Senior Director – Partnerships – Entertainment – Content & Platform Development
| Company | Daniel J Edelman Holdings |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| Salary | $80000 – $120000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Meta, Twitch, Discord, and other emerging digital platforms — and how brands can show up authentically and impactfully.
- 7+ years of experience in partnerships, content strategy, entertainment, digital media, or agency-side roles.
- Proven success developing, pitching, and closing innovative branded content or creator-driven partnerships.
- Comfortable navigating IP, business affairs, and media distribution dynamics.
- An excellent communicator, creative thinker, and proactive collaborator.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead relationships with a wide range of content platforms.
- Identify native, innovative, and culturally relevant opportunities for brand integrations and storytelling across a variety of formats and feeds.
- Negotiate and close platform/content-led deals that unlock distribution advantages, creator access, and compelling IP.
- Develop insight-driven content and partnership strategies rooted in platform behavior, creator ecosystems, and emerging cultural moments.
- Pitch ideas directly to clients and platforms, bringing both storytelling and business savvy acumen to the table.
- Contribute to new business development, helping scope opportunities, lead partnership elements of pitches, and grow client relationships.
- Oversee and work with a team responsible for the execution of partnership-driven campaigns.
- Act as a senior-level client lead on content initiatives, setting expectations, delivering strategic counsel, and driving measurable results.
- Collaborate across creative, strategy, production, and business affairs teams to ensure successful execution of all content and platform-led programs.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning.
- Help shape internal processes and workflows around platform deals, branded content programs, and partnership integrations.
- Represent the agency externally, building meaningful relationships across creators, studios, streamers, and platform partners.
Preferred Qualifications
- Entrepreneurial, ambitious, and plugged into what’s next.