Affiliate Marketing Account Manager

Affiliate Manager role at Awin, covering affiliate, creator/influencer, content.

What they ask for:

• Be the internal owner of all assigned partners and be fully informed and able to provide information when required for the client.
• Regular client calls and the ability to be reactive and supportive of client goals.
• Up to 1+ years’ account management experience in a relevant performance marketing or affiliate marketing role.
• Numerate with a good level of knowledge of MS Office packages including MS Excel.
• Ability to see the bigger picture and identify areas of opportunity and risk.
• Professional and with a proven track record of successful client and team relationship building, including strong networking skills.

About the role:

Our Key Account Management team is looking for an Account Manager to assist in leading the affiliate programme for key brands on the platform. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your strategic, analytical, and relationship management skills while driving growth through innovative affiliate partnerships.

As the day-to-day point of contact on the Awin network, you will provide expert guidance on affiliate marketing best practices, with a particular focus on upper-funnel activity, including content publishers, influencers, and editorial partnerships. Working closely with the wider client team, you will identify opportunities to expand reach, engage new audiences, and drive both brand awareness and performance growth.

You will be responsible for developing, activating and nurturing relationships with key partners, and delivering insight-led recommendations to optimise programme performance. As an active member of the team, you will bring fresh ideas and innovative approaches to help maximise affiliate revenue while strengthening its presence across the affiliate ecosystem.

This is a hybrid role: three days per week working in the local London office, meeting clients and/or attending industry events.

Key Tasks:

• Deliver excellent service and relationship management to clients and publishers.
• Be the internal owner of all assigned partners and be fully informed and able to provide information when required for the client.
• Generating reports and providing analysis on performance, and ensuring commentary is accurate and insightful with a view at improving activity.
• Taking ownership of and streamlining processes.
• Regular client calls and the ability to be reactive and supportive of client goals.
• Initiate and implement ideas to grow affiliate activities in line with the needs of clients and assist client and the wider Awin team in the creation of quarterly and yearly strategies.
• Producing competitor benchmarks for your clients, while proactively advising on industry trends and identifying opportunities.
• Take ownership in delivery and service level to client and pro-actively providing insight to Team Leader.
• Optimising existing publisher relationships and recruiting new and exciting publisher opportunities for advertisers within upper funnel.
• Presenting confidently, both internally and externally, on a range of topics.
• Ensuring that you and your clients are up to date with all technology and tracking optimisations, and that all campaigns make the best use of these.

Skills & Expertise:

• Up to 1+ years’ account management experience in a relevant performance marketing or affiliate marketing role.
• Enthusiastic, committed, and passionate about digital.
• Numerate with a good level of knowledge of MS Office packages including MS Excel.
• Ability to see the bigger picture and identify areas of opportunity and risk.
• Professional and with a proven track record of successful client and team relationship building, including strong networking skills.
• Seeks ownership and readily accepts accountability.
• Strong time management and organizational skills to maintain own work flow and meet deadlines.
• Confident and excellent communicator with a keen attention to detail.
• Competent and experienced with creating forecasts and justifying the rationale.

Our Offer:

• Flexi-Week: We prioritise your mental health and wellbeing by offering you a four-day Flexi-Week (with one lighter or completely disconnected day per week) at full pay, with no reduction to your annual holiday allowance.
• Flexi-Office: We offer an international culture and flexibility through our hybrid working model, designed to foster collaboration, trust, and autonomy.
• Work Expense Contribution & Home Working Furniture: You will receive a monthly allowance to cover part of your running costs, as well as a furniture package to support you in setting up a comfortable workspace at home.
• Pension: We make regular contributions to support your retirement savings.
• Private Medical Insurance: Comprehensive coverage for a range of health, vision and dental treatments.
• Electric Vehicle & Cycle to Work Schemes: Save on commuting costs through tax-efficient schemes for electric vehicle leasing and bike purchase.
• Workplace Nursery Benefit: Save on childcare costs through a salary sacrifice scheme with tax and National Insurance savings.

In addition, you’ll benefit from our global offering, including health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and development via Awin Academy, and peer-to-peer recognition programmes.

Established in 2000, Awin is proud of our dynamic, social and inclusive culture. Like all businesses, we’ve had to adapt and nurture our culture in a virtual environment. Our virtual ‘Life @ Awin’ hub brings our colleagues from across the globe together for various social activities.

Diversity & Inclusion are paramount to us, and we proudly pursue and hire diverse team members. We champion uniqueness and authenticity; this is who we are at our core. Our network of affiliate partnerships are diverse and transparent, as are the employees powering our vision to build the world’s leading open partner ecosystem. We welcome all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. If you need support at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Awin is part of the Axel Springer group.