What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Agency Partnerships, US position at JustWatch?
About JustWatch
We are the JustWatch Group. We love movies and TV shows and connect audiences with their favourite content across three divisions: JustWatch The Streaming Guide, JustWatch Media and our own streaming service, JustWatch TV.
JustWatch is the world’s largest global streaming guide, with 50 million monthly active users, helping millions of people discover what to watch and where to watch movies, TV shows and sports across their favourite theatrical exhibitors and streaming services. With JustWatch TV (JWTV), we're building our own ad-supported streaming offering, creating new opportunities for brands to connect with highly engaged streaming audiences. We're looking for ambitious commercial talent to help us build this business.
The Role
We 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 negotiate 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.
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Build and manage relationships with major and independent media agency groups, and their investment and trading teams.
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Negotiate annual Upfront agreements, joint business plans and strategic advertising commitments that secure agency investment in JWTV.
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Grow JWTV's share of agency advertising budgets, with a focus on non-entertainment brands across automotive, FMCG, retail, finance and other categories.
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Develop agency-specific growth plans, manage your commercial pipeline and deliver against partnership revenue targets.
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Strong experience in agency partnerships, media sales or CTV and digital video advertising.
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An established network of senior agency investment and trading decision-makers.
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Proven experience negotiating significant agency-level advertising agreements, ideally including annual Upfront commitments.
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Strong commercial instincts, knowledge of the streaming advertising landscape and the ability to build partnerships from scratch.
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How to apply
- Tell us why you want to work at JustWatch
- What platforms and budgets have you worked with
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