Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of affiliate programs for leading DTC eCommerce brands.
• Develop and execute strategic growth plans tailored to each client's goals and objectives.
• Monitor program performance and identify opportunities to drive revenue, partner activation, and incremental growth.
• Prepare and present monthly performance reports, strategic recommendations, and growth initiatives to clients.
• Maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication and consultative guidance.
• Lead affiliate recruitment efforts across content, editorial, commerce media, loyalty, coupon, cashback, influencer, technology, and emerging partner categories.
• Identify, prospect, recruit, onboard, and activate new affiliate partners to expand program reach and performance.
• Build and maintain relationships with key publishers, editors, affiliate managers, and partnership decision-makers across the affiliate ecosystem.
• Negotiate placements, promotional opportunities, and strategic partnerships that drive meaningful revenue growth.
• Develop customized outreach strategies and recruitment campaigns to continuously grow each client's affiliate footprint.
• Leverage existing industry relationships and networks to accelerate publisher acquisition and activation.
• Analyze program and partner performance to identify optimization opportunities and growth levers.
• Collaborate with internal teams on promotions, product launches, editorial opportunities, and seasonal campaigns.
• Stay current on affiliate marketing trends, publisher developments, network updates, and competitive activity.
• Contribute to agency-wide best practices, recruitment processes, and strategic initiatives that enhance client performance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of affiliate marketing experience managing programs within enterprise affiliate networks such as CJ, Impact, Rakuten, Awin, AvantLink, Partnerize, ShareASale, or similar platforms.
• Proven success recruiting, activating, and growing affiliate partnerships across multiple publisher categories.
• Strong understanding of the affiliate marketing ecosystem, including content publishers, commerce media, loyalty partners, deal sites, influencers, and technology partners.
• Experience developing and executing publisher recruitment strategies that drive measurable program growth.
• Excellent relationship-building, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple client programs simultaneously.
• Data-driven mindset with experience analyzing performance metrics and translating insights into actionable recommendations.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Existing publisher and affiliate industry relationships are highly preferred.
• Agency experience is strongly preferred.

Preferred

• Agency experience is strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Remote flexibility
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• Company-sponsored health benefits
• Generous PTO
• Access to leading affiliate and eCommerce industry events
• Professional development support and clear career growth opportunities