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10 Reddit partnerships leaders
These ten current and former Reddit partnerships leaders have held director, senior director and head roles in business development, product, content and brand partnerships at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at Reddit from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam Carl
LinkedInExperience: Director, Brand Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Former Director, Brand Partnerships at Reddit (2019–2024) and Senior Director, Large Customer Sales at Reddit since August 2024, where their profile says they lead large customer sales for the Central region. Earlier they were Senior Sales Manager at Reddit (2018–2019), Client Partner at Facebook (2011–2018) and VP of Sales at Vibes (2006–2011).
Brandon Pierce
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global Ads Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Former Head of Global Ads Partnerships at Reddit (2022–2025) and former Global Head of Activation, Enablement & Partnerships at Reddit (2020–2022); they were a Builder at Reddit from 2019 to 2020. Their profile describes nearly three decades of commercial work at technology companies, and the listing shows them as a Business Development Executive at Yahoo (1998–2000). Since November 2025 they have been Founder and Principal of Pierce Growth Partners.
Carrie Steele
LinkedInExperience: Head of Southwest Brand Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Former Head of Southwest Brand Partnerships at Reddit (2021), a Director-level role, and Senior Director at Reddit since October 2025. Between those roles they were Industry Director, Automotive at Reddit (2021–2025). Before Reddit they were Head of Industry, Automotive at Google (2014–2021) and Head of Product Solutions Specialist - Automotive at Google (2012–2013).
Christine Wixted
LinkedInExperience: Head of Sports Content Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Head of Sports Content Partnerships at Reddit since October 2023, a head-level role based in New York. Before Reddit they were Sr. Programming Manager for Prime Video Sports at Amazon (2021–2023) and held sports partnerships roles at Twitter, including Sr. Partnerships Manager - Sports (2020–2021) and Partnerships Manager - Sports (2017–2020).
Gabriel Sands
LinkedInExperience: Head of News & Lifestyle Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Head of News & Lifestyle Partnerships at Reddit since August 2024, a head-level role based in New York, after Senior BD Partnerships Manager, News & Lifestyle at Reddit (2018–2024). Before Reddit they were Marketing Director at Refinery29 (2014–2018) and Marketing Manager at AHAlife (2013–2014).
Joe Pak
LinkedInExperience: Head of Ads and AI Monetisation Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Head of Ads and AI Monetisation Partnerships at Reddit since January 2024, based in London. They were also Global Head of Shopping Product Partnerships at Pinterest (2021–2024), where their profile says they served as interim global head of strategic partnerships for platforms such as Amazon, Google and Shopify (2023–2024), and earlier Head of Europe Product Partnerships at Pinterest (2020–2021).
Sarah Rosen
LinkedInExperience: Head of Content Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Head of Content Partnerships at Reddit since March 2023, with a headline citing media business development. Before Reddit they spent many years at Twitter, including Sr. Director & Head Of North America Content Partnerships (2022), Director & Head of US Entertainment & News Partnerships (2021–2022) and Director & Head of US Entertainment Partnerships (2017–2021).
Silva Hakobian
LinkedInExperience: Head of Global CPG Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Head of Global CPG Partnerships at Reddit since July 2025, a head-level sales role based in the Chicago area, after Head of CPG Partnerships at Reddit (2024–2025). Before Reddit they were US Head of CPG Food & Beverages at TikTok (2022–2023), Head of Client Solutions at TikTok (2021–2022) and Agency Partnerships Lead for Google Marketing Platform (2018–2021).
Stephen Blake
LinkedInExperience: Global Head of Third Party Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Global Head of Third Party Partnerships at Reddit since April 2026, based in Brooklyn. Before Reddit they were Global Lead, Product Partnerships at TikTok (2024–2026), worked in partnerships and business development for the product platform at Samsung Ads (2023–2024) and were Partnerships and Business Development Lead at Meta (2016–2023).
Virginia Nicoletti
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Business Development & Product Partnerships · Reddit, Inc.
Senior Director, Business Development & Product Partnerships at Reddit since November 2023, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before Reddit they were Vice President of Sales at Smartly (2023), Director, Channel Partnerships at Google (2021–2023), Director, Platform Partnerships & Sales at Facebook (2011–2021) and Global Director New Business Development at Walmart (2007–2011).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's partner type to your question, since technology and product platforms, ads and measurement partners, media and sports content partners, and brand advertisers each involve different terms and teams. Check whether their experience is in product and content deals or in advertising partnerships, because those teams at Reddit can follow different priorities.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a community platform structure content partnerships with news, sports and lifestyle publishers?
- 02What do third-party ad technology and measurement companies need to integrate with a large social platform?
- 03How do partnerships teams decide which product and AI partnerships to pursue?
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