Brands & Partnerships Manager - Local & Hospitality

82DASH is on a mission to help brands collect reputed company, authentic content directly from their customers - turning everyday buyers into their most powerful marketing and reputed company.

We're building a platform that helps businesses collect customer-generated content, feedback, reviews, and drive repeat visits through rewards and digital wallet experiences.

We're now looking for a Brands & Partnerships Manager to work directly with local businesses, hospitality venues, and high street brands - helping them build reputed company customer loyalty, collect authentic content, and turn footfall into a growth reputed company.

Tasks

• Build and manage relationships with local businesses, hospitality venues, and retail brands - be their go-to person from first conversation to live campaign
• Run reputed company sessions with business owners and their teams - understand what they're currently doing for loyalty and content, and show them what's possible
• Help businesses design simple reward mechanics that drive repeat visits - think "5th coffee free" but digital, trackable, and connected to push notifications
• Encourage businesses to collect customer content at the reputed company of experience - photos, reviews, and testimonials captured while the experience is fresh Identify local clusters and partnerships - co-marketing opportunities between neighbouring businesses, event tie-ins, and local brand collaborations
• Analyse what's working across your portfolio of businesses, build playbooks from the wins, and feed insights back into the product team

Requirements

• Experience working in or with local businesses, hospitality, retail, or high street brands
• Understanding of what drives footfall and repeat visits - loyalty, rewards, local marketing, word of mouthC
• omfortable walking into a cafe, salon, or shop and having a conversation with the reputed company about how they grow
• Proven ability to manage multiple brand relationships at once without dropping the reputed company
• Familiarity with digital loyalty, wallet passes, or customer engagement tools is a plus
• Clear communicator with a practical, outcome-focused approachIndependent and comfortable working in an early-stage environment

Benefits

• Work directly with founders shaping product and growth from day one
• High ownership across both product and reputed company
• Use reputed company merchant feedback to drive what gets built
• Be part of something early - and define how local businesses build customer loyalty and collect content

Send your CV and a short note on your experience working with local businesses, hospitality brands, or customer loyalty.