JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Head of Brand Growth & Partnerships
Position Type: Full-time Employee
Start Date: June, 2024
Location: Vancouver, BC (open to remote candidates)
Salary: $150k a year (adjusted commensurate with experience)

HEAD OF BRAND GROWTH & PARTNERSHIPS

Wind Sun Sky Entertainment is looking for a senior strategic business development executive to join our team. Through the development of commercial and philanthropic partnerships, this leader will drive brand growth for our flagship mission-driven universe Future Chicken. An innovator with an entrepreneurial spirit, this new position will work with key stakeholders to develop a long-term, sustainable business model positioned to build a global brand with a focus on discoverability.  

Wind Sun Sky is a creatively driven multi-format entertainment company that works at the intersection of storytelling and technology to build franchises for the global marketplace. We are a people first culture, with an award-winning property which we are excited to bring to kids around the world with the collaboration and leadership of an innovative team and partnership builder.  If this sounds like it could be a fit, we would love to hear from you! 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Develop and execute on a corporate and philanthropic partnership strategy for Future Chicken. 
• Identify, foster, and lead all key strategic partnerships. 
• Attend conferences and events with the goal to build relationships with prospective partners, brand and content licensors and funders. 
• Lead contractual negotiations with partners/donors through to signature. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partners to inspire, ideate, create, and implement partnership collaborations and activations including virtual and live events. 
• Work closely with the content team, to strategize audience outreach by setting, monitoring, and assessing multi-platform targets and pivoting as needed. 
• Build and use strategic relationships with education institutions, global and local NGOs, and corporations to expand brand awareness and audience. 
• Liaise with external public relations as required for partnerships. 

WHAT YOU WILL BRING:

• You have excellent relationship management skills, and strategic account management/ engagement. 
• You have extensive sponsorship sales experience and an existing network. 
• You have experience negotiating complex, commercial contracts, and global sponsorship/ partnership deals across multiple platforms. 
• You have an excellent track record of leveraging referrals, developing leads, and securing meetings with prospective partners. 
• You are familiar with the various digital platforms and applicable success metrics where audiences engage. 

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:

• Work alongside storytellers, makers, and innovators as part of one of Vancouver’s leading multi-platform entertainment studios. 
• For Canadian residents, includes extended health care (dental, vision, etc.). 
• Enjoy a fun, dynamic, fast paced environment with a great culture. 
• Make a difference for children by helping to build a community of empowered kids with the tools to have a meaningful impact in climate justice. 

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT FIT FOR YOU?

ARE YOU WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

Please submit a Cover Letter and Resume via email to:

recruiting@windsunsky.com

Our studio is based in Vancouver, BC but we we are open to remote candidates for this role. Please note, extended health benefits only apply to Canadian residents. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.