Affiliate Manager

Affiliate Manager

Location: Hybrid with once weekly travel to London / Hull

Salary: up to £31000 per annum DOE + Flexible Working, *Every other Friday off and Excellent Benefits

Are you ready to be a changemaker in performance marketing? Summit has an exciting opportunity for an Affiliate Manager to join us on a hybrid, flexible basis with fortnightly travel to London for an initial 3 month period. After this time you will be required to be in our Hull office 1 day per week, however for the right candidate, we may also consider greater flexibility around office time.

As the Affiliate Manager, you will be creating and leading affiliate activity for our clients, whilst developing and executing our strategy in line with the client objectives and support and guidance from the strategy team. You will be tracking and reporting on performance according to relevant targets and KPIs, investigating and troubleshooting where necessary.

You will be regularly communicating with clients, as well as cultivating a positive and collaborative working relationship.

On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for:

1. Delivering the agreed affiliate workplan and managing affiliate activity in line with client objectives.
2. Using multiple affiliate network platforms independently to ensure accurate delivery and reporting of client performance, troubleshooting issues and with support identifying solutions.
3. Analysing issues and opportunities in performance, working with the strategy and product teams to identify and implement recommended solutions.
4. Working with the assistance of a Senior Account Manager to accurately budget management, including commission and spend levels across multiple clients. Assisting the Senior Account Manager in developing relationships and maintaining strong communication with clients.
5. Accountable for ensuring all work is completed on time and to a high standard.
6. Reporting on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to monitor KPIs and be able to answer the ‘why’ for performance. Lead regular client calls to discuss performance and actions and build confident client relationships.
7. Attending client meetings and take on an active role presenting, asking appropriate questions, and contributing to discussions.
8. Working in collaboration with team to ensure delivery of service with a right first-time approach.

What are we looking for?

Drive, determination, and a self-disciplined approach are vital to be effective in this role. You will enjoy and be able to easily adapt to different personalities, being a proactive team player who is motivated and highly organised, enabling you to manage a diverse and busy workload.

Key skills and knowledge include:

1. Experience working in an agency environment is preferable but not essential.
2. Up to date knowledge of the affiliate/ partnership marketing space.
3. Organised and efficient approach to work, able to prioritise effectively and keep track of multiple tasks and projects.
4. Experienced in dealing with one or multiple affiliate platforms and technologies - e.g. Awin, CJ, TD, Impact.
5. Effective communication skills with internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
6. Excellent attention to detail: careful and thorough, gathering complete information.
7. Interest in and knowledge of up-to-date affiliate marketing best practices.
8. A track record of analysing performance issues and opportunities.
9. Strong working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
10. Tracking and reporting experience with analytics packages such as GA or Adobe.

As a reward for your time and dedication, we will offer you a competitive salary up to £31000 per annum as well as a range of benefits including flexible start and finish times, up to 29 days' holiday per year (plus bank holidays), milestone days off, Bupa health cash plan, life assurance and Annual Bonus Scheme.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their sex; religious or similar philosophical belief; race; age; sexual orientation; or disabilities.

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Please note, in line with GDPR, your details will only be retained for a period of 12 months from application date and then deleted, unless advised otherwise.