Affiliate Specialist

1 Month ago • 1 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Affiliate Commerce Account Specialist, you will support and grow affiliate partnerships, optimize performance, and drive revenue. You'll work with affiliate account executives and partners, foster relationships with new partners, and collaborate with internal teams to deliver value-driven affiliate marketing solutions. Responsibilities include optimizing affiliate accounts, enhancing programs through data analysis, driving affiliate engagement, collaborating with sales and editorial teams, identifying new partnership opportunities, and providing client support. You will also be responsible for reporting and analyzing campaign performance.

Must have:

1+ years experience in affiliate marketing
Familiarity with affiliate marketing platforms

Good to have:

Strong Excel skills and data analysis tools
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field

Perks:

Unlimited flexible time off
Volunteer paid time off
Generous holidays
Recognition Programs
Remote-first work experience and a work from anywhere culture
Weekly coffee chats with leaders
Wellness and mindfulness programs
Career advancement opportunities
Sick days
Generous Paid Parental Leave
Regional holiday celebrations
Community give-back celebrations
Unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion
Employee stock purchase program

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Job Details

Description

Position at Consumer Tech

Who You Are: Are you passionate about building relationships and driving results? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where collaboration and innovation are key to success? If you're a strategic thinker with a knack for identifying opportunities, we want to hear from you! As an Account Specialist in Affiliate Marketing at CNET Group, you'll be responsible for supporting and growing affiliate partnerships and contributing to our overall growth strategy.

What You’ll Do: As an Affiliate Commerce Account Specialist, you’ll work closely with our affiliate Account Executive and partners to optimize their performance and drive incremental revenue (both organic and flat-fee). Your role will be to support key accounts, foster relationships with new partners, and collaborate across internal teams to deliver value-driven affiliate marketing solutions. Your focus will be to support executing strategies that align with our business goals while providing outstanding client service.

Key Responsibilities:

Support & Grow Affiliate Partnerships:
- Assist in optimizing performance for a portfolio of affiliate accounts, working to ensure partner success and revenue growth.
- Support enhancing affiliate programs by analyzing performance data and making recommendations.
- Assist in driving increased affiliate engagement and new partnerships by working closely with internal teams.
Collaborate Across Teams:
- Work alongside sales, editorial, and business intelligence teams to deliver on affiliate marketing goals.
- Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment between affiliate marketing initiatives and overall business objectives.
Drive New Business:
- Identify opportunities for expanding affiliate networks with new partners.
- Maintain relationships with affiliate networks, agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to help grow the affiliate channel.
Client Support:
- Serve as the day-to-day contact for affiliate partners, assisting with any inquiries, addressing concerns, and ensuring timely and efficient execution of campaigns.
- Conduct regular check-ins with affiliate partners to ensure performance goals are being met and identify areas for improvement.
Reporting & Analysis:
- Monitor campaign performance metrics, generate reports, and present insights to both internal teams and clients.
- Utilize data to provide insights and recommendations for optimizing affiliate campaigns.

What It Takes to Succeed:

Relationship Building: You enjoy developing and maintaining professional relationships with external partners and internal teams.
Results-Oriented: You have a passion for achieving targets and a proven ability to identify opportunities that drive revenue.
Analytical Skills: You have experience with data analysis and reporting, and you can turn data insights into actionable strategies.
Organizational Skills: You are able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines efficiently.
Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to present confidently to partners and teams.

Skills & Qualifications:

1+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, digital marketing, or a related field preferred.
Familiarity with affiliate marketing platforms and technologies.
Strong Excel skills and experience with data analysis tools is a plus.
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field preferred.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a dynamic team that values creativity, collaboration, and growth.
Work in a fast-paced environment with opportunities for professional development.
Contribute to innovative affiliate marketing strategies for a growing portfolio of brands.

Perks and Benefits

Unlimited flexible time off
Volunteer paid time off
Generous holidays
Recognition Programs - yes there are multiple, AND prizes!
Remote-first work experience and a work from anywhere culture
Weekly coffee chats with leaders
Wellness and mindfulness programs
Career advancement opportunities
Sick days
Generous Paid Parental Leave
Regional holiday celebrations
Community give-back celebrations
Unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion
Employee stock purchase program
...and more!

About our Company Ziff Davis CNET Group:

We’re the company that owns CNET, Mashable, PCMag, LifeHacker, ExtremeTech, and ZDNET and other media properties with expertise across tech, entertainment, and retail categories. Clients like AT&T, Microsoft, TMobile, Target, Google, Verizon, Walmart, Amazon and other top Fortune 100 companies come to us because of our scale, reach, efficiency and performance.

The parent company Ziff Davis (Nasdaq: ZD) is a comscore top 100 property, reaching over 100 Million unique visitors each month.

Who we are: Ziff Davis CNET Group is a trusted global marketplace that connects technology buyers and sellers with the most actionable and precise intent data. We are uniquely positioned to offer tech brands unmatched visibility into accounts and buyers that are truly in-market, by leveraging our scale, quality and diversity of data. With unparalleled access to the world’s most influential technology buyers through a combination of first-party (Community, Tools, Editorial) and data, CNET Group is a leader in demand based, intelligent, omnichannel marketing.

Ziff Davis CNET Group is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We strongly encourage you to apply if you are from a marginalized or underrepresented group, particularly in the technology industry. Some candidates may see a long list of job requirements and feel discouraged because they don't match every single bullet point - we suggest, please apply anyway. We're flexible on location wherever possible - we are a Work From Anywhere company. We don't believe in a "perfect" candidate because we believe in our core value, "Evolve and Adapt Quickly". If you believe this is a role that you'll be excited to work in every day, want to be a part of a culture like ours, and will be relentless about pushing boundaries to succeed, please apply.