Position Title: Manager, Affiliate Marketing
Work Location: Remote, but ideally would be based in CA or NYC
Assignment Duration: 1-2 years - based on performance and business needs
Work Arrangement: Remote

Position Summary: We’re looking for an experienced Sr. Affiliate Marketing Manager who is ready to jump in and build out a performance-based Affiliate Marketing program for our skincare and loyalty programs. This is your chance to create and shape an Affiliate Marketing program from the ground up, partnering with established paid, e-commerce, and PR teams to quickly achieve scale. Background & Context:

• What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
• 1. Affiliate marketing
• 1. Vendor/partner management and rate negotiations
• 1. Strong communication skills
• 1. e-commerce
• 1. analytics
• Our Core Values
• ? Be Humble: You’re smart yet always interested in learning from others.
• ? Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct and transparent way.
• ? Take Ownership: You embrace responsibility and find joy in having the answers.
• ? Learn More: Through blog posts, newsletters, podcasts, video tutorials and meetups you regularly self educate and improve your skill set.
• ? Show Gratitude: You show appreciation and return kindness to those you work with. Key Responsibilities:
• Own affiliate channel management, including our program activation and publisher development strategies in coordination with the rest of our paid, owned, and earned strategies.
• Stay current on emerging affiliate marketing industry trends to evaluate new network opportunities, management approaches, publisher models, or technologies that can deliver incremental growth.
• Act as the main contact for agency, network, and publisher relationships, including invoicing and payment, fraud cross-checks, inquiry and application management, and tactical execution.
• Identify, nurture, and negotiate key affiliate partnerships while building a pipeline of future opportunities.
• Obsessively monitor program KPIs and proactively identify growth opportunities, limitations or anomalies while optimizing campaign performance for maximum ROI.
• Build and present opportunity briefs, performance readouts, and insights that allow you to deliver on our strategy.
• Plan and troubleshoot technology/analytics integrations with internal and external partners and support on experimentation and incrementality testing, data integrations, analytics processes, and reporting
• Collaborate closely with internal teams such as Brand, E-Comm, Marketing Analytics, MarTech, and PR to increase the impact of our affiliate program. Qualification & Experience:
• 3+ years of experience in managing and executing a performance-based affiliate marketing program across content publishers, traditional affiliate publishers, and influencer/partnership programs. Experience building a program from scratch is a bonus.
• Experience in the beauty/skincare industry. E-commerce experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in affiliate networks (i.e. Rakuten, ShareASale, Impact, CJ, Pepperjam etc.)
• Experience producing and reporting out on performance summaries and program updates to senior leaders
• Extensive knowledge of analytics/reporting tools and methodologies (e.g. Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, etc.) and the ability to analyze large complex datasets to interpret and make data-driven decisions
• Experience with incrementality, A/B, and multivariate testing
• Strong experience with content marketing and the instinct to stay on top of trends and understand what has stopping power, what holds attention, and what drives action.
• Strong understanding of performance marketing, online customer acquisition journeys, and conversion funnels.
• Must have a “no task is too small” mentality and the ability to thrive within a fast-paced startup environment, balance competing priorities, while creating structure and processes
• Self-starting, inquisitive, and persistent in getting to the root cause and moving forward with next steps within ambiguity
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or closely related field
• (nice to have) Experience with influencer marketing and TikTok Shop and IG Shop, identifying, negotiating, and collaborating with influencers to enhance brand visibility and drive sales.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 60.00/hr.