Business Development Executive – Brand Partnerships

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Business Development • $140,000 PA - $160,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Luma AI is seeking a Business Development Executive to lead brand partnerships, bridging cutting-edge AI technology with creative marketers. The role involves evangelizing AI as a creative partner, working with global brands to reimagine campaigns from ideation to production. Responsibilities include meeting with creative directors, structuring strategic partnerships with agencies, collaborating with product teams on feature development based on brand feedback, presenting on AI's future in brand storytelling, negotiating multi-year deals, demonstrating emerging capabilities to CMOs, and building relationships with creative agencies interested in AI experimentation.
Must have:
  • 7+ years in brand partnerships, innovation, or creative business development
  • Proven track record of closing significant strategic partnerships
  • Strong understanding of content production workflows
  • Experience building relationships with C-suite executives
  • Exceptional organizational and communication skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with brands in fashion, lifestyle, or creative industries
  • Comfortable as an educator and evangelist for emerging technologies
  • Experience at an early-stage startup
  • Experience in e-commerce creative
  • Interest in AI's transformation of creative industries
Perks:
  • Offers Equity

Job Details

We're looking for a Business Development Executive to pioneer how global brands and innovative challengers unlock the creative potential of AI. You'll be the bridge between Luma's cutting-edge technology and the world's most creative marketers, helping them reimagine everything from initial ideation to final production.

This isn't about selling software—it's about evangelizing a new era of creativity where AI becomes the ultimate creative partner.

What a Typical Week Might Look Like

  • Meeting with a luxury fashion brand's creative director to explore AI-powered campaign concepts

  • Structuring a strategic partnership with a major agency to integrate Dream Machine into their creative workflows

  • Collaborating with our product team to understand how a beauty brand's feedback could shape our next features

  • Presenting at a marketing conference about the future of AI in brand storytelling

  • Negotiating a multi-year partnership deal that unlocks new revenue streams

  • Working with our research team to demonstrate emerging capabilities to forward-thinking CMOs

  • Building relationships with creative agencies who are hungry to experiment with AI

Your Background Looks Something Like

  • 7+ years of experience in brand partnerships, innovation, or creative business development

  • You've closed deals that matter—strategic partnerships that moved the needle for both sides

  • Strong understanding of content production workflows, from concept to campaign launch

  • Experience working with brands in fashion, lifestyle, or adjacent creative industries is a major plus

  • You're comfortable being an educator and evangelist for emerging technologies

  • Track record of building relationships with C-suite executives and creative leaders

  • Self-starter mentality with exceptional organizational and communication skills

You Might Really Thrive Here If...

  • You get energized by explaining complex technology in simple, compelling ways

  • You've worked at an early-stage startup and loved the pace and ambiguity

  • You have experience in e-commerce creative and understand the business ecosystem

  • You see partnerships as long-term relationships, not one-time transactions

  • You're genuinely curious about how AI will transform creative industries

  • You thrive in collaborative environments where every function matters

  • The idea of shaping an entirely new market category excites you

Some of the Cool Things We're Working On

  • Partnering with global fashion houses to create AI-powered virtual fashion shows

  • Building strategic relationships with creative agencies pioneering AI workflows

  • Developing custom solutions for brands experimenting with personalized video content

  • Creating case studies that showcase the future of AI-native marketing

  • Establishing Luma as the go-to creative AI platform for premium brands

  • Working with our research team to understand what brands need before they know they need it

About Luma AI

At Luma, we're building multimodal AI to expand human imagination and capabilities. We believe the next leap in AI won't come from language alone—but from models that can see, understand, create, and interact with the world visually.

Dream Machine is just the beginning. We're creating an intelligent creative partner—one that helps people express what's in their mind's eye, without needing the perfect words. Think: generative AI that's not just helpful, but beautifully intuitive and deeply visual.

We're product-focused, fast-moving, and shipping like crazy. Our team is small, sharp, and obsessed with building things that feel magical.

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