Partnerships and Community Manager

About the job

Partnerships and Community Manager
Location: Franklin, TN (In-Person, Mon–Thu / WFH Fridays)
Type: Full-Time
Reports to: Chief Marketing Officer

Summary

Gratitude in business is already a movement. Thousands of people already believe that appreciation is just good business. This role gives that belief a home. It is a megaphone for what we stand for.

Your Role

• Find and sign the creators yourself, focusing on real B2B sellers and revenue leaders. You source them, reach out, write briefs, edit drafts, and run the posting cadence with a light touch, high cadence, unpolished approach. No six figure influencer deals.
• Build and run the community day to day by posting, moderating, welcoming new members, and hosting conversations to give people a place to gather and learn.
• Build partner co-marketing with platforms like Salesforce, HubSpot, SAP Concur, EcoCart, and Thnks Local, driving the joint calendar, joint content, webinars, and in app promotions.
• Show up at events to sponsor, attend as hunters, or host our own small dinners.
• Track what lands, bringing data on which creators drive signups, which posts travel, and which partners pull their weight. You bring the numbers, not just the vibes.

What you own

• The creator network and the reach it generates.
• The community and its growth, engagement, and retention.
• The partner marketing calendar and the co-marketing that ships.
• Top of funnel reach and the qualified signups that come from it.

What you ship in your first 90 days

• Sign the first three to five creators and get them posting.
• Stand up the partner marketing calendar with the top partners.
• Map the community that already exists around gratitude in business and pick the first place to plant a flag.

What success looks like

• By month 6: A handful of credible creators are posting regularly, the community has a pulse, and the first partner campaigns are live.
• By month 12: The creator network drives real signups, the community lowers churn and lifts send frequency, and partners run co-marketing with us on a steady rhythm.

What We’re Looking For

• 4 or more years building creator, influencer, community, or partner marketing programs, ideally in B2B.
• Strong knowledge of the creator landscape and the seller's world, with the ability to tell a credible practitioner from a fake across LinkedIn, YouTube, and podcasts.
• Direct experience running co-marketing with partners, including joint calendars, shared campaigns, funds management, and reporting.
• High-cadence execution with the capacity to move fast and ship often.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. You are the kind of person other people want to say yes to.
• An AI native approach to scaling workflows, using AI to run a network that would normally need a bigger team by leveraging tools to source creators, draft briefs, schedule, and track what lands. You work smoothly with Claude and carry a clear point of view on how to use these tools day to day.

Bonus Points

• You have run an awards or recognition program.
• You have launched co-marketing on Salesforce AppExchange or HubSpot Marketplace.
• You have grown a B2B community from the ground up.

Who This Is Not For

• If you want to manage a team and direct the work from above, this is not it.
• If you want a fully remote job, this is not it.
• If you would rather plan a community than be in it every day, this is not it.

Our Commitment to You

• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance (80-100% employer-covered).
• Future Planning: 401(k) matching.
• Stipends: Monthly cell phone and internet stipend.
• Work Environment: In-office Monday through Thursday with Friday remote.
• Work-Life Balance: 20 PTO days, company-paid holidays, and maternity leave.
• Wellbeing: Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance.
• Team Spirit: Regular team-building and community engagement events.

How to Apply

Send proof along with your resume. A creator program, a community, or a partner campaign you built, with a line on what it produced. We read those first.

About Thnks

Thnks is the leading platform for real-time business relationship building. We make it effortless for professionals to send small, thoughtful gestures - a coffee, a lunch, an Uber credit - in seconds, with no address needed and enterprise compliance built in. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies, high-growth startups, and everything in between across industries like insurance, healthcare, financial services, and commercial real estate.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Matching
• Bonus
• Life Insurance