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New Corporate Partnerships Manager

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Reference:TG4136 

Opportunity type:Permanent, Full-time 

Working hours:36 hours per week 

Salary:£37,567 per annum 

Location:London  

Closing date:07 April 2024 at midnight 

A vibrant home for a creative and forward-thinking New Corporate Partnerships Manager who is inspired by Tate’s vision and values.

Our Corporate Partnerships team specialises in researching, securing, and managing a broad portfolio of Corporate Partners across all four Tates. Creativity, innovation and forward thinking is an integral part of every aspect of Tate and we approach corporate partnerships in the same way. As a result, Tate has a long history of generating ground-breaking partnerships and delivering significant return on investment for its Corporate Partners.

The New Corporate Partnerships Manager will enjoy harnessing their creativity to establish partnerships with national and international brands and businesses. They will be instrumental in securing income and in-kind donations which will enable Tate to champion accessibility and enhance our role as a global innovator.
Each of our Partnership’s has a unique focus from our world-renowned exhibition programme, ground-breaking performances and unique artist commissions to wide-reaching learning, research and community programmes.

The role is suited to someone with excellent organisational and project management skills as well as a flair for juggling a busy workload to meet deadlines. Applying judgement and discretion to complex situations comes naturally to you.

We are seeking candidates with an impressive track record of securing a diverse range of high-value corporate partnerships through all stages of the process; from research and cultivation through to pitching, negotiation and contract. You will have first class relationship-building and influencing skills and will thrive on working with external and internal stakeholders. Your ability to think creatively and commercially and work together with departments across Tate will ensure you are able to devise and deliver the most cutting-edge and competitive opportunities for our partners.

This is an exciting, cross-organisational role which means you will collaborate closely with multiple teams across Tate to ideate and deliver progressive corporate partnerships. You will have strong interpersonal skills and will liaise with Tate’s Marketing and Licensing teams to identify partnerships and develop tiered licensing opportunities.

The successful candidate will possess outstanding influencing, presentation, and written skills with a demonstrable entrepreneurial approach. A good degree of commercial acumen and numeracy skills is desired in order to create accurate budgets.

Day to day, you will work closely with the Senior New Corporate Partnerships Manager and the Head of Corporate Partnerships to agree priority projects. You will have an innate ability to build an inclusive, respectful and collaborative culture within a team, and you will play an important role in cultivating a collaborative team environment.


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Application Information

If you wish to apply for this vacancy, please apply online. Please also refer to our Guidance Notes that can be found below.

Frequently, we receive a high level of applications and as such, reserve the right to close applications before the advert deadline. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Successful candidates will have access to a range of benefits, including 25 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 27 days pro rata after 3 years of service; an extra day off for your birthday each year; a cycle to work scheme; opportunities for blended and flexible working; free access to Tate exhibitions and other museums and galleries; Life Assurance; and a ‘Defined Contribution’ pension scheme with generous employer contributions. Successful candidates who are already members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme or have recently left the scheme may be eligible to remain as members of this scheme instead.