Affiliate Account Manager

Affiliate Account Manager

The Affiliate Account Manager plays a critical role in driving client success and campaign excellence across our brand partnerships. Acting as the primary liaison between brands and internal teams, this person ensures seamless onboarding, strategic execution, and high-touch support that exceeds client expectations. By managing everything from tracking and reporting to paid placements and performance optimization, the Account Manager directly contributes to client satisfaction and revenue growth. Their work not only ensures brand relationships run smoothly, but also delivers actionable insights that inform future strategies—making this role highly valuable.

What you'll be doing:

Strategy:

• Collaborate with clients and internal sales teams to develop and refine campaign strategies that align with performance goals.
• Provide data-backed insights and recommendations based on performance trends and industry benchmarks.
• Optimize affiliate marketing initiatives by analyzing campaign outcomes and adjusting approaches as needed.
• Collaborate on strategic conversations with stakeholders to identify opportunities for growth and innovation.

Technical / Execution:

• Oversee affiliate onboarding execution, including updating commissions, managing tracking links, and auditing brand cards for accuracy.
• Execute end-to-end management of paid placements, ensuring timely submission of assets and seamless delivery.
• Manage affiliate email inbox and route inquiries to ensure fast and accurate resolution.
• Prepare and deliver weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc performance reports for clients and internal teams.

Team / Collaboration:

• Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for internal teams, brands, networks and agencies to ensure all brand partnerships are performing at a high level.
• Partner with sales, marketing, and data teams to align on campaign goals and execution.
• Support cross-functional initiatives and ensure campaign milestones are met collaboratively.
• Lead client calls and internal meetings to align on brand onboarding progress, troubleshoot issues, and share performance updates.

Research / Best Practices:

• Stay up to date on influencer marketing trends, emerging platforms, and affiliate marketing best practices.
• Monitor competitor activities and identify innovative tactics to enhance campaign effectiveness.
• Share relevant insights with clients to inform strategy and maximize performance.
• Use market research to inform strategic planning and provide clients with proactive recommendations.

Our approach to compensation:

We take a market-based & data-driven approach to compensation. We leverage data from trusted third-party compensation sources to help us understand the market value of a role based on function, level, geographic location, and scope. We evaluate compensation bi-annually, including performance and market-related factors.

Our salaries are benchmarked against market Total Cash Compensation for the geographic location of our job posting. Compensation for some roles is structured as On Target Earnings (OTE = base + commission/variable) while for others it is structured as Salary only.

To comply with local legislation and ensure transparency, we share salary ranges on all job postings. Skills, experience and other factors help determine the final salary we offer which may vary from the original range posted.

Additionally, all permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans as part of their overall compensation package.

Salary Range:

$ 85,000 USD - 95,000 USD

Where we work:

We have offices in Boston, MA; Vancouver, BC; Chicago, IL; and Vancouver, WA. For select positions, we are open to hiring fully remote candidates. We post our positions in the location(s) where we are open to having the successful candidate be located.

Diversity, inclusion, and accessibility:

At Later, we are committed to fostering a culture rooted in an inclusion-first mindset at every level of the company, embracing the importance of hiring and building teams for culture add rather than culture fit. We openly build and maintain unbiased hiring, pay, and promotion practices to create a foundation for an equitable workplace, paving the way for systemic change.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.