About Anchor

We're democratizing audio by making it possible for anyone, anywhere, to get their voice heard. Anchor is:

• The biggest podcasting platform in the world. We now power more podcasts than any other platform.

• Powering more than 40% of all new podcasts created in the world

• Growing both podcasters and listeners to record numbers week over week

• Giving ANY podcaster the opportunity to monetize their content

• Loved and adored: see what our users say

We're an independent division within Spotify, with the power to move fast, plus the resources of the world's most forward-thinking audio company.

Come help us build the future of podcasting!

About the role

As our member of the content partnerships team, your goal will be to get as many high quality creators onboarded onto the Anchor platform. You’ll use your existing network, and create new relationships, to attract creators, influencers, YouTubers, celebrities, athletes, podcast networks and production companies, forging long-term creative partnerships and helping them produce amazing audio using Anchor. You’ll get to work alongside a cross-functional team of engineering, product, and marketing team members. This is a unique opportunity to help build out a premium creator network for a consumer-facing and product-driven company that’s recently been acquired by Spotify. This is a full-time role based in New York City.

What you'll do

• Help develop and manage Anchor’s content partnerships strategy
• Attract and build partnerships with creators, influencers, athletes, YouTubers, podcast networks, and production companies
• Develop a tiered strategy for content partnerships; focusing on a handful of high impact, bespoke executions while maintaining a consistent stream of scalable solutions and opportunities
• Identify creative ways to leverage Anchor’s existing network to fuel future growth
• Lead thinking and analysis to help us better understand podcasters needs and the competitive landscape 
• Work closely with product team to inspire features that improve partnerships
• Negotiate and secure creative deals with individuals and networks
• Lead multiple acquisition strategies while effectively tracking, analyzing and iterating upon the results

Who you are

• You are passionate about podcasts and the creator community
• You are hungry, scrappy and flexible enough to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
• You have 2+ years of experience working in a business development / partner facing role. Experience at a high-growth startup or creator-focused platform is a plus
• You have experience identifying and pitching to potential partners and effectively managing a large number of partners/accounts
• You have experience building and executing against a pipeline of targets
• You have a deep understanding of the creative landscape and possess an existing network of creators, influencers, talent agents, network managers or YouTubersYou are a strategic and creative thinker who can turn research and data into actionable plans
• You possess excellent communication and organization skills
• You have a persistent/determined work ethic and a willingness to try anything and everything, and to pivot quickly as needed
• You have a proven ability to work well with cross-functional teams
• You are incredibly interested in podcasts, radio, or audio in general (bonus points if you have made your own podcast, been on the radio, or otherwise successfully created original audio content)

If you'd like to recommend a friend for this position, you can email us at [email protected]

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to audio.