--- title: 'Business Development, Ticketing at Partiful' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/business-development-ticketing-partiful-new-york-avq5k4rvq711' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Business Development, Ticketing at Partiful - **Company:** Partiful - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-05-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful/d536b74c-deb4-4559-ae29-e2aa180b12b7 ## Job description Partiful's mission is to cultivate friendships through social events. We believe parties (and other social events) are the most effective way to meet new people and make friends. Our product helps you throw incredible events, starting with memorable party pages that make it easy to plan & communicate with guests — [download the app](http://partiful.com/download) to see how it works! We're building new ways to streamline planning, connect meaningfully in the real world, and make connections between friends-of-friends. Our ultimate vision is to power everything you do in-person with your friends, eliminating the friction of bringing your most memorable experiences to life. You can read more about our mission in [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/31/partiful-gen-z-new-years-eve/), [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/style/partiful-event-planning-parties.html), [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/evites-are-out-this-new-text-message-party-planner-is-in-46e8b64f), [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/party-invitation-website-partiful/672333/), [Wirecutter](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/partiful-app-review/), and [USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2024/08/04/partiful-app-party-planning/72619936007/?taid=66af5128983783000189ad12&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter). Partiful was named [Google's Best App of 2024](https://blog.google/products/google-play/google-play-best-apps-games-2024/), a [Finalist for Apple's App Store Awards](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/11/apple-reveals-45-app-and-game-finalists-for-the-2024-app-store-awards/), and Apple's [App of the Day](https://apps.apple.com/us/story/id1771691398) (awarded 4x). In 2025, we were named one of [TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies](https://time.com/collections/time100-companies-2025/7289589/partiful/), one of [Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies](https://www.fastcompany.com/91270177/social-media-most-innovative-companies-2025-duolingo-bluesky-boston-celtics-pinterest-partiful-planoly-sesame-workshop-feeld-strava-yelp), and named to [Inc. Magazine's Best in Business List](https://www.inc.com/john-jannuzzi/how-partiful-became-the-life-of-gen-zs-irl-party/91263552). Our company is backed by top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures, and advised by the founders of some of the most successful consumer social products ever made. ## The Role Partiful has launched the ability to buy and sell tickets within the platform, and we're hiring our first dedicated Business Development hire to own the mid-market segment and bring the best ticketed events across the world onto Partiful. In this role, you’ll source, close, and launch new ticketing partners on Partiful. Critically, you’ll be solely focused on events that people actually want to go to - tasteful, culturally relevant events, where hosts and venues are focused on building loyal community. For example, music collectives, supper clubs, cultural institutions, festivals, independent venues and exclusive experiences. You'll work directly with our Business Operations team and partner closely with support, marketing, and product. If you love live events and want to help shape the next chapter of how people throw them, this is the role. ## What You'll Do 💪 - Source, qualify, and close premium hosts in your first year, targeting premium accounts - Build and manage a pipeline of inbound and outbound against our ICP - Partner with our support team to onboard new hosts through their first ticketed events - Work with marketing to develop assets to help scale the BD process - Maintain an extremely high bar for quality while driving platform Gross Ticket Value - Curate our events supply with intention and uphold quality standards - Develop a best in class, scalable business development engine leveraging applicable tech ## What You'll Bring 🫡 - 2–5 years in BD, partnerships, or sales, ideally within events, hospitality, or live entertainment with an established network - Strong full-cycle sales skills with a track record of hitting ambitious sales goals. Comfortable running a 30+ touch/day cadence and closing on cycles under two weeks - You have your finger on the pulse of what’s happening - across scenes, neighborhoods, and subcultures. You have an extensive network of event hosts - A bias towards execution and efficiency, leveraging AI new technology and optimizing process - you’re known for getting sh*t done and make sure balls don’t get dropped - Sharp written and verbal communication - Adaptability and judgment to enforce and uphold brand - No task is too small for you to own - you’re always happy to hop on a call, take a meeting, send cold emails, or anything else it takes to win over a host Bonus Points 🌟 - Selling ticketing, event tech, or hospitality SaaS - Early stage start up experience What we offer: - 401(k) with up to 6% matching - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents (FSAs and HSA plans available) - Free OneMedical membership, telehealth, and virtual mental health services - Commuter benefits & contributions towards ClassPass and Citibike memberships - Unlimited vacation (minimum 3 weeks required) - Quarterly stipend to plan your own party and dogfood the product - Semi-annual team offsites - Get invited to exclusive parties 🎉 In your application, please include a note on what's got you excited about Partiful! The compensation range for this role is $110,000–$150,000 OTE with the opportunity for performance-based bonuses. This role is based in NYC. We're an equal-opportunity employer and strongly encourage applicants from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We're proud to be a diverse team, and actively work to bring new perspectives to the table. ## About Partiful ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Partiful is a free event planning and management platform that makes it easy to create fun, modern invites, manage RSVPs, and send updates via text—all designed to power real-world connections. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; raised $20M led by Andreessen Horowitz in November 2022) - **Headquarters**: Brooklyn, New York, United States (also offices in New York, NY and London, UK) - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Joy Tao (Co-Founder & CTO) and Shreya Murthy (Co-Founder & CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industries**: Event planning, social networking, consumer technology - **Target Customers**: B2C (individuals hosting parties, gatherings, and events of all sizes) and increasingly B2B (ticketing for event organizers) - **Mission or Purpose Statement**: "Our mission is to power meaningful connections in the real world." (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)) ## Products & Services - **Partiful Invites**: Free, customizable digital invitations with animations, fonts, and templates. RSVPs via name and phone number, with guest list stalking, comments, reactions, and photo albums. - **Text Blast**: Send one-to-many updates to all guests (e.g., arrival instructions, last-minute changes). - **Polls & Questions**: Poll guests for best dates, dietary preferences, playlist suggestions, or party themes. - **Ticket Sales**: Integrated ticketing with tiered pricing, QR code check-in, and sales tracking (new feature). - **Photo Albums**: Shared event photo albums where guests can add their own pictures. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total Funding $20M (Series A, November 2022, led by Andreessen Horowitz with 5 investors); Annual Revenue $650k (estimated, per LinkedIn) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (lead investor in Series A); also backed by prominent angel investors (not listed in provided data) - **Growth Signals**: - 89 employees (+70.3% year-over-year, +45 people) - 26.5 million monthly website visits (+89.6% year-over-year) - 13,751 LinkedIn followers (+126.3% year-over-year) - Global website rank #1,760; 92% of traffic from the United States - Actively hiring across multiple roles (engineering, data science, business development, operations) ## Competitive Advantages - **Free and frictionless**: No paywalls; all core features are free, lowering the barrier to creating an event. - **Viral distribution**: Invites are shareable via text, email, Instagram, WhatsApp, and more, driving organic growth. - **User experience**: Modern, fun, and customizable templates with animations and a strong brand identity ("Parties are back"). - **Text-first approach**: Automatically sends reminders and blasts, reducing the need for group chat chaos. - **Speed and craft**: The team ships multiple times per week and emphasizes quality, precision, and attention to detail (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)). ## Strategic Focus - Continuing to grow the user base by making event planning effortless and fun. - Expanding monetization through ticketing and payment collection features. - Deepening the product experience (polls, photo albums, text blasts) to become the default platform for all social gatherings. - Scaling the team across engineering, data science, growth, and operations (mostly in Brooklyn, NY). ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Values include integrity, speed, ownership, openness, creativity, and craft. The team believes in moving fast, shipping frequently, and doing creative work with a high bar for quality. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: All current open roles are listed as full-time in Brooklyn, NY, indicating an in-office (or hybrid) expectation. - **Notable perks** (from [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers)): - Unlimited PTO (with a minimum of 3 weeks required) - Health, dental, and vision coverage - ClassPass and One Medical memberships - CitiBike discount and other commuter benefits - Telehealth and mental health services - 401k matching - Monthly party stipend - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on ownership, rapid iteration, and high craft. The tech stack includes TypeScript, React Native, React, and various modern tools. ## Sources 1. [partiful.com/careers](https://partiful.com/careers) 2. [partiful.com](https://partiful.com/) 3. [partiful.com/about](https://partiful.com/about) 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/partiful) 5. 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