Hi! I’m Elyse Morris, Director of Agency Partnerships at TLDR.
We’re building TLDR’s agency channel from the ground up, and I’m looking for a smart, collaborative Agency Partnerships Manager to help shape it. You’ll be one of the first hires on this team, driving new agency relationships, opening doors, and helping us turn TLDR into the must-buy media partner for B2B advertisers.
Who We Are🏔Product: TLDR is the largest network of tech newsletters in the world, with over 7M subscribers covering everything from startups and software engineering to AI, cybersecurity, product, and more. Every issue is written by builders in tech. Both TLDR Crypto writers both work at Coinbase, TLDR Dev is written by engineers from DeepMind and Meta, TLDR AI is written by researchers from Anthropic and Adobe. That’s why TLDR is the best way to stay current on what truly matters in tech.
💪Team: Our 24-person full time team includes alumni of TikTok, Business Insider, Morning Brew, and other top media brands.
📈Traction: We doubled our revenue from 2024 to 2025 and are looking to double revenue again in 2026. We are supported by advertisers who want to reach tech’s decision makers, including AWS, Google Cloud, Anthropic, Slack, Notion, and GitHub.
About the RoleYou’ll own the end-to-end sales process with agencies, from prospecting to close, while collaborating closely with TLDR’s account executives. Your job is to expand our footprint inside the world’s top media agencies and drive meaningful revenue growth.
In this role, you will:
Prospect, pitch, and close new agency partnerships, building lasting relationships
Run incredible meetings from lunch-and-learns, to panel pitches, to strategic workshops that educate and inspire
Collaborate with AEs to co-sell, shape proposals, and accelerate deals
Map agency orgs and TAM to understand where we can win, and build plans to get there
Maintain CRM and data hygiene ensuring clarity on ownership and performance
Contribute to our playbook by refining how TLDR goes to market with agencies
Hit revenue goals and help establish agency as a leading channel for TLDR
You’re running 3–5 high-quality agency meetings per week
You’re generating a steady stream of qualified RFPs and proposals
You’re influencing and accelerating revenue across multiple accounts
You’ve built complete relationship maps and TAM plans for key agencies
You’re a trusted, collaborative partner to AEs and leadership.
2–5 years in media, advertising, or agency partnerships
Experience owning a sales goal or revenue quota
Skilled prospector who loves opening new relationships
Clear, persuasive communicator and confident presenter
Agency-fluent: understands how agencies plan, buy, and measure media
Adaptable, curious, and collaborative - thrives in ambiguity and startup speed
Bonus: experience in newsletters, publisher-direct, or email media
You already have agency relationships and can open doors on day one
You’ve closed meaningful partnerships in digital media and know how to drive revenue
You’re skilled at navigating complex org structures and influencing both planners and senior decision-makers
You have a proven track record of exceeding revenue targets
You’re entrepreneurial - helping write the playbook, not just follow one
Haven’t worked in media, advertising, or agency partnerships
Need a lot of direction on how to build pipeline or manage accounts
Prefer large teams with lots of structure and layers
Don’t enjoy being both hunter and farmer in the same role
Lack curiosity about tech, media, and the changing digital landscape
🤑Compensation: $216,000 - $300,000 OTE with 50/50 base/incentive split
🌎Location: We’re a 100% remote company distributed across the US and Canada
🤝Team Events: Annual team offsite. Tell us where we should go next!
🏝️Time to Recharge: Flexible PTO. Most team members will enjoy 2-3 weeks off per year + holidays
🏥Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits with 100% paid option
📈401(k) Plan: Empower 401(k)
🍼Paid Parental Leave
💻Home Office Stipend: We're on Macbook Air M4s. Get a new monitor, headset, and chair on us.
🔰Learning & Development Stipend: We are a curious group that believes in learning.
💪Autonomy and Agency: Contribute to the growth of one of the largest newsletters in the world.
📥 If you're ready to make a tremendous impact at a bootstrapped and profitable startup, please apply. Please let us know if you need any accommodation during any part of the interview process.
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What We Do
TLDR's mission is to build the paper of record for the tech industry, as the trusted source that people who work in tech rely on to inform them about important trends and developments. We help top B2B Cloud Computing companies get their brand in front of an audience of 5 million technical readers. TLDR helps advertisers reach their target audience at scale as if they were advertising on social media, but with the trust and credibility of TLDRs collective of newsletters. We have an average open rate >40%. The types of folks who read (and work!) at TLDR are professionals and enthusiasts in: Tech and startups Developers AI, Crypto, and Fintech DevOps and Cybersecurity Marketing, Product, and Design TLDR is the 5th largest newsletter globally serving sponsors like: AWS Google Shopify Paypal Hubspot Intel DataDog Zendesk Cloudflare Twilio Notion Okta Rippling Snyk Taboola Sentry Vanta Vercel Wiz SecureFrame
Why Work With Us
We're a small team that values continuous learning and internet culture. We're bootstrapped and profitable with no outside investment. This means you get to build with support and runway to think strategically and execute tactically with room to test. We are a low meeting culture that communicates asynchronously, with integrity and humility.
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