At Hearst UK, there’s always more to the story. Join us as our new Affiliate Manager to start the next chapter in your career. The primary objective of this role is to increase Affiliate revenues through negotiating competitive Affiliate deals with key merchants and by optimising eCommerce content closely with our editorial teams. 

We’re the UK’s leading premium publisher, and the people behind iconic media brands such as Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and Country Living. We’ve created a working environment that encourages everyone to pull together. We never stop looking for brave new ideas. We’ll always try to develop and improve, we trust each other to do our best, and we have fun as we build on our heritage to make history.

ABOUT THE ROLE 
Reporting into the Director of Ecommerce, you will be responsible to grow affiliate revenues across all Hearst brands. The role will focus on improving revenues by developing relationships with affiliate networks and their brand portfolio, working with editorial teams to optimise content on/off platform, securing profitable tenancy partnerships, tracking performance of existing campaigns, and reporting on overall performance to the wider business. 

Key Duties:

 

Build vertical-level strategies to deliver Affiliate campaigns against brand and business goals.   Manage relationships with key Affiliate merchants and retailers within multiple verticals, optimising commission rates and performance metrics to drive revenue growth.   Identify diversification opportunities with regards to Affiliate tenancy, negotiate and manage tenancy deals with key partners.   Project manage multiple departments to ensure all tenancy campaigns are well-executed and deliverables met and clearly reported.   Maintain a strong profile within major networks, sub-networks and Affiliate agencies to identify new growth opportunities.   Work with editorial teams to optimise revenues from high-performing merchants, Affiliate platforms and through diversified audience channels.   Oversee the content strategy and execution of any paid search/social activity.   Manage communications to editorial teams regarding deals, promotions, sales, exclusives, and new rates.   Responsible for performance analysis and communications of key shopping moments such as Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Prime Day.   Ensure content is clear of broken links, out of stock and 404 errors on a regular basis.   Support any innovation / technical site implementation projects to grow Affiliate revenue.   Collaborate with internal stakeholder teams (SEO, Social, Newsletters, Advertising).  Manage monthly & quarterly ecommerce reporting to the business.   Responsible for any ad hoc data analysis requests by internal teams.  
 

 

ABOUT YOU

Experience in affiliates, ecommerce or performance marketing.  Experience working with affiliate networks and subnetworks, as well as agencies.   Commercial negotiation and sales experience.   Basic knowledge of paid acquisition channels.   Understanding of technical requirements within digital media.   Experience with reporting tools, such as Looker or Trackonomics. 

 

WHAT WE OFFER

At Hearst UK, you can choose from a huge range of perks and benefits that can help you learn well, work well and live well including:

 

25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy up to 5 additional holiday days) - pro rated for part-time or fixed-term employees Hybrid working – Three days per week in the office Discounted gym membership Healthcare cash plan Spend a charity day with your favourite good cause Life assurance and pension scheme Regular socials and more!

 

There’s more to your story than you imagine. And the next chapter begins right here. 

 

Hearst UK is deeply committed to using our influential brands to reflect the world we want to live in – one that respects, protects, represents and uplifts the voices and opinions of all people. As a business, we recognise the significant benefits of creativity, collaboration and innovation that comes with diverse teams. Not only is diversifying the voices in our organization the right thing to do, but it also helps us to make powerful and exciting content that can be enjoyed by many more people. This is why we’re working to build a sense of true belonging within our business and foster a culture in which everyone feels heard.