Growth Manager

Connexity, a Taboola company; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading commerce media platform is seeking a Growth Manager to drive revenue growth through effective account management and upselling. The role involves building relationships with Premium and VIP Preferred Partners, optimizing affiliate strategies, and ensuring client satisfaction. This hybrid position requires a proactive professional with strong analytical and communication skills, based in London.

Benefits

Healthcare insurance & Medicash

Income Protection

Parental Leave Policies

Learning & Development Program

Flexible work schedules

Lunch paid when attending the office

Wellness Resources

Equity

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of account management and/or business development experience.
• Strong knowledge of online marketing channels including performance, display, PPC, SEO.
• Experience with affiliate networks or content monetization platforms is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Understand merchant goals and tailor affiliate strategies.
• Develop and implement strategies to grow affiliate programs.
• Manage a global merchant/advertiser portfolio.

Skills

Analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Relationship building

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Skimlinks, a Taboola company, is a leading commerce media platform connecting retailers, publishers, and creators to drive performance-based sales. Together with our other products, Connexity and ShopYourLikes, we power a full-funnel commerce ecosystem: Connexity helps retailers grow through high-intent traffic from publishers; Skimlinks enables publishers to earn from affiliate content; and ShopYourLikes empowers content creators & influencers to monetise their social influence. As part of Taboola’s global network, we help partners unlock scalable growth through data-driven, pay-for-performance solutions.

About the position:

We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Growth Manager to join our Marketing team. In this role, you will be the main point of contact for our Premium and VIP Preferred Partners, responsible for pitching inbound leads, building strong relationships with merchants, understanding their business goals, and driving revenue growth through effective account management and upselling opportunities. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure client satisfaction and success. If you are a proactive and customer-focused professional with a passion for e-commerce and digital advertising, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Understand merchant goals and tailor affiliate strategies that align with their broader marketing objectives
• Develop and implement strategies to grow and optimise the affiliate programs of merchants of all sizes
• Successfully manage a global merchant/advertiser portfolio
• Identify and recommend relevant premium publishers from our network to drive performance
• Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as revenue, clicks, conversions, and program ROI for Merchants using various internal reporting tools
• Collaborate with the Publisher team on proactive optimization initiatives to take advantage of significant sales events.
• Cross sell new and upcoming traffic sources to merchants in order to help increase incremental level of clicks, sales and revenue
• Convert warm leads into new accounts
• Collaborate with the Operations team to analyze data and guarantee the technical optimization of our programs.
• Attend conferences and industry events to represent Skimlinks to prospective clients
• Maintain detailed documentation and records of client interactions, strategies, and optimisations to ensure continuity and transparency.
• Create strategic relationships by identifying growth opportunities, building a trusted working relationship and identifying organisation pain points
• Partner with key stakeholders within Skimlinks / Connexity to ensure client success across Marketing, Product, and Operations.

• Keep current with the latest trends in affiliate marketing, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), and influencer marketing, utilizing this knowledge to enhance client campaigns.

• 2-4 Years of Account Management and/or Business Development experience
• Experience with and/or strong knowledge of a variety of online marketing channels including performance, display, PPC, SEO
• Experience working with affiliate networks, content monetization platforms, or publisher networks is not mandatory but desirable
• Understanding of CPC and CPA cost models and KPIs associated with the Publisher ecosystem (revenue per redirect, revenue per session, conversion, cost of sale, etc.)

• Comfortable working with technologies and technical teams, particularly as it pertains to the commercial and high-level aspects of implementing technology solutions
• Demonstrated success in negotiating, relationship building and account management
• Strong analytic, quantitative and technical aptitude with great attention to detail
• Drive and motivation to help advertisers find growth opportunities
• Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
• Objection handling and negotiation skills
• Curious about learning and interested in keeping up with industry trends
• Outstanding organisational skills
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Self-motivated, driven, flexible and adaptable with a proven track record of exceeding goals
• Salesforce/Microsoft Office/Excel/PowerPoint
• Be present at London office minimum three times per week

Voted “Best Places to Work,” our culture is driven by self-starters, team players, and visionaries. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company operates sites and business services in the US, UK, and EU. We offer top benefits including Annual Leave Entitlement, paid holidays, competitive comp, team events and more!

• Healthcare insurance & Medicash
• Income Protection
• Parental Leave Policies
• Learning & Development Program
• Flexible work schedules and work from home/work from office policy
• Lunch paid when attending the office
• Wellness Resources
• Equity

We are committed to providing a culture at Skimlinks that supports the diversity, equity and inclusion of our most valuable asset, our people. We encourage individuality, and are driven to represent a workplace that celebrates our differences, and provides opportunities equally across gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, and all other demographics. Our actions across Education, Recruitment, Retention, and Volunteering reflect our core company values and remind us that we’re all in this together to drive positive change in our industry.

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This position is hybrid (3 days / week) and based in our London office.

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