Partnership & Events Lead

At Epidemic Sound we are reinventing the music industry. Our carefully curated catalog, with over 35,000 tracks, is tailored for storytellers, streaming services, and in-store soundtracks. Countless clients around the world, from broadcasters, production companies, DSPs, and YouTubers rely on our tracks to help them tell their stories. Epidemic Sound’s music is heard in hundreds of millions of online videos daily, across millions of playlist streams, and in thousands of in-store locations. Headquartered in Stockholm, we’re spread across offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Seoul, Hamburg, and Amsterdam. We’re growing fast, have lots of fun, and are taking the music industry with us.

We are now looking for a Partnership & Events Manager to join our Brand and creative team and help us drive global Brand Awareness.

How you will make an impact:

The Partnership & Events manager’s primary responsibility is to identify, negotiate and project lead relevant event partnerships in order to maximize brand association and build strong creator relationships and opportunities.

Brand activation through partnerships & events should be viewed as a way to generate awareness and visibility through cultivating real-life experiences, offline & online, with the goal to get the target consumer to get to know about us / act.

Brand activation can be any partnership, event, or experience that enables Epidemic to engage directly with consumers / creators with the goal to build a loyal brand community.

Role Description

The Partnership Events manager will source and manage the collaboration with the right event partners. You seek prospects who have a vested interest in topic, product and audience. Once you have identified a clear synergy you can then co-create a mutually beneficial package that will both add value to our business and add value to the event.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Build the partnership network through targeted outreach and strong project planning

- Create and execute marketing initiatives to drive our event partnerships, with clear commercial objectives/outcomes, including content development, liaising with business stakeholders, conferences and events and managing interaction with senior management

- Identifying scalable partnership opportunities, outreach & negotiating great deals to maximize brand awareness

- Managing existing & new partner relationships, pitching seasonal & exclusive offers for tier 1 partners

- Project lead the event projects internally at Epidemic Sound; getting relevant stakeholders on board and coordinating marketing / communication / content needed

- Liaise with partners to solve issues, communicate needs and create synergy

- Analyze and report on partner initiatives, forecast for strategic changes and report on key metrics



About You

You’re a strong communicator, have A+ project management skills, and approach roadblocks with solutions, not frustration. You feel energized by constant improvement and you’re great with people. You love making a difference and feel motivated to join a fast-paced environment that will push you to do the best work of your life.

You have a bachelor's degree in communication, marketing, or business management. You are fluent in English and/or Swedish and English.

*Important to note: travel may be required for this role when it is mutually determined as safe to host in-person events in certain locations around the U.S. and Canada. There is no exact date when this will happen, but our team will regularly monitor the situation and set benchmarks as appropriate.

Curious about our music? Find our music on Spotify here → https://open.spotify.com/user/... (https://open.spotify.com/user/epidemicsound)

We have lots of fun soundtracking the world and our annual Spring Bash (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnVp17IvAg) is an event that captures this perfectly. Take a look at our most recent one, a virtual celebration!



Application

Do you want to be a part of our fantastic team? Please apply, in English, by clicking the link below.

We believe that bringing people together from different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives makes for a healthy workplace, a more successful business and a better world. We value diversity and encourage everyone to come and soundtrack the world with us.