Affiliate Manager

News UK; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Affiliates Manager at a leading media company, you will spearhead the affiliate strategy for TalkSport. This role involves building relationships with affiliates, optimizing ecommerce journeys for a quality user experience, and managing the performance of affiliate marketing efforts. You'll work within a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

Private medical insurance including coverage for 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

Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage, and counseling

A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and up to 4 volunteering days per year

Qualifications

• Experience in managing affiliate networks.
• Proven ability to analyze affiliate performance and make strategic recommendations.
• Strong negotiation skills and a commercial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build and nurture affiliate relationships to enhance network.
• Ensure smooth processes for contract management and product development.
• Analyze affiliate performance to optimize strategy and reporting.

Skills

Negotiation

Ecommerce Strategy

Relationship Management

Data Analysis

Job description

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 realize 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 is 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 optimize ecommerce journeys to create 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 realize its full revenue potential.
7. Ensure campaign tracking is correctly deployed and up-to-date at all times.
8. Analyze affiliate performance, providing insights for content optimization and product strategy.
9. Control invoicing and billing for affiliates and ensure accurate, 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 optimize ecommerce journeys to create 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 realize its full revenue potential.
7. Ensure campaign tracking is correctly deployed and up-to-date at all times.
8. Analyze affiliate performance, providing insights for content optimization and product strategy.
9. Control invoicing and billing for affiliates and ensure accurate, up-to-date revenue reporting.

We are News UK: One of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday, and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio, Talk, and Virgin Radio UK, along with market-leading local radio stations across Ireland. Our brands provide news, analysis, opinion, and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month 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 aim to reflect and reach the nation, telling stories that matter and informing audiences with trusted information.

We believe our employees should represent diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to maximize and encourage every individual’s potential and ensure everyone feels valued. We support this through our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy, focusing on attracting talent from a broader, more representative pool, developing equity programs for better leadership representation, and ensuring diversity and inclusivity in our workforce, journalism, and content. We currently have 12 employee-led networks and groups supporting our strategy and fostering social connections.

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for 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. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage, and counseling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and up to 4 volunteering days per year