Affiliates Manager

Beauty | International Growth | Competitive Salary

We are partnering with a fast-growing UK beauty brand with a highly engaged global customer base to recruit an Affiliates Manager to drive the growth of its affiliate programme.

The Affiliates Manager will take ownership of the channel across Rakuten , managing publisher relationships, budgets, commercial opportunities and performance, with a particular focus on international expansion and the US market.

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role for someone who understands affiliate marketing and knows how to build partnerships that deliver both revenue and new customer growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the affiliate programme through Rakuten , with accountability for commercial performance.
• Manage and develop existing publisher relationships while identifying and securing new partners.
• Own affiliate budgets, commissions, placements and commercial negotiations.
• Identify growth opportunities across content, editorial, loyalty, creator and community-led publishers.
• Support international expansion, particularly across the US affiliate market .
• Analyse performance by publisher, campaign and market, turning data into clear commercial recommendations.
• Produce regular reporting on revenue, ROI, publisher performance and channel growth.
• Explore new platforms, publishers and partnership opportunities to expand the channel.
• Work closely with wider Marketing, Ecommerce and International teams to support customer and revenue growth.

Key Requirements

• Proven experience in Affiliate Marketing, Partnerships or Performance Marketing .
• Strong understanding of affiliate platforms, publisher models and commercial partnerships.
• Experience with Rakuten or another major affiliate platform is highly desirable.
• Commercially aware, with experience managing budgets and negotiating partnerships.
• Confident analysing performance data and using insight to drive decisions.
• Strong relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Experience working across international markets would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of the US affiliate landscape would be a strong advantage.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity for an experienced Affiliates Manager to take ownership of a high-growth channel within an ambitious international beauty brand, with genuine scope to expand the publisher network, develop new markets and make a measurable commercial impact.

If you are an Affiliates Manager with strong publisher relationships, commercial instincts and experience scaling affiliate performance, we'd love to hear from you.

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