Growth Marketing & Partnerships Lead Full Time NEW

About the role

We’re looking for a Growth Marketing & Partnerships Lead to help scale Sponso, a UK based subscription-based digital platform in the career space.

This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who knows how to grow digital products through a combination of content, partnerships, communities, influencer outreach, and conversion-focused marketing. You’ll be responsible for helping us attract the right audience, build trust, and turn interest into sustainable subscriber growth.

You’ll work closely with the founders team and have the opportunity to shape growth strategy from an early stage. This role suits someone who is commercially minded, enjoys testing ideas quickly, and wants to play a meaningful part in building a product with strong growth potential.

What you’ll do

• Own and execute growth initiatives focused on customer acquisition and subscription growth
• Build and grow our LinkedIn presence through thoughtful, relevant, high-quality content
• Identify, develop, and manage relationships with creators, influencers, community leaders, affiliates, and strategic partners
• Launch partnership campaigns that drive qualified traffic, sign-ups, and paid subscriptions
• Strengthen acquisition channels including organic social, referrals, communities, partnerships, and targeted outreach
• Refine messaging, positioning, and campaigns to improve conversion across the funnel
• Run fast, practical experiments to identify what works and scale successful approaches
• Support email campaigns, onboarding flows, and re-engagement activity to improve activation and retention
• Track and report on core growth metrics, including traffic, sign-up conversion, paid conversion, and retention
• Work closely with the founders to turn ideas into execution quickly

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in growth marketing, partnerships, demand generation, digital marketing, or audience growth
• Experience growing a subscription product, SaaS platform, marketplace, digital service, or online business
• Strong understanding of LinkedIn content and organic audience growth
• Experience building partnerships with influencers, creators, affiliates, communities, or strategic partners
• Strong copywriting and communication skills, with the ability to create content and messaging that drives action
• Analytical and commercially minded, with experience using data to improve performance
• Comfortable working independently and moving quickly in an early-stage environment
• Practical, resourceful, and execution-focused

Nice to have

• Experience in career, education, recruitment, or consumer internet products
• Experience building ambassador, affiliate, or referral programmes
• Familiarity with lifecycle marketing, onboarding, and email automation
• Understanding of SEO, landing page optimisation, and performance marketing
• Previous experience in a startup or lean team

Compensation

This is an early-stage opportunity designed for someone motivated by ownership, impact, and long-term upside.

Compensation is currently structured around a revenue-share model, with earnings linked to the customers and subscription revenue you help generate. The structure is intended to reward meaningful contribution and sustained impact, with ongoing earning potential tied to active subscriptions rather than one-off commissions.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to take on a visible growth role, help shape the commercial engine of the business, and share directly in the value created.

What success looks like

• Increased qualified traffic to the platform
• Growth in sign-ups and paid subscriptions
• Stronger LinkedIn visibility and engagement
• Partnerships that consistently bring in new users
• Improved conversion rates across the funnel
• A repeatable customer acquisition engine that can scale

Why join

• Opportunity to take ownership of growth at an early stage
• Direct impact on business performance and direction
• Freedom to test ideas, move quickly, and build
• Close collaboration with the founders
• Meaningful upside linked to the growth you help create
• Flexible, remote-friendly setup

How to apply

Please send:

• Your CV or LinkedIn profile
• A short summary of your relevant experience
• Examples of campaigns, partnerships, content, or growth results you’ve delivered
• Any metrics you can share around audience growth, lead generation, sign-ups, subscriptions, or customer acquisition

to careers@sponso.co.uk