Partnerships Manage

About Independent Media

Independent Media comprises The Independent, Standard Digital, Bulletin, BuzzFeed UK, HuffPost UK, Tasty UK, Seasoned, IndyBest and indy100.

Harnessing market-leading innovation and excellence across its portfolio of pioneering brands, Independent Media has unrivalled scale, integrity and authority via its sites, apps, video, audio, experiential, newsletters and social media.

While each Independent Media brand speaks in an authentic, unique voice to a loyal and distinct audience, they stand together in their commitment to positivity, inclusivity, and quality journalism and content.

Independent Media’s network reaches 650 million users each month, with 1.1 billion content views across its brands and platforms, including web, apps, social media, podcasts, email, YouTube, syndication partners and print.

The role and the team

The Independent is seeking a strong partnerships manager to work with us in our mission to be the consumer champion. We provide unbiased reviews, product news, deals coverage and expert advice so our readers can be confident that they’re spending their money wisely.

In this role you will be responsible for managing existing performance based partnerships across an array of verticals and bringing in new ones to contribute to the growth of our ecommerce department. You will ensure all partners remain satisfied with our collaboration and find new ways to grow the trajectory of these partnerships. You will always be reviewing key markets for new opportunities in and outside of our existing commerce categories.

To be successful in this position you must demonstrate excellent communication and partner management skills. Be able to assess performance models for revenue potential and profitability. You should possess strong project and account management skills. In addition, having a background, or interest, in the operational and technical implementation side of our partnerships is highly desirable.

Overall, we’re looking for someone who has great people skills, is growth-minded, collaborative and creative with a technical approach to partnership management.

Scope

• Brands: The Independent (inc IndyBest) UK and US, The Standard UK, HuffPost UK, BuzzFeed UK.

• Territories: UK and US

• Channels: Onsite: Articles, display ads and newsletters. Offsite:Social (organic and paid), Search (organic and paid) and LLMs.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

• We champion diversity in our teams and in our reporting. As a growing and global brand, we must have a workforce that’s more representative of our readers, viewers, clients and partners, and a workplace that creates a sense of belonging for everyone

• We are committed to hiring and developing a diverse workforce regardless of background, and we support our people to thrive in their careers here.

The Independent is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.

About you

• Proven experience: 3+ years of progressive experience in affiliate marketing, partnership management or performance sales.

• Network & industry influence: Have existing client and network relationships that can be leveraged to drive business development.

• Digital landscape awareness: Knowledge in SEO principles, audience acquisition tactics (paid and organic social, PPC, newsletter), and cross-channel content integration.

• Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to manage projects with diverse stakeholders.

• Account management: Excellent time management, prioritisation and project management skills.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

• Manage relationships with existing partners: Act as their primary point of contact. Oversee partner campaigns from launch, ongoing performance and commercial requirements.

• New business development: Identify, research and approach prospective advertisers, brands, agencies and technology partners across existing and new verticals.

• Operations & technical implementation: Manage the operational setup and delivery of lead generation campaigns across our home improvement and motoring category verticals.

• Cross-functional relationships: Collaborate closely with sales, editors, audience growth teams, and external agencies to align partnership output with wider company strategy and brand values.

• Targets and reporting: Working to revenue targets and maintaining clear, transparent revenue and ROI accounting and reporting.

Our values – you will deliver across all our values

Inclusive: We champion diversity in our teams and in our reporting. Working as a team, we put transparency and effective communication at the heart of everything we do.

Innovative: From the very beginning, The Independent has been breaking the mould. We take risks and are always looking to try new ideas in pursuit of excellence.

Independent: Nobody tells us what to think; we make up our own minds and aren’t afraid to do things differently. Like our readers, we value honesty and integrity above outside influences.