Brand Partnerships Manager

About the role

The Brand Partnerships Manager plays a critical role in how Sandboxx shows up in the world and how brands are invited into it. This role exists to build thoughtful, long-term partnerships that respect the trust our audience has placed in us while helping brands connect with millions of military families in moments that genuinely matter.

Responsibilities

• Own brand partnership revenue targets, pipeline health, and forecasting
• Sources, pitches, closes, and renews brand and sponsorship partnerships
• Led discovery-driven conversations to deeply understand partner goals and constraints
• Translate brand objectives into custom, integrated Sandboxx programs across news, letters, newsletters, digital, and community
• Build clear, compelling presentations and partnership proposals
• Structure deals, pricing, and scopes that reflect Sandboxx's value and standards
• Negotiate contracts and manage approvals
• Serve as the internal owner coordinating execution across marketing, product, community, operations, and finance
• Ensure campaigns launch on time and meet partner and audience expectations
• Develop performance reporting and synthesize results into clear insights and recommendations
• Present outcomes, learnings, and next steps to partner stakeholders
• Identify renewal, expansion, and multi-campaign opportunities

Requirements

• Proven experience selling brand partnerships, sponsorships, or media solutions at an enterprise level
• Clear ownership of revenue goals and sales pipeline
• Strong consultative selling and discovery skills
• Comfort structuring and negotiating complex, custom deals
• Excellent presentation and storytelling ability
• Experience working with long sales cycles and senior decision makers
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Highly organized, accountable, and self-directed
• Brings an existing network of brand or sponsorship relationships and is comfortable activating those relationships responsibly within Sandboxx's mission and standards
• Demonstrated ability to source and close deals independently, not just manage inbound or inherited opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience selling brand partnerships, sponsorships, or integrated media programs
• Background in media, publishing, or platforms with highly engaged audiences
• Experience working with audiences where trust and credibility are essential
• Proven success selling custom or non-standard partnership programs
• Experience managing long sales cycles with senior decision makers
• Strong comfort building and delivering on commitments