UpTrending Performance is looking for a new affiliate marketing account manager to join our rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate will be a collaborator with an entrepreneurial spirit who takes pride and ownership in their work. They will be expected to manage existing publisher relationships while being responsible for recruiting new high-quality traffic placements for our clients. They will be proficient in account management and business development. This is an exciting opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing start up while building relationships with leading publishers in the industry and growing traffic for top name brand advertisers.
The Position:
- Primary responsibility will be building and cultivating strong, trusted relationships with key direct publishers.
- Manage the full pipeline process of prospecting, qualifying, launching, optimizing, and growing new publisher relationships.
- Develop relationships with new traffic sources through email, marketing campaigns, and occasional cold calls.
- Analyze metrics for revenue and margin results, recommend and implement changes to achieve targeted goals.
- Optimize advertiser offers with appropriate publisher partners to drive volume, quality and favorable traffic.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and recruit new affiliates through various approaches including social networks, industry groups, marketplace sites, etc.
- Get affiliates excited and engaged about offers/products/services
- Reengage inactive affiliates and deepen relationship with existing affiliates to drive traffic growth
- Negotiate and manage contracts and commission structures for affiliates
- Maintain constant and consistent direct communication with affiliates and recommend new campaigns and provide performance feedback
- Monitor affiliate activity, analyze performance, identify areas of improvement, and recommend ways to increase affiliate traffic
- Proactively monitor traffic sources to determine which affiliates should be prioritized and focused on
- Present reports for relevant program metrics such as number of affiliate partners recruited, conversion rates, number of conversions generated per affiliate, etc.
- Implement opportunities to enhance and improve affiliate campaigns
- Optimization for all KPI's
Qualifications:
- Fluent in the digital landscape. Solid understanding of performance marketing, conversion and online customer acquisition
- The ability to independently and aggressively prospect, recruit, and onboard direct publishers
- Minimum 6 months of experience in digital marketing with a focus on affiliate marketing and direct response
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Strong analytical and reporting skills. Experience in forecasting
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
- Demonstrate problem-solving capabilities and intellectual curiosity
- Strong attention to detail
- Power user of Excel and CRM systems
- Experience with basic database management, marketing pixels, and reporting platforms (HasOffers)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in one-on-one settings or in groups and teams
- Good listening, observation and learning skills
- Purpose and results-driven with an ability to accomplish tasks on deadlines
- Demonstrated proficiency with numbers and data
- Able to work collaboratively across teams
Compensation:
- Full-Time
- Performance-based Bonus Plan
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k Plan
Location:
Manhattan Beach office
