportunities across brand collaborations, talent, ambassador programs, retail partnerships, licensed IP, and experiential and cultural moments, ensuring alignment with Starface’s positioning, growth priorities, and relevant consumer trends
• - Field and evaluate inbound requests from talent, agencies, brands, retailers, and other potential partners, identifying the strongest fits for Starface
• - Build and maintain direct relationships with talent, managers, agents, agencies, brands, and other strategic partners, serving as a key day-to-day point of contact
• - Support the negotiation and structuring of partnership, talent, and licensing deals—including scope, economics, rights, usage, exclusivity, approvals, and deliverables—in partnership with the SVP of Brand
• Deal, Licensing & Partnership Operations
• - Draft and redline partnership and talent contracts, routing agreements through Legal review and VP approval before execution
• - Manage partnerships from signed agreement through launch, including partner communication, check-ins, timelines, approvals, asset collection, and the tracking and enforcement of contractual deliverables on both sides
• - Identify and address partnership risks, execution gaps, and missed deadlines
• - Administer licensing agreement operations, including partner approvals, product and asset requirements, line sheets, retail listing coordination, and post-launch reporting

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading talent, brand, or entertainment partnerships from sourcing and deal development through execution, with a strong understanding of deal and licensing mechanics, including rights, economics, approvals, usage, exclusivity, and deliverables
• You bring genuine relationships and credibility across music, culture, entertainment, fashion, beauty, and talent circles
• You have strong commercial judgment and contract, vendor, and budget management skills, and are comfortable supporting deal negotiations
• You have experience managing or briefing an external PR agency and holding partners accountable to scope, timelines, and deliverables
• You’re a natural relationship builder who can confidently work with talent, agents, managers, agencies, brand executives, vendors, and other senior external partners
• You’re highly organized and deadline-driven, with the ability to manage multiple active deals, launches, budgets, events, and partner relationships at once
• You can balance creative instincts with commercial and operational thinking
• You’re proactive, resourceful, and comfortable owning day-to-day execution in a fast-moving, collaborative environment while deferring final brand-fit and strategic decisions to the VP of Brand Marketing
• You have strong written and verbal communication skills and a sharp instinct for what feels relevant, differentiated, and unmistakably Starface

Benefits

• Access to high-quality health care options
• Access to a 401k with 5% employer match eligibility
• 4 weeks of vacation plus up to 20 paid holidays
• 12 weeks fully paid parental leave
• 5 days of pet-ernity leave for pet adoption
• Home office & internet supplement stipend
• Annual learning & development stipend
• Flexible Fridays, and Summer Fridays
• Fully remote work environment
• ...and much, much more!