ConvertKit is hiring a
Brand Sponsorships Leader

Summary

Join our team as the CK Ads Leader to lead and grow the CK Ads team, drive revenue growth, and develop strong relationships with brands and agencies. This role requires a dynamic and proactive individual who can contribute to ConvertKit's mission of helping creators earn a living.

Requirements

• Ads acumen: Demonstrated success in leading and scaling Sponsorships and Programmatic ads
• Skilled at negotiations: Strong quantitative skills and negotiation ability, able to lead commercial negotiations for large accounts
• Leadership through action: A track record of leading from the front. You will be responsible for establishing and directing your team’s strategic direction, as well as actively participating in relationship building and deal sourcing
• Creator community fluency: Fluent in the creator community with the ability to connect with top creators on a peer-to-peer level
• Network building: Demonstrated success in building and leveraging relationships with brands and media agencies and experience establishing longstanding, consultative client relationships
• Delivering aligned results: Experienced in managing team members in a strengths-based way. You know how to direct each person's unique skills and abilities towards the highest leverage work

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of CK Ads functions, including leading and growing a successful team
• Prioritize sales narratives that understand the needs of brands and agencies
• Take the lead in responding to RFP’s or new inner agency opportunities, including qualification & win strategy
• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and develop the company’s unique selling propositions and differentiators
• Relationship focus: The ideal candidate will have established relationships with media agencies and brands and will develop and nurture those relationships in service of building a best-in-class Sponsorship network
• Liaison to the broader team: Drive growth via strong partnerships with Sales and Migrations, Brand, Marketing, Creator Growth and Customer Experience. Maintain a managerial relationship while collaborating with other managers and directors at ConvertKit

Benefits

• Profit Sharing
• ConvertKit equity
• 401k with a 5% match
• Twenty (20) days of paid time off during each year of employment
• Paid paid vacation: An after-tax bonus of $1,000 for taking five consecutive days of vacation where you’re fully unplugged from work
• Ten paid holidays a year
• Annual, team-wide winter break from Christmas to New Year's
• Monthly medical benefits up to $1,850 a month toward premiums. Dental and vision premiums covered 100%
• Two weeks of paid sick time each year, including mental health + well being days
• Twelve (12) weeks paid parental leave and flexible scheduling in your child’s first year
• Childcare benefit up to $3,000 annually
• Up to six weeks of paid bereavement leave, medical leave, and disaster after six months of employment, two weeks of each paid leave in your first six months
• Gender affirming benefits
• $4,000 equipment allowance for your first two years, $3,000 budget every following two years
• Individual learning + development budget ($3,500/year)
• Four-week, paid sabbatical after five years with the team