Head of Cultural Collaborations
Role: Head of Cultural Collaborations
Team: New Business & Marketing
Reporting To: Founding Partner, Managing Partner
Reports: Head of Editorial
Schedule: Full Time - 2 days in office
Location: London
Salary: £65-75k DOE
Bonus: Generous bonus scheme - to be discussed.
ABOUT WARM STREET
Warm Street has been built by a team of music heads who have a love for music and the cultures surrounding it. It’s a mad thing when you get to do what you love everyday, make a difference and support the scenes you care about. We originally formed from businesses built within youth and music culture. Our past experience helped us become consultants, building brand identity and cultural sincerity. We’re best known for our work with the likes of Red Bull Music Academy, Wray & Nephew, Magnum, Ballantine’s, Netflix and adidas. We are a social-first agency driving business growth through music & culture.
THE ROLE
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
A proactive self starter who is at home meeting new people out & about. They will be enthusiastic, passionate about music & culture, have an incredible black book of contacts, and have a great understanding of building, maintaining and converting across a new business pipeline. The CCL should be energetic, enthusiastic and ready to take a scaling business to new heights through their work. They will have a strong understanding of the tools agencies can use to drive growth: from thought leadership programmes to always on marketing or SEO, they will be able to advise on the optimum marketing mix to drive growth, and deliver against it.
DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead and drive all new business efforts - including being the first point of contact for inbound RFP’s
Set up meetings & network with future clients to drive new business leads
Build strategic growth plans (and consider new & innovate ways) to drive our agency marketing and win new work.
Build out new business drives, and work with Editorial Director on development of content, themes and a narrative that supports our work
Manage the marketing team to deliver against the marketing plan and timelines - ensuring a clear project management timeline is created and worked against
Build & maintain our database of contacts, and lead all outreach to potential brands
Manage all suppliers to deliver new leads to the business
Build a robust CRM system & new business pipeline
Work with Founding Partner & Editorial Director on aligning themes & content on a monthly basis to drive engagement and performance of marketing work
Steward clients through their experience at Warm Street - from initial meetings and through the pitch/brief response process and beyond - maintaining contact and relationships across our client roster.
Brief in and manage creative & strategic content to open up conversations with brands
Manage and organize new business meetings and sales process
Consult into teams on music & music culture - ensuring the vision sold in is articulated throughout their experience.
REQUIREMENTS
4+ years experience in fast-paced agency environments, leading new business and b2b marketing initiatives with success
Excellent relationship management, leadership, and mentoring skills
Passion to help shape and grow a young purpose-driven company with big D&I ambition
Experience working in digital and social media marketing, and deep knowledge of the marketing sector
Lead generation and management experience
A love of music and culture
A highly established network across the brand world
Flexible approach to problem solving
Strong project management skills
Ambitious, dynamic, autonomous, organised, self-motivated and resilient
Excellent interpersonal skills with exceptional listening skills
Confident in establishing and developing new relationships
Strong negotiator
Culturally aware and sensitive
You are known for your rigor and proactivity, and don’t hesitate to challenge the status-quo to find better way of working
Calm, positive & resilient under pressure
OUR VALUES
We’re not here to coast along with the traditional marketing industry model, we want to change the face of culture, do things no-one else will take a risk on and push our clients to positively impact people’s lives. We want to make a big impact and this includes improving the diversity of our agency family, with representation at every level, and no more ASSUMPTIONS. We are a purpose driven company, and actively involve our team in defining how we can better support the cultures and communities we work with.
- Locations
- London
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
London
About Warm Street
OUR VALUES
We’re not here to coast along with the traditional marketing industry model, we want to change the face of culture, do things no-one else will take a risk on and push our clients to positively impact people’s lives. We want to make a big impact and this includes improving the diversity of our agency family, with representation at every level, and no more ASSUMPTIONS. We are a purpose driven company, and actively involve our team in defining how we can better support the cultures and communities we work with.
Head of Cultural Collaborations
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