UK Brand Partnerships Manager

Design Better; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest in London is seeking a Brand Partnerships Manager (UK) to own revenue brand partnerships and bridge Consumer Marketing with Global Sales. You will lead co-marketing experiential programs and scale our Advertiser Co-Marketing Brand Toolkit, giving top advertisers access to Pinterest IP off-platform while driving revenue.

The role requires 6+ years in marketing or partnerships, a marketing/business degree, and experience delivering IRL campaigns.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in consumer marketing, brand partnerships, or experiential leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, or related field.
• Proven track record leading pop-up or IRL experiential programs from plan to launch.
• Experience ideating on and reviewing creative work, upholding brand standards, and giving clear feedback.
• Evidence of collaborating with Sales teams to drive commercial revenue.
• Strong brief-writing, stakeholder management, and agency oversight skills.
• Adaptable and resilient, able to navigate ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end marketing strategy and execution for co-marketing advertiser experiences and activations.
• Manage the UK Advertiser Co-Marketing Brand Toolkit workstream and gate submissions.
• Partner with GSO to identify target advertisers and co-deliver pitches.
• Act as brand guardian, enforcing safety, audience fit, and IP guidelines.
• Oversee external agencies to maintain timelines and budgets.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Creative Strategy, Insights, Editorial, Product, Legal, and PR.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate planning, briefing, and campaign reporting.

Skills

Brand partnerships

Campaign management

Stakeholder management

Creative strategy

Brief writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business

Job description

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

Pinterest's UK Consumer Brand Partnerships team sits within a tiny-but-mighty UK marketing org, alongside social, influencer, creative, and brand teams. Reporting to the Brand Partnerships Lead, the Brand Partnerships Manager (UK) will own revenue brand partnerships, bridging Consumer Marketing and Global Sales Org (GSO). This role is dedicated to leading co-marketing experiential programs (IRL activations) and scaling the Advertiser Co-Marketing Brand Toolkit , giving top-tier advertisers governed access to Pinterest IP off-platform while driving commercial revenue.

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end marketing strategy, briefing, and execution for co-marketing advertiser experiential programs and physical brand activations from concept to launch.
• Manage the UK Advertiser Co-Marketing Brand Toolkit workstream, evaluating GSO intake submissions, enforcing media minimums, and approving co-branded assets.
• Partner closely with GSO to identify target advertisers, build commercial brand partnership packages, and co-deliver pitches.
• Act as brand guardian, ensuring all activations meet strict brand safety, audience fit, and IP usage guidelines.
• Oversee external experiential, creative, and production agencies to keep activations on timeline and budget.
• Lead cross-functional (XFN) alignment across Creative Strategy, Insights, Editorial, Product, Legal, and PR, while building strong relationships with external client and internal stakeholders as well as agency partners to drive seamlessly integrated campaign execution.
• Utilise AI tools responsibly to accelerate early planning, briefing, and campaign reporting.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 6 years of experience in consumer marketing, brand partnerships, creative strategy, or experiential program leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, business, a related field or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record of leading pop-up or IRL experiential programs from planning through launch.
• Experience ideating on and reviewing creative work, upholding brand standards, and giving clear feedback that strengthens ideas and execution.
• Demonstrated experience working in close collaboration with Sales teams to drive commercial revenue.
• Excellent brief-writing, stakeholder management, and agency oversight skills.
• Adaptable and resilient with the ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, manage multiple priorities effectively and navigate ambiguity with confidence.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather in our London office once a week, or for key moments of collaboration and connection.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.