Partnerships and Business Development Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of prospect research, sourcing contacts, and building Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) lists for targeted brands and retailers.

• Conduct high-volume outreach on a daily basis utilizing tools such as Salesforce, Apollo, and LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

• Develop and refine outbound messaging sequences aimed at securing pitch calls and driving sign-ups.

• Assist in scheduling demos and ensure the CRM remains organized, preventing any opportunities from slipping through the cracks.

• Provide regular updates on outreach metrics including open rates, response rates, meetings scheduled, and conversions.

• Act as the initial point of contact for incoming partner inquiries and account verification requests.

• Keep partner account records accurate and up-to-date.

• Facilitate partner communications and follow-ups to ensure relationships progress smoothly.

• Help verify and onboard inbound partners efficiently and correctly.

• Maintain current and accurate CRM data entry, pipeline tracking, and reporting.

• Support Apollo list-building and outreach operations.

• Assist with revenue and pipeline reporting for leadership reviews.

• Create and maintain collections of partner demos, including garment uploads and image generation support.

• Conduct quality assurance testing, voting, and validation on demo assets prior to their launch.

• Collaborate with engineering and applied machine learning teams to identify and resolve quality issues.

• Keep a tidy and updated tracker for demo collections.

• Manage partner initiatives from start to finish, including sourcing, pitching, negotiation, onboarding, and activation.

• Coordinate with engineering, product, and design teams to bring partnership activations to fruition.

• Develop co-marketing assets and effectively communicate the story of new partnerships both internally and externally.

• Assist with broader workback calendars and cross-functional coordination to ensure nothing is overlooked.

• Contribute to event strategy, logistics, and on-site execution for conferences and industry events.

• Help with on-site lead capture, conversation tracking, and follow-up in the CRM post-event.

• Aid in producing event recap notes and ROI reports for leadership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A recent graduate or someone with 0 to 2 years of experience in business, fashion, marketing, communications, or a related field.

• A genuine enthusiasm for the intersection of AI and fashion.

• A proactive self-starter who identifies and addresses gaps without needing direction.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and able to operate swiftly in a startup setting.

• A strong communicator capable of crafting concise outreach emails and holding their own in partner meetings.

• A highly responsive and proactive communicator; this remote-first position relies on clear and timely written and verbal communication through Slack, email, and video calls to keep partners and the team aligned; being easily reachable and quick to respond is crucial.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented, particularly when managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.

• Bonus: experience with Salesforce, Apollo, HubSpot, or similar CRM/outreach tools.

• Bonus: established relationships in the fashion, retail, or tech sectors.

• Bonus: fluency in a second language (Spanish, French, Mandarin, etc.).

🏝️ Benefits

• Direct mentorship from the Partnerships leadership at SPREEAI.

• Genuine ownership of partner relationships and revenue-generating projects from the outset.

• An opportunity to observe how a rapidly growing AI startup develops its commercial engine.

• Exposure to enterprise brand relationships, investor discussions, and industry events.

• Competitive full-time salary and benefits.