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Job Description
Affiliate Marketing Manager
Employment Type: Freelance
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Affiliate Marketing Manager to lead and grow an affiliate marketing channel for a fast-paced consumer beauty and personal care brand. This high-ownership freelance role will oversee strategy, performance optimization, partner development, and agency collaboration while working closely with teams across public relations, influencer marketing, social commerce, and e-commerce.
The ideal candidate combines strategic channel leadership with strong operational discipline. You will translate performance data into actionable recommendations, manage a complex partner ecosystem, and create clear workflows that help cross-functional teams execute against shared growth objectives.
This is a temporary, part-time engagement of approximately 30 hours per week with an anticipated six-month duration. Candidates located in the Pacific time zone are preferred, particularly those able to collaborate in person periodically in Southern California.
Responsibilities
Affiliate Channel Strategy & Performance
Affiliate Marketing Manager
Employment Type: Freelance
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Affiliate Marketing Manager to lead and grow an affiliate marketing channel for a fast-paced consumer beauty and personal care brand. This high-ownership freelance role will oversee strategy, performance optimization, partner development, and agency collaboration while working closely with teams across public relations, influencer marketing, social commerce, and e-commerce.
The ideal candidate combines strategic channel leadership with strong operational discipline. You will translate performance data into actionable recommendations, manage a complex partner ecosystem, and create clear workflows that help cross-functional teams execute against shared growth objectives.
This is a temporary, part-time engagement of approximately 30 hours per week with an anticipated six-month duration. Candidates located in the Pacific time zone are preferred, particularly those able to collaborate in person periodically in Southern California.
Responsibilities
Affiliate Channel Strategy & Performance
- Own affiliate channel strategy, optimization, and day-to-day performance management.
- Develop plans to grow revenue through high-performing publishers, content partners, loyalty platforms, and creator-led affiliate programs.
- Maintain a comprehensive affiliate calendar aligned with product launches, promotions, editorial opportunities, and broader marketing initiatives.
- Evaluate partner performance, growth potential, efficiency, and long-term strategic value.
- Conduct regular performance reviews to identify opportunities, risks, conversion barriers, and actionable growth levers.
- Optimize commission structures, incentives, and partner investments to improve return on spend.
- Prepare concise channel reporting and strategic recommendations for leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Serve as the primary strategic contact for the affiliate agency and external platform partners.
- Guide agency priorities, monitor execution, and ensure activity is aligned with channel goals and promotional calendars.
- Use performance insights to support negotiations for premium placements, editorial coverage, commission tiers, and partner incentives.
- Design and evaluate controlled tests, including commission increases, limited-time bonuses, category incentives, and placement opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen search visibility and editorial presence through affiliate content partners.
- Build productive relationships with key publishers, platforms, and creator-affiliate networks.
- Create shared processes and communication rhythms across PR, influencer marketing, social commerce, e-commerce, and affiliate partners.
- Act as a central point of coordination, helping teams stay aligned on priorities, launch timing, promotions, and partner activation.
- Translate affiliate performance data into clear, relevant guidance for cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proactively identify dependencies, gaps, and execution risks, then drive solutions with the appropriate teams.
- Ensure affiliate initiatives complement broader brand, content, and commerce strategies.
- Five or more years of affiliate marketing experience, including ownership of an affiliate channel or program from strategy through execution.
- Demonstrated success driving measurable revenue growth through affiliate partnerships.
- Strong understanding of affiliate networks, commission structures, publisher economics, attribution, and platform dynamics.
- Experience managing or collaborating closely with affiliate agencies and external partners.
- Familiarity with affiliate and creator-commerce platforms such as Impact, ShareASale, LTK, ShopMy, or comparable solutions.
- Experience with social commerce and creator-led affiliate ecosystems is preferred.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to turn channel data into clear recommendations and stakeholder communications.
- Exceptional organization and project-management skills, with comfort managing detailed calendars and interconnected workflows.
- Experience in beauty, personal care, retail, e-commerce, or direct-to-consumer brands is preferred.
- Affiliate platforms and networks, including Impact or comparable tools
- Creator-affiliate platforms such as LTK and ShopMy
- Social commerce platforms, including TikTok Shop
- Web analytics and e-commerce reporting tools, such as Google Analytics and Shopify
- Performance reporting, partner analysis, and campaign optimization