Substack is hiring a
Partnerships Lead

Summary

Join our team as a Partnerships Lead to grow Sports on Substack. We're looking for someone with an existing network in Sports media, relationship management experience, and the ability to accelerate growth without relying on traditional sales methods.

Requirements

• Excellent written, verbal, and diplomatic skills, with sharp attention to detail
• A voracious reader and subscriber to Substacks, with a keen sense of the evolving tech and media landscape
• Interest in building the playbook (principles, strategy) and then scaling it (building solutions, processes, and teams)
• Awareness and knowledge of online trends, especially in sports media
• Artist relations and management experience are a plus
• Previous sales experience is a plus, preferably with a focus on high-velocity outbound conversations
• CRM (Sales, Hubspot, etc) experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of lead sourcing and outreach to unlock key talent in Sports, especially among podcasting and multimedia creators
• Work with creators to develop publication plans and successfully launch them on Substack
• Partner closely with the internal marketing, product, and data teams to deeply understand compelling new markets for Substack to explore and the best strategies to go after them
• Work cross-functionally to help uplevel our lead sourcing and creator outreach strategy across the Partnerships organization