Senior Manager, Sales Marketing (Brand Partnerships)

Sofar Sounds; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sofar Sounds in New York City is seeking a Director, Sales Marketing to lead how we shape, story-tell, and pitch partnership opportunities. You will work on developing narratives, pitch materials, and sales marketing initiatives across live experiences and branded content.

You’ll collaborate with Sales, Content, Production, and the VP of Sofar Studio to translate client objectives into compelling presentations and proposals while ensuring projects move from brief to delivery.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in sales marketing, integrated marketing, brand partnerships, experiential marketing, media, advertising, or related field.
• Experience supporting RFP responses, pitch development, partnership proposals, or client-facing marketing initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, advertising, media, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong storyteller with ability to translate client objectives into compelling presentations and marketing materials.
• Experience building polished presentations and client-facing documents.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Enjoy collaborating across teams and building relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Comfortable presenting ideas internally and participating in client-facing discussions.
• Understand the value of audience insights and performance data in supporting marketing recommendations.
• Curious about music, culture, and brand storytelling, excited by live experiences for brands.

Responsibilities

• Support responses to inbound briefs and RFPs from brands and agencies, developing narratives, presentations, and partnership recommendations.
• Partner with Sales leads to build partnership concepts spanning live experiences, branded content, social, experiential, licensing, and integrated media.
• Create and maintain client-facing materials including pitch decks, case studies, one-sheets, capability presentations, and proposal templates.
• Coordinate inputs from cross-functional stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Help develop audience narratives, category positioning, and supporting materials used in the sales process.
• Maintain Sofar’s library of sales and marketing assets, keeping materials current and effective.
• Incorporate audience insights, campaign performance data, and category trends into presentations and proposals.
• Support internal brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas for partnership opportunities and client pitches.
• Stay current on trends across music, culture, experiential marketing, and brand partnerships.

Skills

Storytelling

Presentation skills

Organized / project management

Cross-team collaboration

Client-facing communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, advertising, media, or related field

Job description

ABOUT US

Sofar Sounds is a global community that connects artists and audiences through unique and intimate experiences. Sofar shows transform everyday spaces — from living rooms and rooftops, to boutiques and museums — into captivating venues for intimate gigs, creating inclusive experiences that bring people closer together. Founded in London in 2009, Sofar creates space where music and arts matter in 400 cities around the world.

Our global team is distributed across the US and UK, and is backed by some of the best-known consumer industry investors (TCG, Battery Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Octopus and others).

THE ROLE

Sofar’s Brand Partnerships team builds and delivers branded music programs for some of the world’s most recognized brands, including Visa, New Balance, Sony, Delta, Arc’teryx and more. As our slate of partner campaigns and inbound briefs grows, we’re looking for a Director, Sales Marketing to join the team in NYC and lead how Sofar shapes, story-tells, and pitches every opportunity that comes our way.

This is a mid-senior role designed for someone with 2-4 years of experience in sales marketing, integrated marketing, or brand partnerships marketing, likely at a media company, publisher, platform, sponsorship-led brand, or experiential agency. You’ll sit on the Brand Partnerships team, reporting into our VP of Sofar Studio, and play a key role in supporting the development of partnership narratives, pitch materials, and sales marketing initiatives.

Working closely with Sales, Content, Production and the VP of Sofar Studio, you’ll help translate client objectives into compelling presentations and proposals while ensuring projects move smoothly from brief to delivery. You’ll also contribute to the ongoing development of Sofar’s sales marketing materials and go-to-market storytelling.

This role is based in New York City, working in a hybrid model alongside our global Partnerships team.

What you’ll do:

• Support responses to inbound briefs and RFPs from brands and agencies, helping develop narratives, presentations, and partnership recommendations
• Partner with Sales leads to build partnership concepts spanning live experiences, branded content, social, experiential, licensing, and integrated media
• Create and maintain client-facing materials including pitch decks, case studies, one-sheets, capability presentations, and proposal templates
• Coordinate inputs from cross-functional stakeholders including Sales, Creative, Production, Music, Insights, and Finance to ensure projects are delivered on time
• Help develop audience narratives, category positioning, and supporting materials used throughout the sales process
• Maintain Sofar’s library of sales and marketing assets, ensuring materials remain current and effective
• Incorporate audience insights, campaign performance data, and category trends into presentations and proposals
• Support internal brainstorming sessions and contribute ideas for partnership opportunities and client pitches
• Stay current on trends across music, culture, experiential marketing, and brand partnerships

Who you are:

• You have 2 to 4 years of experience in sales marketing, integrated marketing, brand partnerships, experiential marketing, media, advertising, or a related field
• You have experience supporting RFP responses, pitch development, partnership proposals, or client-facing marketing initiatives
• You hold a Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, advertising, media, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• You are a strong storyteller with the ability to translate client objectives into compelling presentations and marketing materials
• You have experience building polished presentations and client-facing documents
• You are highly organized and able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• You enjoy collaborating across teams and building relationships with internal stakeholders
• You are comfortable presenting ideas internally and participating in client-facing discussions
• You understand the value of audience insights and performance data in supporting marketing recommendations
• You are curious about music, culture, and brand storytelling, and excited by the role live experiences can play in helping brands connect with audiences

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.