Marketing Manager - Media Strategy & Partnerships (US)

What You'll Do

Media Strategy & Planning

• Develop our media strategy: decide which channels (traditional media, OOH, digital brand channels, podcasts, etc.) make sense for Genspark and when
• Create our annual media plan with budget allocation across channels
• Evaluate new media opportunities and test emerging channels
• Oversee media buying execution (working with agencies or direct)
• Optimize media spend based on performance and audience reach

Brand Tracking & Insights

• Set up and monitor brand health metrics (awareness, consideration, sentiment)
• Track media effectiveness across channels and campaigns
• Run attribution analysis to understand which touchpoints drive impact
• Report on brand campaign performance and ROI to leadership

PR Management

• Serve as the internal point person for our external PR agency
• Brief PR agency on company updates, product launches, and strategic priorities
• Coordinate between PR agency and internal stakeholders (product, leadership, creative team)
• Track media coverage and PR impact
• Manage crisis communication protocols with PR agency when needed

Partnerships & Co-marketing

• Identify and evaluate strategic partnership opportunities that amplify our brand
• Negotiate and structure co-marketing deals
• Execute joint campaigns and partnership activations
• Coordinate partnership content across channels
• Measure partnership ROI and optimize our partnership portfolio

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Brand & Creative Lead to ensure media strategy amplifies creative campaigns
• Partner with the performance marketing team to align brand and performance efforts
• Collaborate with the product team to inform the media strategy with product insights
• Present strategy and results to the leadership team

What You'll Bring

• 5-7 years of experience in brand strategy, media planning, partnerships, or related roles—ideally at tech companies or agencies serving tech clients
• Strategic thinking: You can develop channel strategies that ladder up to business goals and translate them into actionable plans
• Analytical mindset: Comfortable with brand tracking, attribution analysis, and using data to inform decisions (no need to be a data scientist, but you should be data-fluent)
• Agency management: Experience managing external agencies (PR, media buying) and getting great work out of them
• Partnership chops: Track record of identifying, negotiating, and executing successful co-marketing partnerships
• Budget management: Experience managing marketing budgets ($500K+) and optimizing spend across channels
• User research: Familiarity with research methodologies and translating insights into strategy
• US market fluency: Deep understanding of the US media landscape and consumer behavior
• Startup DNA: Comfortable with ambiguity, wearing multiple hats, and building processes from scratch
• Communication skills: You can present complex strategies clearly to leadership and collaborate effectively across teams

⭐ Bonus Points

• Experience at product-led growth (PLG) companies, especially in productivity tools or SaaS
• Background in media planning or brand strategy at top-tier agencies
• Track record with tech/consumer partnerships