At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to secure exclusive partnerships with luxury brands for travel products.
- Company: Buzz, a global design company transforming travel experiences.
- Benefits: Dynamic work environment, creative culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced culture with a focus on creativity and collaboration.
- Why this job: Join a vibrant team and shape iconic collaborations in the luxury travel sector.
- Qualifications: Strong business development background and connections in luxury brands.
The predicted salary is between 121500 - 148500 $ per year.
Buzz is a global design company that creates signature moments for travel. For two decades, we’ve partnered with world-leading airlines, hotels, cruise and rail brands to reimagine travel with innovative product experiences. Our creations become iconic collaborations and keepsakes that span luxury amenity, skincare, textiles and sleepwear, tabletop and service ware, tech, audio and children’s products. By bringing extraordinary brands together, we create carefully considered partnerships that become meaningful collaborations for all.
This exciting opportunity within our Buzz Travel division, reporting to the Global Brand Partnerships Director. You will be responsible for managing a team who acquire exclusive arrangements with European high-end fashion, luxury skincare, and designer brands for in-flight products used by airlines and hotels. We envisage you will be well connected in the world of luxury brands, but have come from a strong Business Development background.
This critical role will ensure Buzz and your direct team continue building on our existing portfolio of luxury brands to expand our network of high-end collaborators across all product categories. You will leverage your existing relationships to introduce brands to licensing and/or opportunities to collaborate with Buzz on airline/hotel products and demonstrate the ability to manage a team of Business Development Directors to acquire brands and guide the team to:
- Initiate new brand relationships that strategically align and convert these into a sale i.e., an exclusive collaboration agreement
- Maintain on-going strategic relationships, preferably with luxury brands and exposure to product development of luxury product or product collaborations
- Coordinate the negotiation and execution of approved binding legal documentation such as; NDAs, term sheets, exclusivity agreements, license and/or product supply agreements.
- Collaborate across teams globally – working with and alongside our hotel and airline business development and brands teams based in Milan, LA, Melbourne and Europe.
At Buzz, we pride ourselves on doing things in ways that inspire discovery. Our fast-paced, vibrant culture can be experienced the moment you step foot into our office and realise you are in our Buzz Café, with drinks and endless coffee for everyone’s enjoyment. Our employees are creative and passionate beings. They push boundaries, thrive out of comfort zones, love a challenge and tackle them head on. Our collaborative teams deliver amazing results by trusting in one another’s expertise. The way we innovate and add a Buzz twist to everything we do is what we hope will inspire you.
Head of Luxury Brand Partnerships in Melbourne employer: Buzz
At Buzz, we are not just a global design company; we are a vibrant community that thrives on creativity and collaboration. Our dynamic work culture, complemented by generous employee benefits such as hybrid work options and paid parental leave, ensures that our team members feel valued and inspired every day. Located in a lively office with a Buzz Café offering endless coffee and meals, we foster an environment where innovation flourishes, making Buzz an exceptional place to grow your career in the Accounts Payable role.
