KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Staff Management:Lead the partnerships team with high engagement and development outcomes.Review mentor, train, and set performance goals for the partnerships teamManages department workflow and general running of departmentManage Partnerships Executives, Cinema Marketing Executives, and oversee selection of a  Partnerships Intern each year.Partnerships & Promotions:Work closely with the Global Promotions teams to build the vision for global partnerships rollout in AU & NZ and communicate local strategy on all priority titles.Shape the direction for local brand partnerships strategies on priority titles in collaboration with the greater marketing team.Create and manage 12-month brand partnerships strategy and key milestone planner to guide staff with developing partnership plansDevelop targeted brand partnerships strategies with the primary goal of growing our contacts database across multiple industries.Maintain high-level relationships with relevant content synergy partners including games, soundtracks and publishing and find ways for meaningful collaboration.Maintain strong relations with marketing, media and promotion agencies and directly with brand managers.Maintain long term strategic partnerships with media owners to unlock critical promotional media assetsReview and benchmark partnership practices while fostering creative and innovative new ways of working with partners.Be a trusted advisor to review status quo partnership practices, recommend creative and innovative new ways of working with partners.Participate in marketing group brainstorming to nurture an environment of creativity for ideas on all campaigns and titles.Exhibition:Maintain strong relationships and work closely with Exhibitor marketing teams driving new, best in class collaborative marketing initiativesWork with exhibitor partners’ marketing leads to set bi-monthly marketing & promotions priorities planning calendar.Create and manage 12 month cinema marketing strategy to guide staff with developing cinema marketing plans that leverages key cinema partner programs and assets.Oversee in theatre co-op marketing programs incl. contra, retargeting/CRM and social media strategy to drive studio’s marketing efforts with exhibitors.Attend annual Movie Convention and present alongside senior management team.Key Stakeholder Management:Manage key stakeholder relationships with senior leads across all NBCU & WB lines of businessLeverage our sister company ecosystem incl. CP&L, Home Ent, Networks, Theme ParksDrive the strategy for effective communication and collaboration across all business units.New Zealand:Oversee planning and execution of New Zealand brand partnerships strategyManage New Zealand brand partnership approvals with head officeOversee planning and execution of New Zealand exhibition strategyLead fortnightly WIP calls with New Zealand partnerships and exhibition teams to share insights and learningsGeneral:General support & participation in major campaigns and events as required.ANZ lead for Global Symphony Gold Priority Projects and representing Universal Pictures on the multi territory conference calls as part of Project briefing and delivery.Lead local Symphony activities across all NBCU business units