Sandboxx - Brand Partnerships Manager

• Own brand partnership revenue targets, pipeline health, and forecasting • Source, pitch, close, and renew brand and sponsorship partnerships • Lead discovery driven conversations to deeply understand partner goals and constraints • 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 • Represent Sandboxx externally with credibility, care, and professionalism • At this stage, success looks like taking real ownership and beginning to drive momentum responsibly. • Independently lead discovery conversations with prospective partners • Clearly articulate Sandboxx's value in a way that resonates with different types of brands • Own active opportunities in the pipeline and move them forward with discipline • Deliver high quality proposals and presentations that reflect both partner goals and Sandboxx standards • Contribute accurate, thoughtful revenue forecasts • Show confidence saying no or pushing back when a partnership does not align with our audience or mission • Be viewed internally as someone who can be trusted with partner conversations • By this point, success is demonstrated through follow through and results. • Fully own a book of business and active pipeline • Close initial partnership deals that meet both revenue goals and audience standards • Successfully launch at least one integrated brand partnership • Coordinate execution across internal teams without friction or dropped balls • Deliver clear, credible performance reporting that partners can understand and act on • Identify early renewal, expansion, or optimization opportunities • Build trust internally as the accountable owner of partner success • At six months, success looks like consistency, maturity, and influence. • Close at least one meaningful brand partnership that you sourced independently, from outreach through signed agreement • Close at least one meaningful brand partnership that you sourced independently • Consistently drive partnership revenue against targets • Manage multiple partner relationships from pitch through renewal with confidence • Improve deal quality, pricing discipline, and sales efficiency • Be seen by partners as a strategic advisor, not just a vendor • Anticipate partner needs and proactively propose new ideas or programs • Influence how Sandboxx packages, prices, and positions partnership offerings • Surface clear insights about brand demand, objections, and market trends • At one year, success is defined by impact beyond individual deals. • Manage and grow a meaningful portfolio of long term brand partners • Drive renewals, expansions, and multi campaign agreements • Help establish brand partnerships as a predictable, scalable revenue stream • Contribute to partnership strategy, packaging, and go to market planning • Raise the bar for how Sandboxx sells, executes, and reports partnerships • Serve as a model for how to grow revenue without compromising trust • What You're Like • What You're Like • You are someone who takes responsibility seriously • and understands that trust is hard won and easily lost. You don't chase every deal. You think carefully about fit, impact, and long term value before you sell. • You are comfortable owning outcomes • , not just activity. When a deal moves forward, you stay close to it. When something goes wrong, you don't deflect. You step in. • You know how to build relationships • that last. You listen more than you talk, ask thoughtful questions, and earn credibility through follow through, not flash. You are confident speaking with senior stakeholders, but grounded enough to collaborate well internally. • You are commercially minded • without being transactional. You care about revenue and growth, but you understand that how revenue is generated matters, especially when serving a trusted community. • You are self directed and disciplined • . You manage your time well, communicate clearly, and don't need constant oversight to do your best work. You take pride in doing things the right way, even when it would be easier not to. • Ideally, you • Have built and maintained long term brand or sponsorship relationships, not just closed one off deals • Have experience working with audiences where trust, credibility, and context matter • Are comfortable saying no to misaligned opportunities, even when revenue is on the table • Have sold integrated or custom programs rather than fixed inventory or rate cards • Have experience bringing your own relationships into a role and growing them responsibly • Understand how to balance partner goals with audience experience • Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and building structure where none exists • Enjoy collaborating cross functionally and taking ownership through execution • Care deeply about doing work you can stand behind • You Might Not Be a Fit If • You are looking for a role where execution and follow through are someone else's responsibility • You prefer high volume, transactional sales over fewer, deeper partnerships • You are uncomfortable owning deals from first conversation through execution and reporting • You rely primarily on inbound leads or inherited accounts • You are unwilling to say no when a partnership feels misaligned • You optimize for short term revenue at the expense of long term trust • You prefer rigid playbooks over thoughtful, consultative selling • You are not comfortable bringing your own relationships into a role • You want to sell quickly without being accountable for outcomes