Brand Partnerships Manager

Job Description

THE CARWOW GROUP

Carwow Group is driven by a passion for getting people into cars. But not just any car, the right car. That’s why we are building the go-to destination for car-changing. Designed to reach drivers everywhere with our trail-blazing portfolio of personality rich automotive brands; Carwow, Auto Express, evo, Driving Electric and Car Buyer.

What started as a simple reviews site, is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe - over 10m customers have used Carwow to help them buy and sell cars since its inception. Last year we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service.

In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia, doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with over 1.1 billion annual views, sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350million.

WHY JOIN US?

We are winners of the prestigious Culture 100 award that recognises the most loved and happiest tech companies to work for! We have just raised $52m in funding led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (an early backer of LinkedIn and Shopify) to accelerate our growth plans!

As pioneers, we’re always driving for new territory and positive change, so our work as a group is never done. Where others see difficulty, it’s our responsibility to see possibility – building new experiences, launching new titles and listening to drivers.

Being a part of Carwow Group means championing drivers and the automotive industry, acting as a disrupter and never being afraid to fail (but learning fast when we do!).

Our team of 600 employees across the UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal are revolutionising car-changing and we are fast expanding our mission across every single brand and country we operate in, so jump in!

THE ROLE

This role is directly accountable for owning, building and developing our relationship with automotive brands in the UK. With a dedicated portfolio of brands, this role enables autonomy, responsibility and ownership. Tasked with continuing to build and grow both the breadth and depth of our relationships, the Brand Partnerships Managers are empowered to strategise, develop and execute individual strategies for each brand in their portfolio - tailoring both our proposition and approach to ensure we drive value for our partners and innovation between automotive brands and Carwow.

Relationship building, creative thinking and balancing short-term milestones as well as a long-term vision for each brand are critical in success. The role works closely with our Head of OEM & Media and a wider team of Brand Partnerships Lead, providing support and development.

Alongside the dedicated portfolio the role also plays a key part in paving the future of both the OEM & Media business and Carwow by providing critical feedback from our partners to ensure we continuously develop our products and propositions.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• This is a partnership-focused role - Direct ownership of our partner relationships, new partner pitches and building rapport. The end goal is to expand the depth and breadth of Carwow’s partnerships with automotive brands in the UK
• Creation and delivery of coherent and professional partnership pitch decks
• Using data and insight to make your pitches come alive with client-relevant data and information
• Proactively managing our client partnerships and ongoing projects - from working with manufacturers to create and deliver marketing campaigns, brand experiences or retailer engagement.
• Working closely with our Commercial Team to ensure the effectiveness and success of our partner brand campaigns
• Ensuring successful delivery of projects by working collaboratively with other teams at Carwow and spotting potential problems before they arise

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• A natural ability to tell engaging and impactful stories

• Evidence and experience of sales & partnerships experience within Tech or Automotive industries (highly preferable)

• An eye for detail and a creative approach to solving challenges faced by car manufacturers and their partners

• Experience meeting and building rapport with C-Suite / Senior individuals both internally and externally

• Ability to manage projects and initiatives from start to finish, including the conceptualisation, implementation and reporting of concurrent projects

• Strong data analysis skills with the ability to build a cohesive story for our clients using Carwow’s vast reserves of data

• Incredible organisation skills - you’ll be juggling lots of clients who are all in different stages and all require different approaches

• An understanding of the world of marketing and media would be a bonus, although not essential

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

• Hybrid working that works around you
• Competitive salary to fund that dream holiday to Bali
• Share options - when we thrive, so do you!
• Vitality Private Healthcare, for peace of mind
• Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner
• Enhanced holiday package, plus bank holidays
• 28 days holiday
• 1 day for your wedding
• 1 day off when you move house - because moving’s hard enough without work!
• 2 extra days on your third year anniversary
• 5 extra days on your tenth year anniversary
• Option to buy 3 extra days of holiday per year
• Work from abroad for a month (due to popular demand, this offer excludes the moon).
• Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies
• The latest tech (Macbook or Surface) to power your gif-sending talents
• Up to £500/€550 home office allowance for that massage chair you’ve been talking about
• A generous learning and development budget to help you master your craft
• Regular social events:, tech lunch’s, coffee with the exec sessions, book clubs, social events/anything else you pester us for
• Refer a friend, get paid. Repeat for infinite money
• Lunch & learns and Carwow Classrooms with expert speakers who are here for a free lunch

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.