Affiliates Manager

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

Affiliates Manager | Beauty | International Growth | Competitive Salary

We are partnering with a fast-growing UK beauty brand with a highly engaged global customer base to recruit an Affiliates Manager to drive the growth of its affiliate programme.

The Affiliates Manager will take ownership of the channel across Rakuten, managing publisher relationships, budgets, commercial opportunities and performance, with a particular focus on international expansion and the US market.

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role for someone who understands affiliate marketing and knows how to build partnerships that deliver both revenue and new customer growth.

Key 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.

Key Requirements

• Proven 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.
• Confident analysing performance data and using insight to drive decisions.
• Strong relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Experience working across international markets would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of the US affiliate landscape would be a strong advantage.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity for an experienced Affiliates Manager to take ownership of a high-growth channel within an ambitious international beauty brand, with genuine scope to expand the publisher network, develop new markets and make a measurable commercial impact.

If you are an Affiliates Manager with strong publisher relationships, commercial instincts and experience scaling affiliate performance, we'd love to hear from you.

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