Brand Partnerships Lead

Mode Labs is an AI content production studio delivering campaign-grade visuals and video for fashion, beauty, active wear and FMCG brands. We're looking for a Brand Partnerships Lead to grow our client base — building relationships with the marketing and ecommerce leaders who need what we make.

This is business development for a product that demos brilliantly: we can show a sceptical marketing director their own product in a campaign-grade visual before they've spent a penny. Your job is to get us in front of the right brands, run a sharp sales process, and convert interest into signed projects and retainers.

Responsibilities

Own the Mode Labs sales pipeline end to end: prospecting, outreach, discovery calls, proposals and close. Target heads of marketing and ecommerce directors at UK product brands, using our free visual sample as the conversion mechanic. Build referral and partner relationships that generate warm introductions. Work with marketing to sharpen messaging based on what you hear in the market, and keep the CRM accurate so pipeline is always visible.

Negotiate scope and pricing within our tiered service model, protecting margin while winning the work.

Why you'll love working with us

You'll sell something buyers actually want to see — meetings here end with people leaning in, not checking their watch. The proof is instant, the case studies are real, and the market timing is exactly right: every brand is asking how AI changes their content budget, and very few suppliers can answer credibly. You'll shape the commercial strategy, not just execute it, working directly with the founder with genuine room to grow with the business.

Requirements

• Proven track record in B2B sales or business development
  , ideally selling creative, production, marketing or SaaS services to brand-side buyers.
• Strong outbound skills
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  Linked In prospecting, sequenced outreach, and the persistence to build pipeline from scratch.
• Consultative approach — able to run a discovery call that uncovers real needs rather than pitching features.
• Commercially sharp: comfortable with proposals, negotiation and tiered pricing
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• Excellent written communication — your outreach should read like it came from a premium studio, because it did.
• Organised pipeline management and clean CRM habits.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI content production and the ability to speak about it credibly with senior marketers.

What you'll do

• Build and manage a qualified pipeline of UK product brands in our target verticals.
• Run outbound campaigns across Linked In and email, supported by our content engine.
• Lead discovery calls and present the Mode Labs offer, including free visual samples.
• Prepare proposals, negotiate terms and close projects and retainers.
• Develop referral partnerships that generate recurring warm leads.
• Report weekly on pipeline, conversion and revenue against targets.
• Feed market intelligence back into positioning, pricing and service design.