Brand Partnerships Manager

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PHNYX Group is a venture studio with operations in Dubai, Switzerland and China. We partner with founders to build, grow and sell physical product brands.
Our founder has built multiple brands, including PHNYX Watches, which has done MILLIONS in revenue in four years. He has 320,000+ followers across socials, an audience that buys and engages, and is growing to 1M. Past brand partners include Alibaba and WorldFirst.
Why this role exists
Brands already reach out, and our founder's audience is growing fast. We need someone to turn that into steady, high-value brand deals, so our founder can stay focused on creating.
What you will own
Our founder's partnership profile: media kit, deck, portfolio and rate card
Finding, pitching and landing 4+ brand deals a month
Negotiating rates, using your knowledge of industry standards
Managing the partnerships inbox: reviewing pitches, d ---------- what's worth his time, and replying for him
Tracking creators in our space and the brands that sponsor them
Finding and booking a bigger creator for a monthly collab podcast with our founder (2 hours in studio), and agreeing the date and topics with the Content PM
Advising on content that attracts brands
Planning brand deals with the social media team so they fit the content calendar
Daily Loom insights on what you're seeing and doing
What success looks like
After 90 days:
A partnership profile that makes brands want to work with us
4+ brand deals a month, every one at $10,000+
Every brand email answered within 24 hours
Brand deals planned weeks ahead, never last minute
Who we are looking for
Someone who doesn't wait for brands to email . You find the brands sponsoring creators like ours and pitch them first.
You know what a creator should charge, and you negotiate up with confidence. You know when to say no to a deal that doesn't fit.
You write clear, professional email s and keep relationships warm long after a deal is done.
Experience required
You have worked in brand partnerships for creators, in the past or now
You have personally landed and negotiated creator brand deals
You know industry rates for YouTube and social content
You have built media kits and pitch decks
Big plus: finance, fintech, software or ecommerce brands, and deals at $10,000+
Brands we work with
Yes: credit card companies, ecommerce, finance, and software our founder uses
No: watch brands, gambling, gaming, alcohol or loan apps
Technology you should know
Gmail and Google Workspace
Notion or Trello
Canva
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ChatGPT, Claude and creator tracking tools
How we work
Full time and fully remote
5 days a week, split shift: 5 hours in Dubai working hours and 4 hours in US Eastern hours
Finish your week's tasks and Saturday is off. Our weekly team meeting is on Fridays.
You report to our Chief of Staff
You send a short Loom update with insights every day
Reply times: under 2 hours is our standard, 24 hours is the absolute maximum
Compensation
$1,200/month to start, paid via PayPal or card payment (not bank transfer). Salary is paid at the end of each month for the first 4 months, then twice a month, on the 15th and the last day of the month
Grows to $3,500/month as brand deal revenue grows
One all-expenses-paid trip every 6 months when we hit our top brand deal targets
4-week paid probation
You start with 2 paid weeks doing real partnership work. This is how we see what you can do, and how you see if you want to work with us.
If it goes well, you move to a month-to-month contract.
How to apply
Apply on OnlineJobs.ph with:
The subject line: "Partnerships Lead - [Your Name]" (we use this to check attention to detail)
The creators you've worked with and the brand deals you landed for them
A media kit or deck you built (personal details can be blurred)
A Loom video, 3 minutes max, introducing yourself and walking through your best deal
Your answers to the application questions
3. Application questions
Each question asks for specifics that are hard to fake. Vague answers score low.
Which creators have you managed brand partnerships for? What were their audience sizes, and what was your role?
What is the biggest brand deal you personally landed? Name the brand (if you can), the price and what was delivered.
Walk us through how you negotiated one deal up from the brand's first offer. What did you say?
What would you charge for one dedicated YouTube video for a business creator with 320,000 followers across socials? How did you get that number?
How do you find out which brands are sponsoring creators in a niche? Give your exact steps and tools.
A brand offers $5,000 for a video due in 5 days. What do you reply?
Name 5 brands you would pitch our founder to first, and why.
Tell us about a time you turned down a deal for a creator. Why?
How do you keep a brand relationship going after the first deal?
How have you worked with a creator's content team to fit deals into the content calendar?
Have you replied to brands on a creator's behalf? How did you match their voice?
Can you work 5 hours in Dubai working hours and 4 hours in US Eastern hours, 5 days a week? Yes or no.