Growth and Partnerships Manager

At Aperture, we create value and drive growth by delivering exceptional product consultancy and advertising services to our global partners. Through data-driven strategies, we harness our expertise in performance marketing, creative strategy, and product optimisation to achieve outstanding results.

Founded in 2022 by industry visionary Hannah Parvaz, we’ve quickly made waves. Already recognised as Business Consultant of the Year and named 2024’s Most Innovative Growth Agency, our trajectory is nothing short of extraordinary.

Now, as we prepare to scale new heights in 2026, we’re building a dream team to fuel our ambitions. This is your chance to join us and be part of our incredible growth story. Are you ready to make an impact?

Our Culture:

• Growth mindset. We're hungry to learn and improve.
• Take full responsibility for every outcome—no excuses.
• Obsess over results. We're here to make a measurable impact.
• We’re data-obsessed. We let numbers, not opinions, guide our decisions.
• Client success is our success. Period.
• No ego. The best idea wins, regardless of who it comes from.
• Radical candour. We give and receive honest feedback to fuel growth.

Work from anywhere

Embrace our remote-first culture that prioritises impact over location. Work from wherever you're most productive, while enjoying meaningful connections with the team in London from time to time. We bring everyone together regularly for inspiring sessions and great conversations over amazing food—because the best ideas often start with "what if?"

The Partnership Manager works closely with the Partnerships Lead to ensure Aperture’s client relationships are well managed, growth opportunities are identified, and projects are delivered to a high standard.

This role sits at the centre of Aperture’s client partnerships, helping clients get maximum value from Aperture while coordinating work across Growth, Creative, Product, CRM, Operations and specialist teams.

The Partnership Manager is responsible for strengthening client relationships, identifying strategic opportunities, ensuring cross-functional alignment, and driving operational excellence through the adoption and continuous improvement of Aperture OS.

• Build strong relationships with clients and become a trusted extension of their team.
• Partner with Growth and Creative Managers on client communications, reporting, strategy discussions and business reviews.
• Maintain a deep understanding of client goals, challenges and opportunities.
• Identify opportunities beyond existing activity that could improve client outcomes, including but not limited to creative, CRM, product, organic, measurement and funnel optimisation initiatives.
• Help scope additional projects and services where they can drive meaningful business impact.
• Ensure clients consistently receive strategic, proactive and commercially valuable support.
• Lead client meetings, kick-offs nd business reviews with confidence and professionalism.
• Act as a central point of coordination between clients and internal teams.

• Coordinate retained relationships and one-off projects from scope through delivery.
• Ensure timelines, stakeholders, priorities and deliverables remain aligned.
• Track actions, dependencies, risks and outcomes to keep projects moving forward.
• Manage competing priorities and ensure projects are delivered to a high standard.
• Lead internal teams through ambiguity and help create clarity, alignment and momentum.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, consistency and scalability across the business.
• Drive adoption of new processes, frameworks and ways of working across teams.
• Champion the use of AI tools and workflows to improve productivity, communication, project delivery and operational excellence.

• Support the Partnerships Lead with proposal development, client research, meetings, follow-ups and opportunity management.
• Help create case studies, thought leadership content, event materials and partnership communications.
• Support the planning and execution of client events, dinners and community initiatives.
• Assist with new business opportunities, pitches and partnership conversations where required.
• Contribute to Aperture’s reputation and visibility through client success stories, strategic content and partnership initiatives.

• 3+ years in an in-house or client-facing agency marketing or project management role.
• Proven track record in a target-driven environment.
• Proven experience building strong relationships across teams and functions.
• Good understanding of the technical foundations of digital advertising.
• Experience across growth marketing, performance marketing and DTC or app-based marketing.
• Experience managing multiple clients, projects or priorities simultaneously.
  

• Strong people person who builds trust quickly with clients, internal teams and external partners.
• Commercially minded and able to identify opportunities that drive business growth.
• Confident presenting to clients, leading meetings and facilitating productive discussions.
• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.
• Able to influence stakeholders, build alignment and drive action.
• Able to manage multiple projects, objectives and deadlines simultaneously.
• Quick to understand complex business challenges, identify root causes and develop practical solutions.
• Able to bring clarity to ambiguity and confidently lead teams through complex projects and changing priorities.
• AI-native mindset with experience leveraging AI tools to improve productivity, research, project delivery, communication and operational workflows.

• Not a pure account management role.
• Not a junior project coordinator role.
• Not a sales-only role.
• Not a reporting-only role.
• Not a specialist channel role.
• Not an administrative client services position.

This role consists of all these things, you will wear many hats daily.

As Aperture continues to grow, clients need more than strong execution. They need a partner who understands their goals, identifies opportunities, aligns internal teams and ensures projects are delivered to a consistently high standard.

This role is central to:

• strengthening long-term client relationships
• helping clients get more value from Aperture
• identifying new growth opportunities across the client portfolio
• driving strategic conversations beyond day-to-day delivery
• embedding AI and operational best practices across the business
• protecting the quality, consistency and effectiveness of Aperture’s operational frameworks
• supporting the continued growth of Aperture’s partnerships function

This role helps ensure Aperture delivers exceptional client experiences, creates meaningful commercial impact and continues to build a scalable, high-performing business.