Brand Partnerships Manager

Own our relationships with the brands, agencies, and partners that pay to reach our audience — from first contact through to delivery.

What you'll do

• Source and pitch commercial opportunities across our channels and products
• Negotiate terms, pricing, and usage rights, and close deals
• Manage client relationships through the full lifecycle, from pitch to renewal
• Run campaigns once signed: briefs, timelines, creative feedback, wrap reports
• Build and maintain the pipeline, and report on it accurately
• Represent China Insider to clients and partners at meetings, trade shows, and industry events

What we're looking for

• Experience selling to businesses, with deals you can point to
• Excellent written English — most of this job happens over email
• Comfort owning a deal end to end
• Flexibility on hours; our clients sit across several regions

Nice to have

• Chinese language ability
• Background in media, advertising, or influencer marketing

Your work reaches millions. What you make goes out to one of the largest English-language audiences for China anywhere, and it goes out in your first week. Very few places let you see the effect of your own decisions at this scale, this fast.

No repetitive work. AI does the dull parts. What is left is judgment, relationships, and decisions.

Flat. A non-hierarchical startup — no departments, no approval chains. If you need a decision, you ask one person.

Wide scope. Nobody here does one narrow thing. You will find out quickly what you are actually good at.

Real ownership. We give people whole outcomes rather than tasks. The wins are yours and so are the mistakes.

We receive a large number of applications and are not able to reply to each one individually. If we think you may be a fit, we will contact you directly. If you do not hear from us, please accept our apologies.