Verve is building a Brand Direct function — a small, senior team that sells and services select brand accounts directly, alongside our existing agency relationships, rather than replacing them. The goal is to get Verve’s data, formats, and capabilities into brand planning conversations earlier, and to prove that dedicated brand-side support grows accounts faster than agency coverage alone.
This is a new team and a founding hire. You’ll help define what “brand direct” looks like at Verve in practice, working closely with the Global VP of Brand Partnerships from day one.
As Brand Partnerships Director, US, you’ll own a portfolio of named brand accounts in the US, working as a generalist across categories rather than a single vertical. This is a senior individual contributor role — not a people-management role in the first instance — designed for someone who wants to build something and has the option to grow into managing a local team as the function scales.
You are a hunter first: someone who can open doors at brand (not agency) level, build credibility fast, and turn a first meeting into a durable, revenue-generating relationship. Prior experience or relationships in a specific vertical (e.g. CPG/Retail, Travel, Finance, Beauty/Lux) are a strong plus, as this role has the potential to grow into leading a vertical specialist team.