The RoleWe are looking for a
Director, Agency Partnerships (US) in New York or Los Angeles to build relationships with leading media agencies and secure strategic advertising investment for JustWatch TV.
Your focus will be on
agency-level commercial partnerships rather than selling individual advertising campaigns. You'll work with agency investment and trading teams to n
egotiate annual Upfront agreements, joint business plans and advertising commitments that bring new budgets to JWTV.
This is a senior, hands-on role for someone with an established agency network who can position JWTV as a compelling streaming advertising partner
for brands outside the entertainment industry.What You Will Do- Build and manage relationships with major and independent media agency groups, and their investment and trading teams.
- Negotiate annual Upfront agreements, joint business plans and strategic advertising commitments that secure agency investment in JWTV.
- Grow JWTV's share of agency advertising budgets, with a focus on non-entertainment brands across automotive, FMCG, retail, finance and other categories.
- Develop agency-specific growth plans, manage your commercial pipeline and deliver against partnership revenue targets.
What We're Looking For- Strong experience in agency partnerships, media sales or CTV and digital video advertising.
- An established network of senior agency investment and trading decision-makers.
- Proven experience negotiating significant agency-level advertising agreements, ideally including annual Upfront commitments.
- Strong commercial instincts, knowledge of the streaming advertising landscape and the ability to build partnerships from scratch.
Why Join JustWatch?You'll have the opportunity to help build a new arm of our advertising business within an established global streaming technology company. You'll work with an entrepreneurial, international team, take real ownership of commercial growth and help shape how brands advertise on JustWatch TV.
Media is important to us, and we are always happy to hear from people who enjoy film! If we caught your attention and you're eager to delve into our perspectives and thought processes, we recommend immersing yourself in our blog post, which elaborates on these subjects:
- A company culture that really works
- Audience as a Service
- JustWatch Media
- Or visit our blog here: https://www.justwatch.com/blog
If you were paying attention, get ahead of all applicants by listing two things you took away from the links above.
How to apply- Tell us
why you want to work at JustWatch- What
platforms and budgets have you worked with
- No
mass or
AI-generated applications - we
value originalityPlease only apply if you are genuinely interested. Copy-paste mass applications will receive a copy-paste rejection email. The same goes for applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content. We want to get to know you as a person first, not your prompts.
