Partnerships, PR & Collaborations Manager

San Diego, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale brand partnerships and experiential collaborations by turning ideation into cross-functional execution that fuels cultural moments and earned media.

  • Partnerships & Brand Collaborations: Identify and manage strategic opportunities from ideation to execution.
  • Relationship & Outreach Management: Build and nurture networks of creators, talent, editors, influencers, and agencies.
  • Events to Social Storytelling: Design experiences that translate into social/digital storytelling and earned media opportunities.

Job Description

Own and scale brand partnerships and experiential collaborations by turning ideation into cross-functional execution that fuels cultural moments and earned media.

  • Responsibilities: Identify, develop, and manage strategic brand collaborations and partnership opportunities.
  • Responsibilities: Build relationships with aligned brands, creators, talent, agencies, founders, and cultural tastemakers; cultivate editors, stylists, influencers, and publicists.
  • Responsibilities: Lead partnership ideation from concept through execution and manage timelines, deliverables, and approvals.
  • Responsibilities: Ensure all partnerships align with overall brand positioning and creative direction.
  • Responsibilities: Work with PR agencies to support launches, media opportunities, gifting initiatives, and brand visibility.
  • Responsibilities: Cultivate relationships with editors, stylists, influencers, publicists, and key industry contacts; support celebrity, influencer, and VIP outreach.
  • Responsibilities: Assist in driving earned media opportunities and strategic brand moments; plan and execute events, activations, dinners, retreats, wellness experiences, photoshoots, and community moments.
  • Responsibilities: Help create partnership-driven experiential concepts that drive engagement and translate into social/digital storytelling.
  • Responsibilities: Coordinate with internal teams to ensure experiential moments translate into compelling social and digital storytelling.
  • Responsibilities: Partner closely with brand, experiential, creative, marketing, and social teams to support integrated campaign execution.
  • Responsibilities: Maintain strong communication across internal teams, external partners, and PR agencies.
  • Responsibilities: Contribute to overall brand growth through strategic partnerships and cultural marketing initiatives.
  • Requirements: 4–8+ years of experience in partnerships, PR, experiential marketing, brand marketing, or related fields.
  • Requirements: Strong network within wellness, beauty, fashion, hospitality, entertainment, or lifestyle industries.
  • Requirements: Proven experience managing partnerships and collaborations from ideation through execution.
  • Requirements: Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
  • Requirements: Strong understanding of social media, cultural marketing, and modern brand storytelling.
  • Requirements: Highly collaborative, proactive, and detail-oriented.
  • Requirements: Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
  • Requirements: Passion for wellness, lifestyle, culture, and community-driven brands.
  • Preferred: Creative thinker with strong cultural awareness.
  • Preferred: Strong eye for aesthetics and brand alignment.
  • Preferred: Relationship-oriented and community-focused.
  • Preferred: Able to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Preferred: Excited by startup environments and evolving brand growth.
  • Benefits: medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer-paid plan options.
  • Benefits: 401(k) with company match.
  • Benefits: paid holidays and PTO.
  • Benefits: flexible work-from-home Fridays.
  • Benefits: wellness and fitness perks.
  • Benefits: employee product discounts.
  • Benefits: catered team lunches.
  • Benefits: team-building events.
  • Benefits: additional lifestyle benefits!
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Founded in 2018
San Diego, California, USA
110 employees (25 in marketing)
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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

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
15 (14% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

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

Funding History

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

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