About the Role
The Specialist will shape the ongoing marketing strategy for A+E's 75+ FAST channels across the U.S., Canada, and LATAM, while also supporting the AVOD business and broader partnership marketing initiatives. This role involves identifying, pitching, securing, and tracking high-value partner opportunities to drive earned media, platform visibility, and audience growth.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of partner marketing strategies across FAST, AVOD, and emerging distribution opportunities.
- Translate business priorities, content priorities, and platform opportunities into actionable marketing plans, promotional calendars, and campaign recommendations.
- Identify, pitch, secure, and track high-value partner opportunities.
- Support planning processes and partner prioritization to maximize visibility, audience engagement, and business impact.
- Serve as a day-to-day marketing contact for assigned platform partners, building strong relationships that support collaboration and promotional opportunities.
- Develop and deliver compelling partner presentations, marketing pitches, campaign recaps, and promotional recommendations tailored to partner priorities.
- Maintain a strong understanding of partner merchandising capabilities, promotional formats, and business objectives while proactively identifying new opportunities to increase visibility for A+E content.
- Partner cross-functionally with Programming, Creative, Operations, Research, and Brand Marketing to execute partner marketing campaigns, channel launches, and promotional opportunities.
- Coordinate campaign execution, asset delivery, promotional calendars, and timelines to ensure successful launches across partner platforms.
- Ensure campaigns and placements align with business priorities, promotional objectives, and partner requirements.
- Build strong partnerships across internal teams to align marketing priorities, campaign execution, creative needs, and promotional timelines.
- Surface timely solutions that drive visibility and deepen long-term collaboration.
- Prepare presentations, partner updates, and campaign recaps that clearly articulate marketing strategies, results, and future opportunities.
- Represent the team in partner and internal meetings with professionalism, confidence, and a solutions-oriented approach.
- Track partner marketing activity, earned media, promotional placements, campaign performance, and key business metrics to evaluate success and identify optimization opportunities.
- Maintain partner trackers, scorecards, reporting materials, and campaign documentation to support leadership visibility and decision-making.
- Monitor industry trends, platform updates, and competitive activity, sharing insights and recommendations that inform future marketing strategies and partner opportunities.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in entertainment, marketing, or streaming in a fast-paced, partner-centric environment.
- Knowledge of media, entertainment, streaming, FAST channels, AVOD/SVOD licensing, DTO, DTC partner environments, audience development, or multiplatform distribution businesses preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with proven experience presenting plans to internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven success in driving earned media, building lasting partner relationships, and influencing platform support through compelling marketing.
- A team-first, solutions-driven mindset with strong communication and presentation skills.
- Strategic agility with the ability to hold both the long-term vision and short-term executional detail.
- Experienced in problem-solving through multiple lenses and adapting approaches as business needs evolve.
- A collaborative and flexible work style — comfortable managing multiple timelines, people, and evolving priorities in quick turnaround environments.
- Analytical mindset with experience using campaign data to measure outcomes, inform strategy, and report impact.
Skills
- Marketing strategy
- Partner marketing
- FAST channels
- AVOD
- Earned media
- Platform visibility
- Audience growth
- Campaign development
- Relationship management
- Cross-channel execution
- Performance measurement
- Communication
- Presentation
- Problem-solving
- Analytical skills
Location
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Stamford, CT
- Remote (eligible states: CA, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OR, SC, SD, TX, WV, WI, WY)
Work Type
- Remote
- Hybrid
- Full-time in office
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Salary/Compensations
- Hourly Pay Range: $35.83 - $41.21
- Annual Incentive Target: 5%
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- 401k matching
About the Company
- A+E Global Media is a global media and entertainment company that values diversity, representation, flexibility, and kindness.
- Forbes named us one of America’s Best Midsize Employers.
- Newsweek included us in their lists of America’s Most Loved Workplaces for 2021 and 2022, and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2023.
- Inc. recognized A+E Global Media as one of the Best Workplaces of 2025.
- A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
Equal Opportunity
- A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle.
- The company’s employment actions and decisions – including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, demotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, and termination – are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
- We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.
