Manager, Brand Partnerships

We’re Hiring: Manager, Brand Partnerships

Do you binge-watch your favorite shows and notice every product placement? Are you the friend who always knows the latest trending meme, movie release, or influencer collab?

At Hollywood Branded, we turn pop culture into powerful brand moments, and we’re always on the lookout for fresh talent who can help us make marketing magic happen.

We’re in search of an experienced Manager, Brand Partnerships to fulfill a key middle-management role within Hollywood Branded — a creative, strategic, and just-a-little-obsessed-with-entertainment leader ready to jump in when opportunities strike.

Who We Are

Hollywood Branded is not your traditional agency. We specialize in building pop culture-driven brand partnerships through Product Placement, Celebrity Endorsement, and Influencer Marketing for clients around the world.

Our mission is to revolutionize how brands and creators work together while telling better stories that resonate authentically with audiences. Our culture is driven by learning, doing, and teaching, and we believe that when our people grow, our agency grows, too.

What We Do

From iconic TV moments to viral TikTok challenges, from blockbuster integrations to influencer magic — we help brands shine where audiences are already watching, scrolling, and talking.

Our work is where:

• 🍿 Marketing meets movies
• 📱 Brands go social
• 🌎 Pop culture drives connection

The Role

As Manager, Brand Partnerships, you are a key middle-management leader at Hollywood Branded — serving as the strategic connector between executive leadership and the day-to-day brand partnership teams.

This role comes with meaningful ownership and growth opportunity. You will:

• Help grow and mentor emerging talent
• Translate executive vision into clear team direction
• Contribute to brand strategy across client initiatives and company-wide priorities
• Serve as a trusted client lead at your level

You’ll work closely with leadership to understand high-level brand strategy, agency priorities, and growth initiatives — then interpret and operationalize that direction for your team.

At the same time, you’ll act as a primary client point of contact, ensuring brand strategy, campaign execution, and initiative details are handled with precision and excellence. By confidently managing relationships, overseeing deliverables, and maintaining strategic alignment, you support senior leadership with daily client team interaction — allowing executives to focus on agency growth and innovation.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who loves both the big picture and the fine details — and who thrives in fast-moving, high-visibility entertainment marketing environments.

Who You Are

You might be a perfect fit if you’re…

• Pop culture fluent — you speak entertainment, can name-drop Netflix originals, and know which TikTok trend is already over
• Marketing savvy — you understand brand storytelling and why a smart integration can outperform a traditional ad buy
• A natural leader — you have experience as a team lead and genuinely enjoy developing people
• Detail-obsessed — you catch the little things, because the magic is in the details
• Flexible & fast-moving — some projects move at red-carpet speed, and you’re ready to roll

Key Areas Where You’ll Lead & Contribute may include

• Managing, coaching, and developing junior team members to promote growth and high performance
• Leading brand partnership initiatives across entertainment marketing, influencer campaigns, and integrated activations
• Identifying new partnership opportunities and supporting sales and business development efforts
• Developing and overseeing campaign strategy, timelines, budgets, and deliverables
• Serving as a client contact, building trusted relationships and delivering exceptional client service
• Collaborating daily with HB leadership, creative, production, influencer, and brand teams to bring partnerships to life
• Staying deeply immersed in pop culture trends and emerging platforms to inform strategy and storytelling

What You Bring

• Proven experience in brand partnerships, entertainment marketing, influencer marketing, integrated marketing — or related fields
• Strong people-management and team-development experience
• Excellent client-facing, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Strategic thinking paired with hands-on execution
• Comfort interpreting leadership direction and translating it into actionable team plans
• A collaborative mindset and comfort working cross-functionally
• Passion for entertainment, culture, and storytelling

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in client services, brand partnerships, project management, or account management (marketing, entertainment, or branding industry experience preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• Proven ability to lead client communications and manage deliverables with minimal oversight.
• Experience mentoring or managing junior team members; comfortable providing direction and feedback.
• Proficiency with MS365, Outlook, Teams, HubSpot, Monday.com, Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, and emerging AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT).
• Strong presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Strategic mindset paired with creativity and an eye for branding and pop culture.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate needs, solve problems proactively, and contribute to team success.

If you love pop culture, thrive in a dynamic environment, and want to make a real impact — Hollywood Branded is the place for you.