Affiliate Manager

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Affiliates Manager to drive revenue through innovative affiliate strategies. In this dynamic role, you will build and manage an affiliate network, ensuring optimal user experiences and maximizing revenue potential. Collaborating closely with ecommerce teams, you will design user journeys that resonate with both customers and affiliates. This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of affiliate marketing within a leading media company, where your insights and strategies will shape the affiliate landscape. If you're passionate about ecommerce and innovation, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks at full salary

Private medical insurance

Discounted gym memberships

Generous pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Access to exclusive events and competitions

Wellbeing benefits such as EAP and counselling

Qualifications

• Experience in affiliate marketing and managing affiliate networks.
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture affiliate relationships to enhance revenue.
• Analyse affiliate performance to optimize strategies.

Skills

Affiliate Marketing

Negotiation

Ecommerce Strategy

Data Analysis

Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or related field

Tools

AWIN

CJ

Rakuten

Partnerize

Impact

ShareASale

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Your team: Situated within News UK’s commercial department (The Bridge), the Strategic Development team is tasked with driving revenue through expertise, thought leadership, and innovation whilst creating the foundations for future revenue streams. You will report into the Strategic Partnerships Lead and work closely with individuals from the team as well as key stakeholders from our businesses.

Your role: As Affiliates Manager, you’ll define and realise our affiliate strategy for TalkSport, establishing and nurturing our affiliate network to ensure that our users can readily purchase the right products and services for them. You’ll be a commercially astute self-starter, who thrives as part of a tight team and essentially, you’ll be passionate about innovation and affiliates in ecommerce.

Day to day you will:

1. Build the affiliate network by identifying, negotiating, onboarding, and nurturing relationships with direct affiliates and affiliate aggregators.
2. Ensure our existing and new affiliate partners have a great experience working with TalkSport, with smooth processes from contract management to product development.
3. Work with ecommerce writers to design and optimise ecommerce journeys, creating a high-quality user experience that meets user and affiliate needs.
4. Assist with partnership content commissioning.
5. Health check our existing publisher accounts on networks like AWIN, CJ, Rakuten, Partnerize, Impact, and ShareASale.
6. Manage the affiliate portfolio to realise its full revenue potential.
7. Ensure campaign tracking is correctly deployed and up-to-date at all times.
8. Analyse affiliate performance, providing insights for content optimisation and product strategy.
9. Control invoicing and billing for affiliates, ensuring accurate and up-to-date revenue reporting.

What we’re looking for from you:

1. Build the affiliate network by identifying, negotiating, onboarding, and nurturing relationships with direct affiliates and affiliate aggregators.
2. Ensure our existing and new affiliate partners have a great experience working with TalkSport, with smooth processes from contract management to product development.
3. Work with ecommerce writers to design and optimise ecommerce journeys, creating a high-quality user experience.
4. Assist with partnership content commissioning.
5. Health check existing publisher accounts on networks like AWIN, CJ, Rakuten, Partnerize, Impact, and ShareASale.
6. Manage the affiliate portfolio to maximise revenue potential.
7. Ensure campaign tracking is always correctly deployed and current.
8. Analyse affiliate performance, providing insights for optimisation and strategy.
9. Control invoicing and revenue reporting for affiliates.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our brands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and The TLS. Our broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk, and Virgin Radio UK, along with local radio stations across Ireland. Our brands deliver news, analysis, opinion, and entertainment to nearly 40 million people monthly across various platforms. News UK is wholly owned by News Corp.

Life at News: Driven by passion, guided by principles, and acting with purpose. We tell stories that matter, informing audiences to make informed decisions. We believe our employees should represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives, and we strive to maximise individual potential and inclusivity through our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy, which focuses on attracting diverse talent, developing leadership, and fostering an inclusive culture. We support this with 12 employee-led networks and groups.

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks at full salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training, including full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance, including pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ schemes
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with brands like talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times, including weekly virtual chats with journalists and celebrities
• Wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physiotherapy, massage, and counselling
• Generous pension scheme with up to 5% employer contributions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days annually

We aim to support all applicants in performing their best. If you need information in a different format or support during your application, please contact us at [email protected].