BRAND MANAGER (Listings)

OpenKrill; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenKrill is seeking a Brand Manager to own and grow our presence across industry publishers, review platforms, listings, and media partners. You’ll manage relationships, ensure accurate brand data, and identify opportunities to strengthen visibility and trust.

In this role you’ll develop publisher programs, evaluate new platforms, coordinate contracts, and contribute to brand positioning and messaging across markets, working with cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• 1+ year in Brand Management, PR, Media Partnerships, Publisher Management, Digital Marketing, or related field.
• Experience working with external partners, publishers, media, or other third‑party platforms.
• Strong written and verbal English and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Publisher & Listing Management: manage relationships with key publishers, review websites, industry portals, and listing platforms; ensure brand and product information is accurate and up to date; identify opportunities to improve placements.
• Publisher Development: research and evaluate new publishers and industry media; build relationships, manage outreach through to launch; coordinate contracts, insertions, approvals, invoices, payments, and renewals.
• Brand & Reputation: monitor brand representation, assess competitor activity and platforms; identify gaps and opportunities to strengthen visibility, credibility, and trust; collaborate to ensure consistent external brand communication.
• Brand Strategy: contribute to brand positioning, messaging, and overall strategy; bring insights from publishers, competitors, users, and market trends into planning; support cross‑functional campaigns and strategic projects.

Skills

Brand management

PR

Media partnerships

Publisher management

Digital marketing

Relationship building

Negotiation

Job description

We’re looking for a Brand Manager to own and develop our presence across industry publishers, review platforms, listings, and media partners.You’ll work at the intersection of brand, media partnerships, and reputation — managing existing publishers, developing new relationships, identifying opportunities to strengthen our visibility, and contributing to the broader brand strategy.

What You’ll Do

Publisher & Listing Management

• Manage relationships with key publishers, review websites, industry portals, and listing platforms.
• Own our presence across these platforms, ensuring brand and product information is accurate, relevant, and up to date.
• Identify opportunities to improve or expand existing placements through editorial content, enhanced profiles, sponsorships, special projects, and other formats.

Publisher Development

• Research and evaluate new publishers, review platforms, directories, and industry media.
• Build relationships with potential partners and manage the process from initial outreach and commercial discussions through to launch.
• Coordinate contracts, insertion orders, approvals, invoices, payments, and renewals.

Brand & Reputation

• Monitor how the brand is represented externally, including competitor activity and emerging industry platforms.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to strengthen brand visibility, credibility, and trust.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure consistent and accurate external brand communication.

Brand Strategy

• Contribute to brand positioning, messaging, and overall brand strategy.
• Bring insights from publishers, competitors, users, and market trends into brand planning.
• Support cross‑functional brand campaigns and strategic projects.

What We’re Looking For

• 1+ year of experience in Brand Management, PR, Media Partnerships, Publisher Management, Digital Marketing, or a related field.
• Experience working with external partners, publishers, media, or other third‑party platforms.
• Good written and verbal English and strong communication skills.
• Confidence in reaching out to new partners and discussing commercial opportunities.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple partners and projects.
• A proactive mindset and willingness to take ownership of projects from idea to execution.

Nice to Have

• Experience in fintech, trading, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Familiarity with financial publishers, review websites, and listing platforms.
• Understanding of SEO, branded search visibility, or online reputation management.
• Experience working across multiple markets.