Sr Agency Partnership Manager

Statusphere (HearstLab); Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 114,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from anywhere – fully remote

Competitive base + bonus

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible Time Off and holidays

4% 401(k) match

Paid parental leave

Employee stock options

Growth and leadership opportunities

Collaborative team culture

Job summary

Statusphere is seeking a senior partnerships leader to own and grow agency relationships, establishing Statusphere as the go-to creator marketing platform for agency rosters. You will map agency client portfolios, drive activation, train agency teams, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure a seamless experience across brand accounts.

This remote role offers ~40% travel, a competitive base plus bonus, health/dental/vision, 401(k) match, stock options, paid leave, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of agency partnerships or channel sales experience.
• Strong network with agency decision-makers.
• Experience managing a portfolio of agency partners and multi-account expansion.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and grow agency partner relationships and position Statusphere as the go-to creator marketing platform.
• Map partners' client rosters to identify expansion opportunities.
• Drive new-brand activation and expand accounts via agency relationships.
• Train agency teams to recommend and pitch Statusphere.
• Coordinate with Client Success and creator-operations for seamless experiences.
• Develop co-selling motions and joint go-to-market plans.
• Maintain agency/downstream records in HubSpot and track pipeline.
• Meet or exceed quarterly revenue and account-growth targets.
• Build a broad agency network and engage decision-makers at events.

Skills

Agency partnerships

Channel sales

Business development

HubSpot CRM

Presentation skills

Partner enablement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or related field

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Responsibilities will include:

• Own and grow direct relationships with agency partners, positioning Statusphere as the go-to creator marketing platform for their client rosters
• Map each agency partner’s client roster to identify expansion opportunities, prioritizing brand accounts best suited to Statusphere’s platform
• Drive new-brand activation and account expansion through each agency relationship, converting a single agency partnership into multiple brand accounts over time
• Train and enable agency teams, account, creative, and strategy leads on Statusphere’s platform so they can confidently recommend and pitch it to their brand clients
• Serve as the primary point of contact for agency partners, coordinating with internal Client Success and creator-operations teams to ensure a seamless experience across every brand account sourced through the relationship
• Develop co-selling and joint go-to-market motions with agency partners, case studies, joint pitches, and shared account plans to accelerate new-brand activation
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date agency and downstream account records in HubSpot, tracking pipeline, activations, and expansion opportunities across each agency relationship
• Consistently achieve or exceed quarterly revenue and account-growth targets tied to agency-sourced business
• Build and maintain a broad network of relationships across the agency landscape, attending industry events and engaging with agency and holding-company decision-makers

You’re a great fit if you:

• Have 5-8 years of experience in agency partnerships, channel sales, or business development, ideally having worked directly with or inside PR, creative, or media agencies or holding companies or specialized shops
• Have an established network of relationships with agency decision-makers able to open doors to their brand clients
• Have experience managing a portfolio of channel or agency partners and driving multi-account expansion through a single relationship
• Understand agency organizational structures and how brand decisions flow through them
• Have strong presentation and enablement skills, comfortable training agency teams and running joint pitches with partners
• Are proficient with CRM tools, ideally HubSpot, to manage agency partnership pipelines and track downstream account activity
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable working directly with agency leadership and their brand clients

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in the PR, creative, media, or influencer/creator agency landscape, either agency-side or on an agency-facing sales team
• Familiarity with major holding companies and independent agencies in the beauty, CPG, and lifestyle space
• Track record of scaling a channel or agency partnership program from a handful of relationships to a broad, repeatable pipeline
• Comfort using AI-powered tools for account research, forecasting, meeting prep, or proposal development

Preferred education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Travel:

• Typically around 40% travel, including both local meetings and extended multi-night regional travel. Remote environment.

Total Compensation

The posted base salary range for this position is $114,000 - $140,000 with an OTE (On Target Earnings) range of $228,000 - $280,000, which is inclusive of base salary and target incentive compensation. Compensation decisions are influenced by multiple factors, including but not limited to education, prior experience, training, skills, certifications, market demand, and internal equity.

Additional benefits include:

• Work from anywhere – fully remote flexibility
• Competitive base + bonus compensation structure
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Time Off, Sick Time, and paid holidays
• 4% 401(k) match
• Paid parental leave
• Employee stock options
• Opportunities for growth and leadership
• Collaborative, innovative, positive, team-oriented culture