Partnership Manager, Media

Polymarket

$80K — $120K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of partnership or project management experience, preferably in media/marketing.
  • Experience directly managing brand partnerships at a media company like Morning Brew or TechCrunch.
  • Proven ability to manage high-value media partnerships, including renewals and expansions.
  • Technical knowledge to guide partners through API, iFrame, or SDK integration.
  • Strong organizational skills to handle multiple partnerships without oversight.
  • Excellent communication skills for writing briefs, providing creative feedback, and holding partners accountable.
  • (Plus) Existing relationships with key contacts in major finance, politics, or tech outlets.

Responsibilities

  • Own relationships with media partners like WSJ, ensuring integrations and deals are optimized.
  • Manage updates to creative and copy across partner placements regularly.
  • Track and report on referral traffic and placement performance, providing actionable insights.
  • Identify and propose new media partnerships relevant to Polymarket's strategic direction.
  • Guide new partners through technical integration processes for seamless collaboration.
  • Oversee the complete execution of partnerships, driving impactful asset usage.
  • Develop a tracking system for monitoring partner integrations and identifying expansion opportunities.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Full health, vision, & dental coverage
  • 401k match
  • New MacBook Pro and accessories for hardware setup
Full Job Description
About the Role

We've signed million-dollar deals with some of the biggest names in media, including the Wall Street Journal, Substack, StockTwits, and RealClearPolitics. Right now, nobody owns the day-to-day execution on these relationships. That's the problem this role exists to solve.

You'll sit inside the Marketing team and report directly to the Head of Marketing. This is not a strategy-only role. You'll be in the weeds managing placements, updating creatives, tracking performance, and making sure every dollar we've committed to these partnerships is actually working. We're heading into a major election cycle and the media landscape around prediction markets is moving fast. We need someone who can keep pace and push these deals further than where we signed them.

The ideal candidate has sat on the other side of this equation. You've worked at a media company, you've managed brand partners, and you know from experience which placements actually drive results and which ones just look good in a deck. You'll bring that context to Polymarket and use it to hold our partners accountable and find new ones worth betting on.

What You'll Do
  • Own day-to-day relationships with active media partners including WSJ, Substack, StockTwits, and RealClearPolitics, keeping integrations on schedule and deals delivering full value.
  • Coordinate creative and copy updates across all partner placements, making sure assets reflect our content calendar and are refreshed consistently.
  • Track and report weekly on referral traffic, brand mentions, and placement performance across all active partners, flagging what's working and what needs to change.
  • Identify and pitch new media partners across finance, politics, crypto, and tech, building a pipeline of targets that make sense for where Polymarket is heading.
  • Walk new partners through technical integrations including APIs, iFrames, and SDKs, serving as the connective tissue between their teams and ours.
  • Think through the full execution of each partnership, from asset strategy to placement logic, and push partners to use our content in ways that actually move the needle.
  • Build and maintain a tracking system that shows how each partner is using our integrations throughout the year and surfaces opportunities to expand or renew deals.


What We're Looking For
  • 3 to 5 years of experience in partnership management, project management, or a closely related role within media or marketing.
  • Prior experience working at a media company such as Morning Brew, TechCrunch, or a comparable outlet where you worked directly with brand or advertising partners.
  • Demonstrated track record of managing high-value media partnerships end to end, including renewals and expanded deals, not just onboarding.
  • Enough technical fluency to walk a partner through API documentation, iFrame setups, or SDK integration without needing a hand from engineering every time.
  • Strong organizational habits. You can manage multiple active partners simultaneously without things falling through the cracks.
  • Clear, direct communicator who can write a good brief, give useful feedback on creative, and keep partners accountable without letting relationships go sideways.
  • (Plus) You've worked on the brand or partner side at a media outlet and understand how sponsorship and integration decisions actually get made internally.
  • (Plus) You have existing relationships with editorial or partnership contacts at major outlets in finance, politics, or tech.
  • (Plus) You have experience in prediction markets, crypto, or financial media and understand the audience we're trying to reach.


Benefits
  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
  • 401k match
  • Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories

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