Creative Partnerships Manager, Love Island

The Role

12 month fixed-term contract

The role

The huge success of Love Island both editorially and commercially has necessitated a dedicated team of highly creative and capable professionals, who work to deliver a range of Brand Partnerships & Headline Sponsorship around the show.

We are looking for a Creative Partnerships Manager - Love Island to join the team, reporting into the Head of Creative Partnerships, and responsible for delivering our Love Island Partnerships, managing multiple brands/campaigns and relationships with commercial stakeholders across clients, agencies and internal ITV departments with efficiency, tact, organisation & unerring focus.

The campaigns will be created using multi layered elements of promotional licensing, product placement, social campaigns, content creation and ITV's digital products. The role also requires good working knowledge of brand creative campaign & marketing processes, as we work closely with clients & agencies often weaving Love Island partnerships within and alongside wider marketing campaigns.

This role will work closely with the Sales & Partnerships teams, both developing pitches for new partners, and managing existing relationships with best in class account management. Additional ITV teams that the role will collaborate with closely include Social & Digital, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Compliance, ITV Creative, Events, Press and Merchandising, as well as Love Island Editorial & Production teams.

The team

During Love Island series' the majority of the Love Island Creative Partnerships team will be based on location (Mallorca June/July & South Africa Jan/Feb). This role is a UK based role, acting as the team representative at home while the rest of the team is on the ground on site. It will require hybrid working from home & our ITV offices in White City, with requirements to work from other locations including agency/client offices on occasion for meetings/events. The successful candidate must also be happy to travel to the shoot locations (Mallorca/South Africa) for particular periods to support if necessary, or cover other team members' absence.

This is an exciting, fast-paced opportunity to deliver innovative and integrated commercial campaigns for one of ITV's most iconic brands - helping to bring Love Island partnerships to life on screens and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the UK representative for the Love Island Creative Partnerships team, supporting the on-the-ground team in Mallorca.
• Manage and attend client-facing meetings and presentations in the UK.
• Work closely with ITV Sales & Partnerships, helping shape and deliver commercial activations and creative proposals.
• Support event planning and coordination for ITV's Love Island parties and brand events held in the UK.
• Oversee UK-side logistics if necessary while the Love Island Partnerships Exec is on location, including couriers, deliveries, product handling, and sampling.
• Liaise with UK-based stakeholders including Legal, Finance, Compliance, Production, and ITV Events teams.
• Support logistics and planning for UK-based outputs, including Aftersun and Love Island podcasts.
• Maintain clear and effective communication with both internal teams and external partners to ensure smooth delivery across all touchpoints.
• Troubleshoot potential issues with professionalism and speed.
• Maintain detailed tracking of timelines, deliverables, and budgets, keeping relevant teams updated at all stages.
• Handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Work closely with Love Island Commercial Digital Coordinator to ensure branded content is scheduled and posted, along with reporting updated and shared with clients punctually.

Skills you'll need (minimum criteria)

• Proven experience managing commercial clients and campaigns, especially across TV, digital, and social media.
• A strong grasp of creative production workflows, and the ability to effectively communicate technical needs to partners.
• Knowledge of brand partnerships, and consumer marketing strategies.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Comfort working independently and proactively while keeping the wider team updated.
• Confidence to lead meetings and present campaign strategies & creative ideas.

Other things we're looking for (key criteria)

• Ability to juggle many projects/workstreams at the same time and stick to hard deadlines.
• Be transparent and open in giving and receiving feedback.
• Manage conflict and difficult situations.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure, extremely reactive environment.
• Maintain a high level of accuracy in email communication and documents.
• Experience working with or coordinating event planning and logistics.
• A team-player attitude with a calm, supportive and efficient approach.

Closing date: Tuesday 29th April 2025

Please note, on occasion we may receive a very large volume of applications which means applications for a role may close earlier than the referenced closing date. We'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible if interested.