Affiliate Marketing Manager

Salary: R 65 000,00 to R 80 000,00 monthly CTC (depending on experience)

Location: Cape Town (hybrid – 3 x per week in-office)

Overview:

A global, award-winning agency is seeking an Affiliate Marketing Manager to join a growing team across a diverse and exciting portfolio of international brands. Known for crafting emotionally intelligent campaigns and digital experiences that matter, this organization offers a fast-paced, creative, and collaborative culture where the best ideas win.

This is a key role for an experienced individual with the attitude, aptitude, and agility to make a difference. You’ll be responsible for identifying new opportunities, sourcing leads, closing financially sound deals, and managing affiliates and campaigns from start to finish. If you are passionate about performance-based marketing, inspired by innovation, and ready to take a high level of ownership and accountability, this role is for you.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Research and identify target cohorts using various tools and resources.
• Define strategies and tactics to recruit and onboard new partners efficiently and effectively.
• Negotiate mutually beneficial deals with partners to satisfy business targets and requirements.
• Engage with internal resources to ensure necessary acquisition and conversion funnels are created, tested, and implemented.
• Monitor and report on key performance metrics, including Return on Investment, Conversion Rates, Acquisition, Attrition, and Retention.
• Optimize existing deals on an ongoing basis to maximize profitability.
• Build and maintain solid affiliate and partner relationships.
• Communicate issues and performance summaries effectively to colleagues, peers, and managers.
• Create, compile, and present pertinent reports for senior management, executive management, and the board when required.

Requirements:

• 3+ years’ experience in the online gaming industry, preferably in an affiliate management role.
• Self-sufficient approach to working autonomy and decisiveness are expected.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of core business metrics and KPIs.
• Ability to interpret, analyze, and present data and results in engaging and meaningful ways.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and/or projects simultaneously.
• Solid experience and knowledge of online tracking (cookies, HTML tags, postbacks, dynamic parameters, etc.).
• Experience with various online resources and tools (SEMrush, Ahrefs, VPN tools, Whois, etc.) is advantageous.
• Travel may be required to attend conferences or meetings approximately 2-3 weeks per year.

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications, only candidates selected for interview will be contacted. If you don’t hear from us within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful at this time. We thank you for your interest in the role and wish you the best in your career search.

Salt is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.