Account Specialist - Affiliate

Rakuten Advertising; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Rakuten Advertising is seeking an Account Specialist to support a portfolio of finance-focused clients. You will interact with clients via phone and email, assist with reporting, and collaborate with Account Managers to deliver high-quality service.

Ideal candidates are organized, proactive, and able to learn Rakuten tools quickly, with 0–2 years experience in marketing or admin. This is a full-time role based in London/Greater London.

Qualifications

• Entry level candidates welcome; 1–2 years marketing or admin experience helpful.
• Must be comfortable using Excel.
• Ability to learn PowerPoint and Rakuten Advertising tools.

Responsibilities

• Acquires foundational knowledge of client relationship management principles, processes, and tools to support team objectives.
• Communicates with clients to address basic inquiries, ensuring timely responses and satisfaction.
• Analyzes basic client data and feedback to identify trends and inform decisions.
• Coordinates routine client requests and supports resolution of simple issues.
• Prepares client reports and presentations with data and insights for stakeholders.
• Drafts client communications, including emails and basic documentation.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Rakuten Advertising tools

Job description

Job Description

Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo, California with more than 4,000 employees worldwide, the Rakuten International business portfolio includes market leaders in e-commerce, digital marketing, advertising, communications and entertainment. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.

Rakuten Advertising provides advertising technology and consumer insights to the world’s leading brands and retailers. Working with agencies and brands around the world, Rakuten Advertising unites technology, client strategy and consumer insights to deliver advertising experiences that drive increased brand awareness and marketing performance. With access to Rakuten’s diverse media properties and audiences, combined with an award-winning performance network and proprietary consumer research, Rakuten Advertising creates the right conditions to reach new customers and sustain long‑lasting loyalty.

Job Summary

As an Account Specialist, you will be responsible for supporting team members across a portfolio of clients focused on the finance space.

Key Responsibilities

• Acquires foundational knowledge of client relationship management principles, processes, and tools to effectively support team objectives.
• Communicates with clients to address basic inquiries, ensuring timely responses and enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Analyzes basic client data and feedback to identify trends, inform decision-making, and recommend improvements.
• Coordinates routine client requests and supports the resolution of simple issues, ensuring alignment with service standards.
• Contributes to the preparation of client reports and presentations, compiling data and insights for stakeholders.
• Drafts client communications, including emails and basic documentation, to support engagement and maintain strong relationships.
• Escalates more complex client concerns to senior team members or management, ensuring proper resolution and follow-up.
• Builds initial relationships with clients through regular interactions, laying the groundwork for long‑term partnerships.
• Does simple administrative tasks to support the client relationship team, such as scheduling meetings and updating CRM systems.

Client management

• Supporting 8-15 Accounts lead by Account Managers and Sr. Managers alike across our finance accounts
• Supporting partner outreach
• Learning and understanding how to use our technology
• Managing internal resources using them effectively and helping Account Managers provide a high level of service for the client
• Interacting with clients daily via phone and email
• Reviewing a selection of partnered affiliate websites to identify optimization opportunities

Administrative

• Timely and satisfactory execution of administration of client programs, contributing to client satisfaction and the achievement of client and Rakuten Advertising revenue goals.
• Monitoring affiliate queues to ensure timely queue management by Affiliate Reviewers

Collaboration

• Work closely with publisher services to identify partnership opportunities to grow our business
• Developing, maintaining, and extending relationships internally and externally

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Technical / functional expertise

• Entry level candidates welcome. Preferred experience could include 1-2 years active marketing or administrative experience
• Comfortable using Excel
• Ability to learn PowerPoint and Rakuten Advertising tools and processes

Personal effectiveness

• Highly organised, self-motivated, good time-management, able to prioritise
• Think creatively, has a problem-solving approach and uses professional judgment
• Proactive - continually looking for ways to grow and improve within own role
• Work well under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Inquisitive approach to continuously learning on the job

Communication Skills

• Strong customer services skills: Negotiation, diplomacy, able to translate client requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Confident interpersonal skills

Results focus

• Detail-orientated
• Proof that you can work to deadlines

Teamwork

• Reliable
• A real team player that is able to integrate and work closely with an enthusiastic team
• Ability to work well as a team and prioritise your workload based on company’s goals
• Be able to share progress and updates on tasks with Account Managers and Managers

Minimum Requirements

• 0-2 years relevant work experience Required
• 2-4 years Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree Required
• Master's Degree Preferred

Five Principles for Success

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen

Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best

Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory

Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team