Acorns Channel Sales Lead (Contract) at Acorns builds industry partnerships in the beauty and personal care space, focusing on barbershops and salons. The role involves managing a pipeline of partners and leveraging existing industry relationships.
Responsibilities
Own a pipeline of partners across the beauty and barber ecosystem and move them from first conversation to signed partnership. Partner types include:
Supply distributors, such as SalonCentric, CosmoProf, and independent beauty suppliers
Salon chains, franchises, and booth-rental brands, such as Great Clips, Regis, and Sola
Booking and POS platforms, such as theCut, Booksy, and Squire
Barber culture and tool brands, such as Tomb45, Suavecito, and Wahl
Leverage your existing relationships in the beauty industry (distributors, booth-rental chains, franchise groups, beauty schools, trade associations, and influencers) to open doors and land multi-location and franchise partnerships.
Structure partnerships such as co-marketing, rev-share, education content, affiliate, and embedded distribution, working with Acorns Legal and Compliance on terms.
Activate partner channels such as sales teams, marketing channels, and education content so sign-ups, activation, and tip volume follow.
Represent Acorns at industry trade shows, beauty conventions, and stylist community events to build the brand and the pipeline.
Maintain the partner tracker and report pipeline, outreach, and results to Acorns leadership.
Work cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, Legal, and Compliance to refine the pitch, onboarding flow, and QR code experience based on what you hear from partners and professionals.
Gather on-the-ground feedback from barbers, stylists, and partners to shape how the product evolves for the service industry.
