Agency Partnerships Manager

Agency Partnerships Manager (WPP or Dentsu)

Location: Covent Garden, London (Hybrid 3 days in-office, 2 days remote)

Department: Commercial

Reporting to: Head of Agency Partnerships

Role Overview

Time Out is in an exciting period of sustained growth across our digital, social, video and experiential businesses. We have evolved into a truly audience-first global media and experiences brand, and strategic commercial partnerships are central to that growth.

We are looking for a commercially driven Agency Partnerships Manager to build and grow agency relationships across a defined West End patch, driving revenue through innovative, multi-platform partnerships. This role will focus on developing new business, growing existing accounts and delivering creative commercial solutions that help brands connect with Time Out's highly engaged audience across content, social, video, experiential and live experiences.

The successful candidate will combine strong relationship-building skills with commercial awareness, managing partnership briefs, collaborating with internal teams and proactively identifying opportunities to grow revenue across agency and client accounts. Working cross-functionally with Creative Strategy, Editorial, Project Management and Time Out Markets, this role sits at the centre of some of Time Out's most exciting commercial activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and develop relationships across planning, partnerships and investment teams within your agency patch, while identifying opportunities to strengthen existing partnerships and establish new client relationships.

• Deliver revenue growth through creative, multi-platform commercial partnerships across digital, social, branded content, experiential and video.

• Manage agency briefs and work collaboratively with Creative Strategy and the wider commercial team to develop compelling multi-platform partnership proposals.

• Proactively identify new business opportunities while growing existing agency and client accounts.

• Create engaging presentations and commercial proposals that showcase Time Out's audience, editorial authority and commercial offering.

• Work collaboratively across Creative Strategy, Project Management, Editorial, Branded Content and e-Commerce to deliver integrated, high-quality campaigns.

• Contribute ideas during internal briefing and brainstorming sessions to help develop creative commercial responses.

• Work closely with internal teams to ensure campaigns are delivered successfully, meeting client expectations and commercial objectives.

• Represent Time Out at client meetings, networking events and industry events.

• Share agency insights, market trends and client feedback with the wider commercial team to support future commercial opportunities.

• Work collaboratively across the commercial team, sharing knowledge and contributing to a positive team culture.

Skills & Experience

• 4+ years' experience in media sales, branded content or integrated commercial partnerships within a media owner, publisher or agency environment.

• Existing relationships within WPP or Dentsu agencies would be advantageous, but are not essential.

• Experience building relationships across media agencies and advertisers, with a good understanding of agency planning and buying processes.

• Experience developing and delivering integrated commercial partnerships across digital, social, branded content, experiential and video exceeding revenue targets through integrated commercial partnerships.

• Commercially minded, with the ability to identify opportunities to grow accounts and generate new business.

• Confident presenter with excellent communication and negotiation skills, able to build relationships with agency contacts and clients at all levels.

• Strong storytelling and proposal-writing skills with the ability to translate client objectives into compelling commercial solutions.

• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.

• Good commercial understanding of campaign pricing, profitability and revenue delivery.

• Proficient in Google Slides, PowerPoint and Excel.

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

Time Out Group is a leading global media and hospitality business that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city.

It all began in London in 1968 when Time Out helped people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the capital. Since then, this iconic brand has consistently maintained its status as the go-to source of inspiration for both locals and visitors alike. Today, it is the only global brand – with a local voice – dedicated to city life.

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market – which are highly synergistic – the Company helps its large audience go out in the world's greatest cities with its curated content and experiences, and connects global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, videos, newsletters and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – created and curated by a global team of local experts – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in over 350 cities and over 50 countries. The Company is monetising this global reach and its strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions to international, national and local brands and businesses. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.

Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon, quickly becoming one of the city's most popular destinations. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and there are currently 13 open Markets: in addition to Lisbon, there are sites in New York (in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighbourhood and in Manhattan's Union Square), Boston, Montreal, Dubai, Cape Town, Porto, Barcelona, Bahrain, Osaka, Budapest and Vancouver . More Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline as the global expansion continues.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.