Carnival UK
Brand Partnerships Manager (12 month FTC)
Job ID 12375 Date posted 01/04/2026 Date closes 08/04/2026 City SOUTHAMPTON State HAMPSHIRE Country United Kingdom Job Type Full TimeJob Description
Cunard are a leading luxury cruise line name, dedicated to delivering unforgettable holiday happiness to our guests. Our success is built on a foundation of diverse talents and perspectives, and we believe in fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
In our continuous journey of growth and innovation at Carnival UK, we are seeking a Brand Partnerships Manager on a 12 month secondmentto bring fresh insights and expertise to our Cunard department.
Role Overview
- Sitting within the Brand & Product Development team, managing delivery of the brand partnerships portfolio
- Leading the development and delivery of the cross-channel partnership activities and ensuring contracted deliverables are fulfilled.
- Influencing and providing direction to the communication channel owners from Cunard and the brand partner.
- Maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders within the brand partnerships portfolio
- This role is responsible for the overall relationship and activity management of our charity partner, The King's Trust
- Overseeing project and event management, including attending in person and representing the brand at events and key meetings
This pivotal role will involve:
- Managing the portfolio of key brand partners to deliver mutually agreed activation plans
- Supporting negotiation and development of partnership activities aligned to business objectives
- Coordinating marketing channel owners to ensure successful activation
- Using insight and metrics to evaluate partnership performance
This role is positioned at CUK07 level within our organisation and is available on a full‑time, 12-month secondment. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.
What You'll Bring
- Experience managing and developing external partnerships, including activation delivery
- Marketing experience delivering fully integrated multi-channel campaigns
- Strong project management and event delivery capability
- Ability to analyse data and apply insights to improve activity
About You: The Ideal Candidate
- Highly organised with strong relationship‑building skills
- Collaborative, adaptable, and confident representing the brand externally
- Able to influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders
- Creative problem‑solver who can “hit the ground running”
Application Guidance
Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about our guests and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.
Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about our guests and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.
Why Join Us?
Working with us means more than just a role in guest experience. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth. Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague: https://www.carnivalukcareers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CUK-employee-experience-guide-July-2025.pdf
Working with us means more than just a role in guest experience. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth. Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague: https://www.carnivalukcareers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/CUK-employee-experience-guide-July-2025.pdf
- Here’s what we offer:
- Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
- Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
- Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
- Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Employee-led networks
- Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
- Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
- In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
- Life Assurance
- Parental and adoption leave
- Employee Shares Plan
- Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
- Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
- Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
- A friendly welcome with help settling in
Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we might close applications earlier than advertised. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to become part of a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.
Recruitment Journey
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About Us
Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.
No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.
Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.
It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.
About the Team
The Cunard Sales and Marketing team are instrumental in the success of Cunard and our aim to be the benchmark of luxury travel. Our marketing teams maximize opportunity and create focused, meaningful communications that help to grow existing audiences as well as appealing to new ones. We have experts across advertising, CRM, brand, PR, digital, loyalty and the creative studio who work together collaboratively to create unforgettable holiday happiness. Our sales teams develop and grow partnerships ensuring they have the finest knowledge of our products. Our teams also manage sales communications, systems, and events to provide the best tools and support, ensuring that our travel trade partners are at the centre of all that we do. In addition to supporting travel agents, the sales team provide support to a team of ship based sales managers and work with third parties to find new routes to market for our brand.
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