Strategic Partnership and Funding Manager

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.
As our Portfolio and Partnership Manager in for Good Housekeeping and the Homes portfolio, you will play an integral part in delivering the Brand Plans for Hearst UK’s biggest brands. Working with a high degree of entrepreneurialism and autonomy, you will support the PD/MD to source, negotiate and manage longlasting brand partnerships that both enhance member experience and deliver commercial revenue. You will be a lynchpin between editorial, customer and commercial teams, and play a crucial role in ensuring continued growth momentum of the GH/Homes portfolio.
Travel partnerships owner: take full end-to-end ownership of planning, securing and delivering commercial relationships in the travel category to hit agreed revenue KPIs.
Negotiate profitable partnerships that deliver member experiences that align with and amplify the brand plan. Travelbag, Ragdale Hall, The Pig, English Heritage / RHS, ensuring compliant and compelling communications and propositions, with timely partner payment and accurate budgeting / reporting / forecasting. Brand partnerships:
Work in tandem with the PD/MD, commercial and editorial teams to proactively identify and cultivate new profitable revenue opportunities with partner companies to hit agreed KPIs. - You will generate ideas, in collaboration with editorial and the PD/MD, and deliver reader offers, experiences and activations that amplify the brand value and impact of key initiatives such as House Beautiful Awards, GH VIP, the CL Artisan Collective and Pavillions. - Strategic Planning and Collaboration: Assist PD/MD in the creation of business plans, project management, pitch collateral, product launches and special projects to ensure stakeholders in brands and across teams are equipped with information to enable them to maximise upsell and cross promotion opportunities, with the goal to drive revenue.
Partner Outreach and Engagement: Pro-actively build and maintain your own new relationships with key industry contacts, identifying new revenue opportunities, and fostering strategic relationships, promotions and event activations – ensuring you keep all relevant Hearst stakeholders in the loop at all times.
Brand content management: Take ownership of creating, updating, and disseminating relevant insights, brand plans, media packs, and other collateral to support external representation of the vertical and brands. Financial Planning and Budgeting: Support with the preparation of annual budgets and business plans in collaboration with senior leadership. Support in budget management by brand, ensuring profitability and cost-effective sales strategies.
Experience in business administration, marketing or a similar field, preferably within the media or lifestyle industry (essential)
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