Director, Investments & Partnerships

Job Description

How do great ideas travel around the world - and in a market built for the world?

This is what we wrestle with each day at Times Bridge as we drive growth across India for our investment portfolio.

Join our exceptional team.

We’re venture investors, technology executives and proven global operators eager to reveal the breadth and depth of the India opportunity on the world stage.

Join us and help architect a wide, growing, global portfolio of inspired companies - all of whom see India and its diversity as central to their worldwide mission!

Roles and responsibilities

We’re venture investors, technology executives and proven global operators eager to reveal the breadth and depth of the India opportunity on the world stage.

Partner Services Manager - Smule

Job Description

Smule is the leading social network for music, connecting the world through a global community of 50 million monthly active users. Smule’s flagship app lets people sing and make music with friends and major artists around the globe—helping to bring music back to its roots of creation and participation.

Smule is one of the portfolio companies of Times Bridge, the global investments & strategic partnerships arm of the Times Group. Times Bridge's mission is to bring the world's best ideas to India and give India's best insights to the world.

Roles and responsibilities

We’re venture investors, technology executives and proven global operators eager to reveal the breadth and depth of the India opportunity on the world stage.

• Work cross-functionally to drive and deliver scalable solutions for Smule
• Align with Product, Operations, Community & Partner teams to own the overall execution & timeline of partnership projects
• Support managed partners (production companies, labels, artists, non-media entities, etc) and liaise with internal stakeholders (local and global) to ensure that partners have the best possible experience on the platform
• Own partnership analyses, create post-activation wrap-up and reports to share with internal and external stakeholders
• Proactively synthesise findings, develop recommendations and communicate results as they relate to the ecosystem
• Collect, deliver, and operationalise market feedback to help craft product strategies, serving as an internal advocate for partners
• Identify operational opportunities and help improve or innovate new processes to drive strategic growth in the vertical
• Assist in the planning & execution of key partnership events/activations
• Manage the implementation and optimisation of existing products and upcoming rollouts through educational training and workshops

Industry Experience:

• BA/BS Degree
• 3+ years of experience in online operations, client servicing, or account/partner management in media/agency industry
• Extensive experience & knowhow of social media platforms and tools
• Experience working independently with project management experience and a proven track record of ownership and proactiveness
• Experience working cross-functionally, both internally and externally
• Experience thinking strategically (and on feet), prioritizing tasks and taking initiative
• Analytics experience turning data into a narrative

Required Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills - should be able to condense complex ideas into simplified, actionable notes
• Has a creative approach to things
• A quick learner and a strong team player
• Can work under tight deadlines
• Strong organisational skills
• Photoshop and video making skills are preferred

Social Media & Community Associate - Wattpad

Job Description

Wattpad is the world’s largest storytelling platform with over 70 Million monthly active users around the globe. Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. It is one of the fastest-growing and most engaging platforms in the world with 22 Billion+ minutes of user engagement every month.

Times Bridge has made a strategic investment in Wattpad and will guide & operationalise Wattpad’s entry in India. Leveraging its vast network of media assets, Times Bridge will partner on varied aspects such as community building, collaborations with top artists, targeted regional programs and advertising.

This is a great opportunity to be part of Wattpad’s market-entry team in India.

Roles and responsibilities

We’re venture investors, technology executives and proven global operators eager to reveal the breadth and depth of the India opportunity on the world stage.

• The Role: Social Media and Community associate will play an important role in developing and executing strategies across multiple channels to drive growth and engage our existing users.
• Develop and implement community and social media strategies and best practices across various community and social media channels (i.e. Blog, In-App messages, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc).
• Research about the best practices of competition’s social media activations
• Development of always-on social media plans and identify opportunities for day-to-day media and consumer conversations as part of an overall communication strategy.
• Help in driving brand equity through a clear, impactful online presence.
• Develop innovative ways to create user engagement and create and run communities around them.
• Support Community Initiatives such as events/meetups/competitions
• Manage social media campaign execution and scheduling including day-to-day content sourcing and creation as well as post-campaign analysis.
• Constantly test, optimize and analyse campaigns and projects based on key KPIs of engagement/participation.
• On a need-to-do basis, communicate directly with users via social media channels and in-App including directing and responding to questions, engaging in conversation, connecting with key influencers.
• Ability to use social media intelligence to correctly interpret, document, and report out what the community thinks. This includes both positive/negative sentiment, as well as topic analysis and breakdowns across the entire digital ecosystem, not just the vocal minority.
• Help in forging partnerships with key external stakeholders like authors, publication houses and other influencers from the literary and entertainment fields.

Industry Experience and Required Skills:

• 2-4 years of experience of managing communities and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, blogs, etc.)
• Ability to engage and motivate an online/mobile community
• Analytical skills to measure and understand how social and community campaigns deliver impact to broader company business and marketing objectives
• Deep understanding of Entertainment landscape of the country including movies, music & publishing.
• Ability to work individually and with cross-functional teams to develop campaigns and drive results. Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Great eye for high-quality impactful content
• Understanding of best practice community, social, digital, content and channel marketing
• Bachelors/master’s degree with relevant background

Great to have:

• Prior experience of working/engaging with publication houses and authors and other influencers from the literary field
• Experience of working with non-profit organizations