Sr. Affiliate Marketing Manager

About the job
Right Side Up is a collective of premium marketing talent—with all of the marketing chops, and none of the agency fluff. We’re trusted by the most buzzed-about early-stage ventures, the fastest growing tech companies, and well-established Fortune 500 teams to do one thing better: GROWTH.

Some of our clients include Stitch Fix, Sephora, Yelp, Sun Basket, Crunchbase, DoorDash and Calm, among many others.
We are looking for a passionate Senior Affiliate Marketer with a significant track record of success in growing affiliate programs. You’ll be responsible for helping our clients grow their affiliate programs. Secondarily, you’ll help grow the affiliate practice by creating resources for clients and affiliate managers and streamlining existing processes. The ideal candidate deeply understands affiliate marketing and the marketing funnel and has a high EQ to think and communicate on your feet. 

We believe affiliate programs and partnerships should be built and managed in-house. Right Side Up provides clients with end-to-end program management. We work in-house with marketers and have flattened the functions of a traditional OPM affiliate agency. At RSU, one person is responsible for developing and executing strategies for a given client.
What You'll Do:
Affiliate Marketing
- Develop and execute tailored, full-funnel strategies that align with our client’s goals.- Level up our client’s internal team members on affiliate marketing and manage stakeholders’ expectations on the program’s progress, forecasted growth, opportunities, challenges, potential issues, and future planned strategies.- Recruit new partners to add value across the entire marketing funnel, manage media budgets to deliver high ROI, activate and optimize existing partners to drive incremental value, and maximize sales/activity for our clients.

Affiliate Practice
- Assist with new business opportunities and vetting the right talent for the job.- Evaluate and develop new and efficient processes to onboard new clients and affiliate consultants.- Develop a repository of affiliate management tools, best practices, and training programs to assist affiliate consultants in managing our client’s programs.- Conduct regular client touch bases and monitor talent performance to gather feedback to ensure overall growth, satisfaction, and retention.- Be aware of emerging trends that will affect the future of affiliate marketing and recommend strategies to address these- Support our thought leadership and marketing efforts

What You’ll Bring
- 7+ years of direct experience managing affiliate programs end-to-end with proven success in accelerating customer acquisition through affiliate partnerships.- Strong written and verbal communication skills - comfortable presenting to leadership, documenting processes, and putting together reports to illustrate program performance.- Experience managing media budgets and negotiating partnership deals with various payment models (CPA, CPM, CPC, etc.).- An analytical approach to performance marketing and decision-making.- Strategic thinking and execution - able to shift from the big picture to tactical on a dime.- Ability to build strong client/partner relationships, confidence under pressure, and a relentless pursuit of excellence in building best-in-class affiliate programs.- A constant pursuit of growing your partnership network.