Partnerships Manager

Team triumphs ego – and that’s how we play. We keep it real – as a diverse team of talented individuals, we act together to make our world a happier place. Explore more about our community culture here: https://www.weareact3.com/culture-and-careers/

WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are looking for a Sydney-based PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER to secure, lead, and nurture high-value brand relationships for (2) key projects launching in 2026.

You will own client partnerships end-to-end, ensuring excellence in delivery while also identifying new pathways for collaboration, growth, and cultural impact. You are the connector, the relationship architect, and the strategic voice that ensures our partners feel deeply supported and culturally elevated.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and develop relationships with senior partnership stakeholders and decision makers
- Lead day-to-day relationship management for key partners across sport, entertainment, fashion, tech, and culture
- Identify collaboration opportunities that deepen partner relationships and expand ours/our client’s footprint
- Oversee partnership roadmaps, annual calendars, workstreams, and strategic milestones
- Lead negotiations, renewals, scope shaping, and commercial conversations confidently
- Build relationships with community leaders, creators, athletes, collectives, and industry collaborators
- Ensure cultural insight, diversity, and relevance are embedded across all partnership activity
- Represent act.3 at industry events, panels, cultural moments, and partner touchpoints
- Lead or support proposals, pitch strategy, and commercial structuring for new partners

Client & Partner Coordination

- Act as the primary strategic contact for senior stakeholders
- Provide counsel grounded in cultural intelligence, audience insights, and business objectives
- Maintain project and relationship health through regular check‑ins, reporting, accountability, and transparent communication
- Lead budgets, forecasting, and commercial documentation for all partnership accounts
- Strengthen internal systems and operational workflows to support partnership excellence
- Contribute to internal capability‑building by sharing best practice, tools, and insights

Project Delivery

- Oversee partnership‑led activations from concept to completion
- Ensure clarity across timelines, roles, responsibilities, and production milestones
- Manage budgets, QA processes, and delivery excellence across multi‑stakeholder environments
- Partner with creative and production teams to translate partnership goals into standout cultural moments

Creative & Strategic Support

- Contribute to creative strategy and partnership storytelling across culture, sport, lifestyle, and community
- Shape proposals, frameworks, and narratives that reflect partner ambition and cultural relevance
- Support pitch development and cross‑functional ideation, ensuring outputs stay true to our point of view

WHO YOU ARE

Real impact comes from real people and real stories — and your story looks a little like this:

- Experienced Partnerships Leader: 5–7 years in partnerships, brand strategy, experiential, or cultural marketing
- Relationship Builder: Enjoys the sales and partner building process. Trusted by clients and collaborators; you are able to influence, advise, and problem‑solve with ease.
- Strong Operator: Confident managing multiple workstreams with clarity, structure, and commercial awareness.
- Culturally Connected: You live and breathe sport, entertainment, culture, and community.
- Story‑Driven Thinker: You understand audiences and craft partnership narratives that land.
- Team Player: You foster collaboration, support junior talent, and lift the room through attitude and action.
- Purpose‑Led: You care deeply about impact — sustainability, equity, representation, and social change.

YOUR BENEFITS

- act.3 on tour: join our community and work in an exciting international and interdisciplinary environment with over 18 community bases spanning 6 continents.
- Community moments & celebration: regular community events & get‑togethers including our annual global community summit and festival; ACT.CON.
- Learning & education: access to training, workshops, and custom personal development programs via our ACT.CADEMY.
- Our way of acting: inspiring office design and set‑ups and opportunities for flexible work arrangements.
- Culture Clubs: create or be part of platforms for passions and shared interests.
- Feel good management: open access to drinks and healthy buffets in our community bases.
- Recharge: annual vacation‑leave to recuperate.

YOU & ACT.3

act.3 is an equal opportunity employer. We believe real impact comes from real people and real stories. Everyone has a story to tell, and it is important that they are heard, valued, and respected. No matter where you come from, what you look like, or what your passion is, we celebrate our uniqueness and actively empower an inclusive and equitable world for all. Our community is for everyone, and so is our workplace. Mind matters more than numbers; we value real relationships built on trust and respect. We see each other at eye‑level, inside and outside of work. This means we believe in heart counts and not headcounts. It’s our differences that enable us to shape the future of brands through people, community and culture and make our ideas happen.

We are a community of real people who turn our passion into impact. We shape the future of brands through people, community and culture. We make ideas happen.

We began our journey as an exclusive partner of adidas, UEFA, and FC Bayern in 2012, from our headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. Since then, we have continued to push the boundaries of human interaction. We understand what society and our world need.

Our purpose is to enable each other and brands to create real change in people’s lives, ultimately making our world a happier place. Community and culture are therefore a core part of our work. We approach marketing holistically and have expertise in strategy, creative and experiences. We are now a global community with over 250 individuals in 18 global offices spanning 6 continents. We collaborate with handpicked partners all over the world to bring beauty to the spheres of sport, culture and sustainability.

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