Partnership Manager, News and Media at Bluesky
United States
$0.1k - $0.11k
<div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Bluesky's vision is to make social more like the web itself. We're building a</span><a href="https://bsky.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;"> </a><a href="https://bsky.app/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">social media app</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">, but beyond that, we've created a protocol that supports a broad ecosystem of applications and clients. Imagine a network of applications - from microblogging to photos to video to long-form writing - all interconnected and accessible with a shared identity.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">About the Role:</strong></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Bluesky is proud to support the work of thousands of media publications, from local independents to major newsrooms. As our News & Media Partnerships Manager, you'll be the connective tissue between Bluesky and the news industry, spanning beat reporters, columnists, independent journalists, newsroom audience teams, local outlets, and beyond.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">You should be equally comfortable DMing a reporter, walking an audience team through AT Protocol, or sitting with our developers to shape how we drive more traffic to publications. You'll work closely with the Partnerships Lead, and cross-functionally with product and trust & safety to make Bluesky the best place for publishers to build an audience they actually own.</span></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Key Responsibilities:</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders across the news industry: beat reporters, newsroom audience teams, and publisher leadership.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Guide our news and media partners through Bluesky and AT Protocol, helping them to grow their audience. </span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Establish programmatic activations with partners. Own planning and execution across both IRL and digital campaigns.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, and comms to translate partner insights into actionable recommendations, and advocate for the needs of news partners internally.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Define success metrics for news partnerships, track your inputs and outputs, and report clearly on what's working - your data will inform our priorities and resource allocation.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Use data to develop an engagement strategy that identifies opportunities to strengthen how we serve news publishers.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">You might be a good fit if you:</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have 5+ years of experience in content partnerships, audience development, or business development within a news/media capacity. </span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have deep knowledge of the news ecosystem, with existing relationships and the ability to build new ones quickly.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have worked in high-velocity startup environments where you ship fast and iterate often.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Are fluent in social. You don't just "manage partnerships," you get the internet.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have a track record of leading campaigns that moved the needle on awareness, sentiment, and/or growth.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Can operate autonomously, move fast, and deliver results in ambiguous or rapidly evolving spaces.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">We're especially excited if you:</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Are already familiar with Bluesky, AT Protocol, or the decentralized social landscape.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have experience with the commercial side of the content industry.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Have worked directly in news media, at a newsroom or a publication.</span></li><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">Can show us a portfolio of partnerships campaigns you've worked on.</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Additional Notes:</strong></div><ul><li class=""><span style="background-color: transparent;">The anticipated contract range for this position is $100–$110 an hour USD</span></li></ul><div><br></div>
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