Affiliates Growth Manager US & Intl Markets

Zachary Daniels; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Daniels seeks an Affiliates Manager to drive growth in its affiliate programme, with a focus on international expansion and the US market. The role will own relationships with publishers, manage budgets and negotiations, and craft data-driven recommendations to boost revenue and new customers.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in affiliate or performance marketing, understands Rakuten or major platforms, and is commercially minded with strong negotiation and relationship skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in Affiliate Marketing, Partnerships or Performance Marketing.
• Strong understanding of affiliate platforms, publisher models and commercial partnerships.
• Experience with Rakuten or another major affiliate platform is highly desirable.
• Commercially aware, with experience managing budgets and negotiating partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the affiliate programme through Rakuten, with accountability for commercial performance.
• Manage and develop existing publisher relationships while identifying and securing new partners.
• Own affiliate budgets, commissions, placements and commercial negotiations.
• Identify growth opportunities across content, editorial, loyalty, creator and community-led publishers.
• Support international expansion, particularly across the US affiliate market.
• Analyse performance by publisher, campaign and market, turning data into clear commercial recommendations.
• Produce regular reporting on revenue, ROI, publisher performance and channel growth.
• Explore new platforms, publishers and partnership opportunities to expand the channel.
• Work closely with wider Marketing, Ecommerce and International teams to support customer and revenue growth.

Skills

Affiliate Marketing

Partnerships

Performance Marketing

Budget Management

Data Analysis

Relationship Management

Negotiation

International Markets

US Market Knowledge

Tools

Rakuten

Job description

Zachary Daniels seeks an Affiliates Manager to drive growth in its affiliate programme, with a focus on international expansion and the US market. The role will own relationships with publishers, manage budgets and negotiations, and craft data-driven recommendations to boost revenue and new customers.

The ideal candidate has proven experience in affiliate or performance marketing, understands Rakuten or major platforms, and is commercially minded with strong negotiation and relationship skills.