Summary:

Reporting to the Sales and Operations Director, the Affiliate Manager is responsible for establishing, negotiating and developing profitable media and vendor relationships. An individual in this position will identify and execute written agreements with cost-effective, scalable and targeted sources of media that can provide qualified and profitable traffic. In addition, the buyer will negotiate pricing and acquire inventory primarily on a CPA and CPM basis for banners, email, pop-up and other direct response inventory, while ensuring that sources maintain the minimum acceptable ROI metrics/goals.

Responsibilities:

Identify online media buying opportunities and negotiate tests to determine profitability of online campaigns.
Negotiate, develop, monitor and manage delivery of booked campaigns on CPA, CPC and CPM models.
Manage vendor relationships.
Proactively prospect for new clients

Merchant Relations Responsibilities:

Contact merchants and networks to establish co-marketing relationships, and
proactively manage these relationships on an ongoing basis
Manage merchant partners as “super-affiliates.”
Develop, track, and manage offers to merchant partners, including
establishing benchmarks and reporting relevant metrics.
Work directly with the Sales and Operations Director to develop tracking, testing, monitoring, reporting,
and other technological integration with existing systems.

Qualifications:

2+ years experience buying interactive display ad units for direct response
Ability to work independently
Strong analytical skills
Well-developed negotiation skills
Strong writing skills
Phone selling/cold calling experience
CPM, CPA, and CPC experience a MUST.
Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced, competitive, and fun environment
Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. (EXCEL savvy)