Brand Partnerships Manager

Job Responsibilities

• Own Artifact Uprising’s external partner ecosystem end-to-end, serving as the primary point of contact for ambassadors, creators, collaborators, and select brand partners.
• Strengthen and evolve our ambassador program by refining partner curation, improving briefing, and building closer relationships that lead to higher-quality creative and more meaningful advocacy.
• Under the guidance of the Brand Marketing Director, help shape how partnerships grow over time, identifying potential collaborators and establishing early relationships that set the foundation for future brand moments.
• Steward partnerships from outreach through ongoing engagement, ensuring every interaction reflects our values, point of view, and standards for quality.
• Serve as the day-to-day liaison with our PR agency, helping drive ongoing communication, manage requests, and ensure partners are equipped with clear brand priorities and upcoming GTM moments.
• Support brand storytelling within B2B partnerships as that channel scales, helping translate our voice and perspective into partner-facing narratives and experiences.
• Partner with the Community Manager to monitor and strengthen brand reputation, contributing to thoughtful approaches around reviews, feedback, and trust-building.
• Collaborate closely with Brand, Social, Creative, and Growth teams to ensure partner content is well briefed, relevant to activate across channels, and designed to travel.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years of experience in brand partnerships, influencer or ambassador programs, or brand marketing, ideally within premium, design-led consumer brands.
• Strong instinct for brand fit, taste, and cultural relevance, with an emphasis on quality over scale.
• Experience managing external partners with consistency and professionalism.
• Fluency working closely with PR agencies in support of brand storytelling and launch moments.
• Ability to own both relationship-building and execution details, from briefing through follow-up.
• Proven ownership of a defined workstream, driving progress over time.
• Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple partnerships simultaneously.
• Collaborative by nature, with experience working cross-functionally to align partners, creative, and business goals.
• Experience using data and performance signals to evaluate programs, refine approach, and hold work accountable to clear KPIs.
• Clear communicator who represents the brand well internally and externally.
• Drawn to building brands through trust, storytelling, and advocacy rather than short-term amplification.

Impact in the first 6-12 months

• Bring greater clarity and consistency to how Artifact Uprising works with external partners, raising the bar for relationship management and creative quality.
• Strengthen the performance of the ambassador program through more targeted outreach, sharper briefs, and deeper ongoing partnerships.
• Help shift earned media from campaign-driven moments toward more evergreen brand stories, supporting placements that reinforce Artifact’s authority, point of view, and relevance over time.
• Improve how partner-created content moves across organic and paid channels, increasing engagement and extending the life and impact of what we create.
• Establish scalable tools and frameworks that make ambassador partnerships and PR collaboration easier to manage, more aligned to GTM moments, and more effective as the brand grows.