--- title: 'Partnership Manager, News and Media at Bluesky' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/partnership-manager-news-and-media-bluesky-remote-f7z1yxang8am' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Partnership Manager, News and Media at Bluesky - **Company:** Bluesky - **Location:** Remote - **Compensation:** $90–$100/hr - **Employment:** contract - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9icG9zdDqELWYGjvBESsC4hx7_1o2C ## Job description Bluesky's vision is to make social more like the web itself. We're building ahttps://bsky.app/[social media app](https://bsky.app/), but beyond that, we've created a protocol that supports a broad ecosystem of applications and clients. Imagine a network of applications - from microblogging to photos to video to long-form writing - all interconnected and accessible with a shared identity. About the Role: Bluesky is proud to support the work of thousands of media publications, from local independents to major newsrooms. As our News & Media Partnerships Manager, you'll be the connective tissue between Bluesky and the news industry, spanning beat reporters, columnists, independent journalists, newsroom audience teams, local outlets, and beyond. You should be equally comfortable DMing a reporter, walking an audience team through AT Protocol, or sitting with our developers to shape how we drive more traffic to publications. You'll work closely with the Partnerships Lead, and cross-functionally with product and trust & safety to make Bluesky the best place for publishers to build an audience they actually own. Key Responsibilities: - Develop and manage relationships with key stakeholders across the news industry: beat reporters, newsroom audience teams, and publisher leadership. - Guide our news and media partners through Bluesky and AT Protocol, helping them to grow their audience. - Establish programmatic activations with partners. Own planning and execution across both IRL and digital campaigns. - Work cross-functionally with product, marketing, and comms to translate partner insights into actionable recommendations, and advocate for the needs of news partners internally. - Define success metrics for news partnerships, track your inputs and outputs, and report clearly on what's working - your data will inform our priorities and resource allocation. - Use data to develop an engagement strategy that identifies opportunities to strengthen how we serve news publishers. You might be a good fit if you: - Have 5+ years of experience in content partnerships, audience development, or business development within a news/media capacity. - Have deep knowledge of the news ecosystem, with existing relationships and the ability to build new ones quickly. - Have worked in high-velocity startup environments where you ship fast and iterate often. - Are fluent in social. You don't just "manage partnerships," you get the internet. - Have a track record of leading campaigns that moved the needle on awareness, sentiment, and/or growth. - Can operate autonomously, move fast, and deliver results in ambiguous or rapidly evolving spaces. We're especially excited if you: - Are already familiar with Bluesky, AT Protocol, or the decentralized social landscape. - Have experience with the commercial side of the content industry. - Have worked directly in news media, at a newsroom or a publication. - Can show us a portfolio of partnerships campaigns you've worked on. Additional Notes: - The anticipated contract range for this position is $100–$110 an hour USD ## About Bluesky ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Bluesky is building an open, decentralized social networking protocol and a flagship app that gives users control over their experience, algorithm, and data. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Remote (HQ), with an office in Seattle, Washington, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Jay Graber (CEO & Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Social Media, Decentralized Protocols, Open Source Software - **Target customers**: B2C (end-users seeking an alternative social network), B2D (developers building on the AT Protocol), and enterprise/creator accounts (via domain-based identity and public APIs) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “To develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” ## Products & Services - **[Bluesky App]**: The primary consumer-facing social network built on the AT Protocol. Features include composable moderation (block/mute lists, labeling services), algorithmic choice (custom feeds), and account portability. Available on iOS, Android, and Web. - **[AT Protocol]**: An open-source, federated protocol for building social apps. It provides standard formats for user identity, follows, and data, allowing apps to interoperate and users to move between services without losing their identity or connections. - **[Attie (AI Research Tool)]**: An integrated tool that helps users make sense of the “Atmosphere” (Bluesky’s network). Features include surfacing trending topics, finding influential accounts, and generating personalized daily briefings. Recently added “Quests” for interactive research. - **[Public APIs and Developer Ecosystem]**: Developers can use Bluesky’s public APIs to build bots, clients, custom feeds, and more, leveraging the open ecosystem without being locked in. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (conflicting reports; some estimates suggest a post-Series B valuation in the hundreds of millions, but no official figure) - **Key Metric**: **Total Funding: $149M** (as of 2025) | **Annual Revenue: ~$1.2M** (estimated, via LinkedIn) | **Users: Over 44 million** (as of May 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bain Capital Crypto (led Series B), Blockchain Capital (led Series A), Neo (seed), Jack Dorsey (initial seed), Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Knight Foundation, True Ventures. - **Growth Signals**: - Rapid user growth from ~5M in late 2023 to 44M+ by mid-2026. - Expanded from a single app to a full developer ecosystem with 40,000+ custom feeds. - Strong brand as the “anti-X” platform, attracting users from X/Twitter, Threads, and Mastodon. - Recent launch of Attie with Quests shows continued product innovation. ## Competitive Advantages - **Protocol-first approach**: Unlike centralized competitors (X, Threads), Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, meaning the network cannot be bought or controlled by a single entity. This provides a unique value proposition for privacy-conscious users and creators. - **Account portability**: Users can change hosting providers without losing their username, friends, or posts—a significant differentiator vs. Mastodon and other federated networks. - **Composable moderation**: Moderation is layered (automated, manual, and community labeling), allowing communities to self-organize around their own moderation preferences, unlike the top-down approach of centralized platforms. - **Algorithmic choice**: Users can choose from thousands of custom feeds (or build their own), giving them control over their timeline rather than being subject to a single corporate algorithm. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the protocol and developer ecosystem**: The company is focused on making the AT Protocol the standard for open social networking, attracting developers to build apps, bots, and moderation services on top of it. - **Monetization without ads**: Bluesky has stated it will not sell user data or run traditional ads. It is exploring subscription models (e.g., premium features for creators) and developer services as revenue streams. - **International growth**: With users in 12+ countries, the company is investing in localization, moderation tools for different languages, and partnerships to expand globally. - **Governance as a PBC**: As a Public Benefit Corporation, Bluesky is committed to public good and transparent governance, with a board that includes open-source advocates and a stated mission to avoid being “bought by a single individual or organization.” ## Why Work Here - **Remote-first culture**: The company is fully remote but expects some overlap with Pacific Time (PST). Employees are distributed across 12+ countries, including the US, Philippines, Japan, UK, and Germany. - **Small, nimble team**: With ~42 employees, new hires can have significant impact on core product and protocol decisions. The engineering team is ~15 people. - **Open-source ethos**: Engineers work on open-source code (AT Protocol, app clients, moderation tools) that is visible to the public. This is a strong draw for developers who value transparency and community contribution. - **Mission-driven**: Employees are building a social network that is designed to be resilient to corporate takeover and censorship, which resonates with many candidates. - **Notable perks**: While not detailed publicly, the company offers the flexibility of remote work, equity in a rapidly growing startup, and the opportunity to shape the future of decentralized social media. - **Recent leadership**: Jay Graber (CEO/Innovation Officer), Paul Frazee (CTO), Rose Wang (COO) are hands-on leaders with deep backgrounds in decentralized tech and product development. ## Sources 1. [Bluesky About Page](https://bsky.social/about/) 2. [Bluesky FAQ](https://bsky.social/about/faq) 3. [Bluesky Jobs (Gem)](https://jobs.gem.com/bluesky) 4. 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