Our client is a commerce marketing agency focused on helping brands win wherever consumers shop and buy. By integrating strategy, analytics, creative, media, e-commerce, and trade marketing, they deliver end-to-end solutions across retail media networks, social commerce, e-commerce platforms, and in-store activations. Their work supports some of the world's most recognizable brands.

We're looking for an Affiliate Specialist to independently manage affiliate marketing programs for a portfolio of clients within our media agency team. This role sits at the intersection of affiliate strategy, program operations, and cross-channel collaboration, requiring someone with deep affiliate expertise who can own programs end-to-end while working closely with integrated planning, analytics, and other channel teams to deliver cohesive client campaigns.

Project Type: Contract

Hours: 25–30 hours per week

Rate: $42/hour

Role: Affiliate Specialist

Location: Remote (EST or CST hours required)

The right candidate brings proven, hands-on affiliate marketing experience and can manage programs independently. They are highly organized, data-driven, and comfortable in a client-facing capacity while seamlessly collaborating with internal channel and analytics teams to ensure affiliate activity integrates with broader campaign strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Affiliate Program Management: Independently own and manage affiliate marketing programs across an assigned portfolio of clients, including publisher recruitment, onboarding, activation, and ongoing relationship management.

• Strategy & Planning: Develop affiliate strategies aligned to client goals, collaborating with the integrated planning team to ensure affiliate activity supports overall campaign objectives and media mix.

• Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Track, analyze, and report on affiliate program KPIs; identify trends, surface insights, and implement optimizations to continuously improve program efficiency and ROI.

• Publisher & Network Relations: Serve as the primary point of contact for affiliate publishers and networks, negotiating placements and terms, resolving issues, and fostering strong, productive partnerships.

• Cross-Channel Collaboration: Partner with analytics, integrated planning, paid media, and other channel teams to ensure affiliate programs are coordinated with broader campaign activity, with clear visibility into shared goals and dependencies.

• Budget & Financial Tracking: Manage affiliate budgets and commission structures, monitor spend against estimates, reconcile payouts, and keep clients and internal stakeholders informed of financial status.

• Client Communication & Reporting: Serve as a reliable day-to-day client contact for affiliate program updates, delivering clear, actionable reporting, managing expectations, and building trust through consistent follow-through.

• Compliance: Ensure affiliate activity adheres to client brand guidelines, FTC disclosure requirements, and network policies; monitor for compliance issues and address them proactively.

• 3–5+ years of hands-on affiliate marketing experience, ideally within a media agency, advertising agency, or in-house brand environment managing programs at scale.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage affiliate programs end-to-end.

• Familiarity with major affiliate networks and platforms  and comfort navigating their respective tools and reporting interfaces.

• Experience working within integrated campaign environments, collaborating with paid media, analytics, and planning teams to ensure affiliate activity aligns with broader channel strategies.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret performance data, identify optimization opportunities, and communicate insights clearly to clients and internal stakeholders.

• Experience managing affiliate budgets, commission structures, and payout reconciliation with a high degree of accuracy.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident in client-facing settings and able to discuss performance, strategy, and budget with clarity and composure.

• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple programs and workstreams simultaneously, maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines without close supervision.

• CPG or retail industry experience is a plus.

We Are Rosie provides strategic consulting and talent solutions for the marketing industry. We partner with more than 200 of the world’s biggest brands and agencies to help them solve unique marketing challenges with the best people, swiftly and at scale. Founded by former advertising executive Stephanie Nadi Olson in 2018, We Are Rosie is on a mission to redefine how marketing works, with an inclusive, human-centric approach that’s better for business and better for marketers. Our company has been recognized as an industry trailblazer and earned many accolades, including being named to the 2023 Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces, the Inc. 5000 2022, and Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies in 2021.
 

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