Media & Association Partnership Manager

About the Role

You will lead and deliver a partnerships programme designed to drive registrations (visitors, delegates, exhibitors) and grow media and stakeholder networks. Combining strong relationship-building with a marketing and analytical mindset, you’ll ensure that partnerships directly contribute to commercial and marketing goals.

What You’ll Do (First 12 Months)

Deliver a fully integrated partnership programme aligned with marketing objectives: visitor, delegate, and exhibitor acquisition.

Strengthen and expand engagement with industry associations, media groups, and policymakers.

Build and maintain a strategic database of regional and international partners (with special focus on events in Thailand in 2026).

Align partnership activities with wider marketing campaigns (conference, exhibition, delegate promotion).

Implement a framework to track, report, and evaluate the impact of partnerships against revenue and registration targets.

Support post-sale sponsorship or exhibitor success initiatives, collaborating closely with sales and exhibition marketing teams.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Sector Fit

Experience in partnerships, marketing or media sectors. Events or exhibitions background is an advantage but not essential.

Key Skills & Behaviours

Strategic partnership development: you should be able to manage both existing relationships ( 60%) and build new ones ( 40%).

Strong negotiation skills (with regard to barter arrangements, sponsorship visibility, and contract terms).

Solid marketing literacy: understanding of campaign phases, deliverables, and ROI tracking.

Data-driven: able to measure performance and link outputs to marketing and commercial KPIs.

Collaborative style: will work across campaigns, sales, and broader marketing functions.

Personality & Style

Proactive, self-starting, outgoing networker. At the same time, structured and analytical.

Adaptable and resilient; able to thrive in a flat marketing structure but comfortable with occasional top-down directives.

Benefits

Many