Substack
Media • SaaS • Publishing
Substack is a platform that empowers writers, creators, and podcasters to publish their work directly to their audience. It offers a streamlined experience for creating and distributing text, audio, and video content, allowing users to earn revenue through subscriptions without intermediary gatekeepers. Substack enables users to maintain full control over their intellectual property, mailing lists, and subscriber payments, providing features for audience growth, and management of all publishing processes in one integrated interface.
Head of Partnerships
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October 31
Substack
Media • SaaS • Publishing
Substack is a platform that empowers writers, creators, and podcasters to publish their work directly to their audience. It offers a streamlined experience for creating and distributing text, audio, and video content, allowing users to earn revenue through subscriptions without intermediary gatekeepers. Substack enables users to maintain full control over their intellectual property, mailing lists, and subscriber payments, providing features for audience growth, and management of all publishing processes in one integrated interface.
📋 Description
• Develop and execute a strategy for onboarding influential creators, helping them build successful subscription businesses on Substack. • Own key growth metrics around creator acquisition, retention, revenue, and engagement—aligning impact with Substack’s broader business goals. • Build and deepen relationships with creators, talent managers, studios, agencies, and press to expand Substack’s presence in the cultural ecosystem. • Champion Australian & New Zealand creators internally by synthesizing their needs into product, support, and partnership opportunities. • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data, Marketing, and Communications to improve creator experience and feature adoption. • Represent Substack externally—on stage, in the press, positioning the company as the premier platform for independent creative work. • Stay ahead of creator economy trends to keep Substack on the leading edge in Australia & New Zealand.
🎯 Requirements
• 7+ years of experience as a leader in creator partnerships, talent development, business development, or editorial. • Proven success leading and scaling teams in fast-paced environments with high agency and ownership. • Deep empathy for creators and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities they face when building independent careers. • A robust network across the creator economy—including relationships with top creators, talent agencies, production companies, digital media leaders, and journalists. • A demonstrable and exceptional understanding of the Australian & New Zealand ‘creator’ market. • An ability to communicate clearly and effectively, often on a public stage, is a bonus.
🏖️ Benefits
• Health insurance • Equity for all full-time roles • Exceptional benefits
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