Partnerships Director

CreativeX; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical, dental and vision

Generous time off plus bank holidays

Annual subscription to Calm and Headspace

Competitive salary and commission plan

Job summary

CreativeX, based in New York City, is looking for a Partnerships Director Team Lead to manage a small team and drive strategic partnerships. This role involves building relations with key platforms like Google and Meta while ensuring measurable business impact for clients.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of relevant experience, exceptional communication skills, and a strong understanding of digital marketing. The position offers a competitive salary, generous time off, and an education budget.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in partnerships or business development with media platforms.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing and advertising platforms.
• Proven success in managing complex partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead a partnerships team, setting clear objectives and cadence.
• Own strategic partner relationships and drive value.
• Develop and execute repeatable partnership models.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship Building

Strategic Thinking

Digital Marketing Knowledge

Communication Skills

Job description

Job Overview

Job Title: Partnerships Director Team Lead

Job Location(s): NYC/London - Full Time

Salary Range: $100K-$150K

Visa Sponsorship: Not available at this time.

Company Overview

CreativeX is a B2B SaaS technology platform that helps global marketing teams make smarter creative decisions and elevate creative expression through data clarity. Our technology powers creative decision‑making at some of the biggest brands in the world, including Google, Unilever, Pepsi, Bayer, Mondelez, Heineken, and more.

Using computer vision and other machine learning techniques, we extract creative data from clients’ digital advertising copy and convert previously dark signals into a standardised data model at industrial scale. This creates a powerful first‑party data set that represents the last and most impactful untapped reservoir of advertising performance.

Studies show that the creative element is responsible for half of sales lift online, higher than reach, targeting, brand, and recency combined. However, creative impact has always been the least analysed and understood component of a complex set of marketing variables. That’s the problem we’re focused on solving.

We provide an end‑to‑end solution to ingest, process, and analyse content at scale. We help brands isolate creative elements so they can be analysed against downstream ad impact metrics, from click‑through rates to brand lift.

Our objective is to power every creative decision in marketing organisations with data.

Partnerships Team

The CreativeX Partnerships team engages the full marketing ecosystem that supports our brand customers, advertising platforms, agencies and holding companies, tech and AI alliances, measurement and attribution providers, and solution integrators. Together with these partners we are defining the future of data‑driven creative effectiveness for the world’s most ambitious brands. We co‑create programs that drive adoption, improve outcomes across accounts at scale, and generate measurable business impact for our mutual clients.

Responsibilities

• People & Program Leadership (Team Lead)
  • Lead, coach, and develop a small partnerships team (1–3), setting clear OKRs and operating cadence (weekly pipeline reviews, monthly QBRs, quarterly planning).
  • Build and maintain a partner program playbook.
• Strategic Relationship Management
  • Own a prioritized portfolio of strategic partners (Platforms, agencies, holding companies, tech/AI alliances), fostering executive‑level, multi‑threaded relationships.
  • Help realise and enhance value from these partnerships by understanding their business priorities and identifying opportunities that align with CreativeX’s objectives.
  • Proactively expand executive sponsorship and working groups to drive adoption and outcomes for mutual clients.
• Partnership Development
  • Define and execute a repeatable partnership motion that delivers value to partners, clients, prospects and internal teams.
  • Create a systematised partnership model that can continue to deliver results as we scale.
• Performance & Growth
  • Drive revenue through lead generation, client retention and growth. Each partnership is expected to result in business impact.
  • Track partnership performance metrics and develop their evolution to build a business case for continued investment.
  • Identify and address challenges, ensuring partnership goals are met or exceeded.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Act as a bridge between partner teams and internal stakeholders, advocating for platform partners.
  • Upskill our sales and post‑sales teams to effectively work with partners and drive your agenda.
  • Be a positive contributor to the CreativeX community and culture.
• Market Insights & Innovation
  • Stay ahead of relevant industry trends and share insights about market opportunities, needs and partner feedback to cross‑functional teams to inform collaboration opportunities, product roadmap and strategic direction.

Who you are

• An innovative collaborator comfortable in a fast‑growing start‑up environment.
• A strategic thinker who can weigh trade‑offs and prioritise effectively to manage and grow large‑scale, complex partnerships.
• A strong relationship builder who can navigate complex, cross‑functional enterprise environments.
• Results oriented, with a customer‑first mindset.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, advertising platforms, and emerging technologies. You know what value looks like for different audiences in this space.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders. Demonstrated success negotiating business terms with partners.

Qualifications / Experience

• 5+ years of experience working in partnerships or business development, ideally with media platforms (Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon, etc.) and ad tech.
• Experience working in or with marketing, branding or advertising teams.
• SaaS and start‑up experience.

At CreativeX we encourage applicants of all backgrounds and identities to apply for roles that align with their interests and career trajectory. If you meet a majority of the qualifications above and see yourself in this role, we would love to see your application!

What We Offer

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision (US) and private medical insurance and health cash plan (UK).
• Generous time off plus bank holidays and Elevate Fridays.
• Education budget for individual learning experiences or team learning.
• Annual subscription to Calm and Headspace for mental wellbeing.
• Monthly coaching to discuss career goals, relationships and personal development.
• Competitive salary and commission/bonus plan including stock options.
• 4‑month full pay parenting leave for employees who have been with the company for at least one year.
• Employee contributions to a 401(k) after eligibility is achieved.

CreativeX provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees.