Partnerships Manager ID-12724

Company Description

TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda. We welcome people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.

TED exists to surface and amplify the best ideas to help solve challenges that impact the lives of many.  TED knows that only by working together (government, science, art, business, education, technology, philanthropy, and the individual) will we be able to progress effectively.

Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, Part-Time, No Degree Customer Support, No Degree, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend Job Phone Job, $35/hr, Remote, Part-Time, College Student Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Evening, Remote, College Student Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend, No Degree Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, Night Job, No Degree Weekend Customer Support, $42/hr, Remote, College Student Remote Phone Job, $40/hr, No Degree, College Student Friendly Remote Phone Job, $50/hr, College Student, Night Shift Customer Support, $40/hr, Weekend Job, Remote, No Degree Remote Phone Job, $35/hr, College Student, Night Shift Data Entry, No Degree, $45/hr, Part-Time, Remote Job Data Entry, $40/hr, No Experience, Remote, Weekend Job Data Entry, $40/hr, Remote, Evening, No Experience Required Remote Moderator, $40/hr, No Degree, Weekend Job, Part-Time Virtual Assistant, No Experience, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend Phone Job, $35/hr, Remote, No Degree, Part-Time, Weekend Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend, Night Job Data Entry, $40/hr, Remote, Evening, No Experience Required Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, Part-Time, College Student Virtual Assistant, $35/hr, Remote, Part-Time, Evening Job Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, College Student, No Experience Live Chat Support, Remote, $40/hr, Night Shift, College Student Virtual Assistant, $35/hr, Remote, Part-Time, Evening Job Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Weekend Job, College Student Phone Support, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Evening Job Phone Support, Remote, $50/hr, No Experience, Night Shift Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Degree Customer Support, $40/hr, Remote, Part-Time, No Degree Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, No Experience Required Remote Customer Support, $40/hr, Part-Time, College Student Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, No Experience, Remote, Night Job Remote Phone Job, $40/hr, Part-Time, No Experience Required Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, No Experience Required Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, Part-Time, Evening/Night Job Live Chat Support, $35/hr, Remote, No Experience Required Remote Customer Support, $35/hr, Night Shift, No Degree Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Remote Live Chat, $35/hr, College Student, No Experience Remote Live Chat, $40/hr, College Student, No Experience Live Chat Support, $50/hr, Remote, No Experience Required Customer Support, $40/hr, Remote, Evening, No Experience Data Entry, Remote, $42/hr, Evening Job, No Degree Virtual Assistant, Remote, $35/hr, Part-Time, Night Shift Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, Part-Time, College Student Remote Moderator, No Degree, $50/hr, Evening, Weekend Job Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Degree Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Evening, Remote, College Student Live Chat Support, $50/hr, Remote, Night Shift, No Degree Phone Support, Remote, $50/hr, No Experience, Part-Time Remote Live Chat, $45/hr, College Student, No Experience Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, No Degree, Evening Job Remote Phone Job, $45/hr, No Degree, College Student Friendly Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend, No Degree Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, No Experience, Evening Remote Live Chat, $40/hr, College Student, No Experience Remote Customer Support, $50/hr, Night Shift, No Degree Remote Live Chat, $35/hr, College Student, No Experience Data Entry, $50/hr, Remote, Evening Job, College Student Remote Customer Support, $35/hr, Night Shift, No Degree Remote Moderator, $40/hr, College Student, Weekend Job Data Entry, $40/hr, Remote, Night Shift, College Student Job Remote Moderator, $42/hr, College Student, Weekend Job Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, Part-Time, College Student Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Night Shift, College Student Friendly Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Remote, Weekend, Entry Level Remote Moderator, $40/hr, Weekend, No Experience Required Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree Phone Support, $35/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Experience Virtual Assistant, $40/hr, Weekend, College Student, Remote Phone Job, $50/hr, Remote, No Degree, Part-Time, Weekend Remote Phone Job, $40/hr, No Degree, College Student Friendly Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, Weekend Job, College Student Live Chat Support, $45/hr, Weekend, Remote, College Student Live Chat Support, $35/hr, Remote, No Experience Required Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, Part-Time, Evening/Night Job Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Part-Time Customer Support, $40/hr, Remote, College Student Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Evening, Remote, No Degree Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Weekend Job, College Student Part-Time Data Entry, $45/hr, Remote, College Student Friendly Virtual Assistant, No Experience, $40/hr, Remote, Part-Time Remote Phone Job, $40/hr, Part-Time, College Student Friendly Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Evening/Night Job, No Experience Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Degree Data Entry, $40/hr, Evening Job, No Experience, Remote Data Entry, $50/hr, Night Job, No Degree, Remote Virtual Assistant, $45/hr, Remote, No Experience, Night Job Live Chat Support, Remote, $42/hr, Night Shift, College Student Customer Support, $50/hr, Remote, Evening/Night Job, No Degree Remote Data Entry, $40/hr, Evening/Night Job, No Experience Remote Moderator, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend Job, Part-Time Live Chat Support, $40/hr, Weekend, Remote, No Degree Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, No Degree, Evening Job Remote Phone Job, $42/hr, Part-Time, No Experience Required Remote Live Chat, $50/hr, Part-Time, Evening/Night Job Virtual Assistant, $42/hr, Remote, Weekend, No Degree

One of TED’s best-kept secrets is that we work with selected and leading organizations, foundations, and agencies to give them our platform to contribute to progressing the challenges and opportunities that we all face.  With 3 key value propositions, we are able to deliver extraordinary experiences and value to our business partners that they can’t get anywhere else.

Firstly, TED has enormous reach through our digital channels; 100s of millions of users all around the world are consuming TED content across our .com, TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube ++++ channels. Brands get to be in front of consumers at a time when their attention is full, engaged, and in learning mode.  

Secondly, we give organizations the chance to enhance, relaunch, reposition, and announce their narrative in partnership with the most trusted media brand in the world. We create annual programs uniquely designed to meet the needs of the partner in shaping their narrative, using our unique storytelling IP and accessing our unparalleled network of experts and thinkers that lead to the creation of custom content, experiences, and moments entwined with the TED brand. The joy of TED is that we can then amplify this to a small select group or to all corners of the world in vast volumes.  

Thirdly, we offer an unrivaled and unique opportunity for professional learning and development. From teaching professionals to create and deliver stories and ideas in the unique TED format.  From giving live access to professionals to our experts and thinkers live and digitally. To provide learning and development tools to use by L&D in-house professionals, line managers, and leaders in their everyday work settings.

Responsible for strategic new business development with an individual revenue target. This individual would bring in partnership deals across existing brand partnerships portfolio.

Job Description

We are seeking a candidate with experience working as an account planner or director at an agency, a management consultant, or within an enterprise strategic new business team. Alternatively, you may be an experienced entrepreneur with these skills who is now looking to join an established business.

Regardless of your background, we will assess your proven curiosity, analytical skills, and results-driven approach. Demonstrating a track record in these areas will be essential.

You will be measured on effort, customer volume, customer value, and customer retention, including upsell opportunities.

This individual would be responsible for:

  • Generate revenue that meets/exceeds established individual sales target 

  • Initiate and develop new partnerships, execute strategic marketing plans, and deliver revenue across the brand partnerships' existing portfolio and new revenue stream programs developed

  • Responsible for nurture, needs analysis, storytelling, value selling, objection handling, presentation, and negotiation to win the client

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Create a plan that includes target identification, qualification, and approach for new partnership relationships.

  • You will be responsible for nurture, needs analysis, storytelling, DMU mapping, value selling, objection handling, presentation, and negotiation to win the client.

  • You will be responsible for account management, retention, and growth.

  • This includes Industry expertise, account planning and strategy, client stakeholder access, competition defense, complex opportunity management, creative solution selling, cross-selling, value co-creation, and forecasting.

  • Generate revenue that meets/exceeds established sales targets.

  • Creatively adapt and enhance existing products to provide programs that meet the customers' needs beautifully

  • Collaborate with internal experts in digital content, custom content, and operations to build a program that, whilst meeting the customer needs beautifully, is economical for TED and able to deliver at the required margins.

  • Provide regular customer pipeline updates to the team to accurately capture all sales activity

  • Provide regular interface with partners and involve  TED’s creative services team as part of the proposal build as well as the delivery.

  • You will be responsible for delivering flawless partner experiences and obtaining the highest level of customer satisfaction 

Qualifications

  • Deep knowledge and experience in building an understanding of client landscapes and goals and providing solutions to address them.

  • Experience in building and maintaining a full pipeline of sales prospects, ensuring the management and fulfillment of strategic targets

  • Effective communication skills, verbally, in writing, and in presentations. You will be a thinking storyteller

  • Self-starter and the ability to thrive in an ambiguous team environment.

  • Well regarded in the marketplace with a network of contacts among relevant potential partners

  • Proficiency with Salesforce, Excel, and Keynote is helpful but easily taught.

Additional Information

Salary Range: 140-160k  USD + commission, commensurate with experience.

NYC location is preferred but not required. Ideally, 2 days a week in the office, with occasional travel (twice to the office and several times to other events).

BENEFITS

  • Full health benefits (medical, dental, vision) 

  • Paid family leave

  • Work-life balance is encouraged through our flexible paid time off 

  • Free OneMedical and SpringHealth membership for you and your dependents to address physical and mental well-being 

  • 401k with match

TED Conferences LLC is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We invite all qualified candidates to apply online with their resume.

Back to blog

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...