Paid Media Marketing Manager

Trade Nation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Trade Nation is seeking an Affiliate Marketing Manager to join our Paid Media team and drive customer acquisition via affiliate, direct display and programmatic channels.

You will own the day-to-day management and optimisation of affiliate campaigns, partnerships and performance, with a strong focus on CAC and sustainable growth. This six-month contract offers opportunity to extend and impact multiple teams in a regulated fintech environment.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in affiliate marketing or performance marketing.
• Experience in fintech or regulated industries and knowledge of CFDs/forex/spread betting.
• Hands-on experience managing affiliate networks, ideally Impact.com or FinanceAds.
• Experience managing direct display partnerships and programmatic campaigns (StackAdapt; DV360 a plus).
• Strong understanding of affiliate tracking, postbacks, pixels, attribution and reporting.
• Commercial mindset with CAC, CPA, commissions and payback.
• Proven ability to test, optimise and scale campaigns across creatives and partners.
• Comfortable working with Compliance in a regulated environment.
• Experience with paid social and paid search (Meta, LinkedIn, X, Google/Bing).
• Fluent English; Portuguese/Polish/German would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day management and optimisation of affiliate campaigns, partnerships and performance.
• Identify new opportunities, test and scale what works, and drive customer acquisition.
• Collaborate with Paid Media, Marketing Data, Creative, CRO and Compliance to ensure FCA compliance.
• Manage direct display partnerships and programmatic campaigns across platforms.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Campaign optimisation

Communication skills

Fluent English

Advantage: Portuguese/Polish/German

Tools

Impact.com

FinanceAds

StackAdapt

DV360

Meta Ads

LinkedIn Ads

Google Ads

Bing Ads

Job description

Trade Nation is looking for an experienced Affiliate Marketing Manager to join our Paid Media team and drive customer acquisition through affiliate, direct display and programmatic channels.
You will own the day-to-day management and optimisation of affiliate campaigns, partnerships and performance, with a strong focus on FTTs, CAC and sustainable growth. Working closely with Paid Media, Marketing Data, Creative, CRO and Compliance, you will identify new opportunities, test and scale what works, and ensure all activity meets FCA requirements.

*This is a six-month contract, with the potential to extend onto other projects within Trade Nation.*

• At least 3 years of experience in affiliate marketing, performance marketing or a similar role.
• Experience in fintech, financial services or another regulated industry, with a good understanding of financial trading products such as CFDs, forex or spread betting.
• Hands-on experience managing affiliate networks, ideally Impact.com and/or FinanceAds.
• Experience managing direct display partnerships and programmatic campaigns, ideally using StackAdapt; DV360 experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of affiliate tracking, postbacks, pixels, attribution and performance reporting.
• Commercial mindset with experience managing CAC, CPA, commissions and payback.
• Proven ability to test, optimise and scale campaigns across creative, placements, offers and partners.
• Comfortable working closely with Compliance in a regulated environment.
• Working knowledge of paid social and paid search, including Meta, LinkedIn, X, Google Ads and/or Bing Ads.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Fluent English, Portuguese, Polish or German would be a strong advantage.

• Opportunity to own and grow a key acquisition channel at Trade Nation.
• Work in an international fintech and regulated trading environment.
• High level of ownership and impact across affiliate and paid media.
• Work with leading affiliate, display and programmatic platforms.
• Collaborate with experienced teams across Marketing, Data, Creative, CRO and Compliance.
• Opportunity to develop and scale a growing affiliate marketing function.