Affiliate Marketing Specialist

Affiliate Marketing Specialist (Remote)

The role we are looking to fill is for an Affiliate Marketing Specialist, who will be responsible for increasing brand awareness, driving qualified traffic and contributing to new customer acquisition through strategic affiliate campaigns. This person will be tasked with driving traffic, leads, and orders to meet our clients’ growth goals for e-commerce. The scope of work will include cultivating and managing new and existing affiliate relationships, as well as management of all affiliate campaigns. This role will oversee day-to-day campaign management as well as long-term strategic planning and forecasting. All efforts, content, and campaigns will be aligned to and support the seasonal retail calendar.

Qualifications

* Bachelor’s Degree * 1-3+ years experience with affiliate or partnership marketing * Ability to independently prospect, recruit, and onboard affiliates * Experience independently setting and optimizing campaigns in affiliate platforms such as Commission Junction, Partnerize (Performance Horizon/Pepperjam), Impact, or other SAS model networks * Strong understanding of marketing technology capabilities and ability to lead discussions with clients * Up-to-date with latest trends and best practices in affiliate marketing * Highly proficient in Microsoft Office: strong Excel and PowerPoint required

Responsibilities

* Develop, manage, and optimize Affiliate campaigns to grow qualified traffic, gain new customers and drive revenue * Recruitment: proactively build the number of affiliate partners through outreach, recruiting and relationship building to achieve monthly growth goals * Identify and recruit new partners through various recruiting tools, as well as social networks, communities and groups, blog postings, and email * Negotiate and manage contracts and commission structures for affiliates * Manage relationships with key affiliate partners; understand drivers of performance an