appflame - Partnerships Manager

appflame – Ukrainian product IT company that creates world-class products: Hily, Taimi, AdConnect, Mailkeeper, and more.
We are today:
• 7 years, 500+ employees, offices in Kyiv, London, Limassol, and a coworking in Warsaw;
• in 2025, appflame ranked 5th among the 50 best employers in Ukraine according to Forbes and won in the "Place for Growth" category.
• Our apps Hily and Taimi are among the Top 5 dating apps in the U.S. with over 70 million users, while AdConnect and Mailkeeper specialize in developing and scaling our own B2B and B2C solutions.
Our mission:
• Flame up the world with Ukrainian products.
Our goals:
• Reach the top 5 list of product companies in the world.
• Become a unicorn.
• Turn Ukraine into a country where unicorns are born and thrive.

We are looking for daring, brave, and “crazy” people. Fans of creating real products and who dream about launching and developing cool startups. You have ambitions, we have comfortable conditions for their fulfillment.

Taimi. It is an inclusive LGBTQ+ dating app. It is carefully designed to explore users' diverse romantic and sexual preferences. The app ranks among the Top 5 dating apps in the U.S. by downloads and has partnerships with Doja Cat, Katy Perry, Lil Nas X, Netflix, The Ellen Show, Rolling Stone Magazine, and more. Taimi today: 31M users, 1,5M MAU, 84M+ matches annually.

We’re hiring a Junior to Mid-Level Partnerships Manager to:
• Establish and grow long-term partnerships between Taimi and LGBTQ+ events
• Pitch and activate the Taimi In-Person feature at events and festivals
• Sell Taimi advertising solutions to relevant brands and businesses
• Build strategic collaborations that deliver value to both partners and the Taimi community
• Manage partnerships from first outreach to negotiation, execution, and renewal

This role is perfect for someone early in their partnerships or sales career who is ready to grow fast. We’re looking for strong fundamentals — we’ll teach the rest.

What You’ll Do:
• Identify and approach LGBTQ+ events organizers
• Pitch Taimi’s value proposition confidently and clearly
• Negotiate partnership terms and close deals
• Develop event activation plans using Taimi In-Person
• Sell advertising placements and branded opportunities to businesses
• Maintain long-term partner relationships and identify upsell opportunities
• Track performance and report results

We’ll have a match if you:
• 1–2 years of experience in partnerships, business development, sales, or account management
• Strong pitching and presentation skills
• Confidence in negotiating and closing deals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to build relationships and manage multiple stakeholders
• Commercial mindset and results-driven attitude
• Understanding of LGBTQ+ culture and community – or genuine willingness to learn and engage respectfully
• Self-starter with high ownership and proactive mindset

Will be an advantage:
• Experience working with events or sponsorships
• Experience in ad sales or media sales
• Background in tech, startups, or fast-paced environments

Your journey to the job offer: message from the recruiter > interview > test > final interview > job offer.

Why appflame?
• Involvement in the development of Ukrainian products that compete with the world's best market players.
• The opportunity to implement your ideas rather than being a cog in the system.
• Meaningful and useful products created to serve a specific purpose rather than make money for shareholders.
• Be around like-minded people who work on results.
• Work with the global market and a huge audience.
• Direct contact with Snapchat, Meta, Google, Apple, and access to their best practices.
• Well-established processes and great opportunities to growth within the company.
• Transparent evaluation of work based on personal performance indicators.
• Great benefits package and fair compensation.
• We provide all you need for your talents to be fully revealed.
• We are loyal to our people. Our loyalty doesn't fade at the end of the working day.
• We do not leave our people alone with their problems, neither professional nor personal.

Join us.

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We are against all types of discrimination, bullying, and stereotypes. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of race, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, health status or any other characteristics.