Affiliate Executive - Luxury Fashion

The Hut Group ,
Manchester, Greater Manchester

Overview

Job Description

About THG: The Hut Group aims to be the World's leading Online Health & Beauty Destination. We are currently the UK's leading multi-website online retailer with rapidly growing global operations and a unique end to end technology platform. The Hut Group Platform supports more than 140 million global website visitors, 5 million customers and 8 million orders dispatched worldwide across our market leading stores including www.myprotein.com, www.lookfantastic.com and www.coggles.com. With a world-class business, a proprietary technology platform, and disruptive business model, our ambition is to be the global digital leader. Our culture is fast-paced and ambitious - we like to move twice as fast others believe to be possible. This belief is a fundamental part of the DNA that has supported our incredible growth. Our people are our strength and we have over 4,000 diverse, smart thinkers across the globe who are encouraged to think creatively and empowered to turn their ideas into actions. To support our ambitious growth, we are looking for commercially astute, ambitious individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to THG and play a part in driving the Group forward on its truly exciting journey. The role of the Affiliate Executive at The Hut Group is to work with external partners to drive sales to our luxury fashion sites including Coggles, The Hut, AllSole and MyBag. The Executive will be responsible for executing strategies under the guidance of the Divisional Head of Performance with an overall goal of improving Affiliate performance against KPI targets. All training will be provided internally along with opportunities to attend external training sessions. Working across our market leading websites within the Luxury Division, you will be responsible for building and managing relationships with our affiliate publishers. Working closely with your manager and wider Luxury Division teams you will ensure all websites are implementing affiliate marketing best practices and are getting the best results possible. The executive will be expected to learn to use a variety of related tools in order to conduct research, develop strategies and deliver against the group's targets. Core Responsibilities: * Work with the rest of the team to drive performance forward * Working with other teams within the business to align affiliate activity * Ensure weekly communications are sent out to affiliates across all brands * Develop relationships with affiliates to improve performance levels of the channel * Work closely with affiliate networks on affiliate recruitment, ensuring these are appropriate to our Luxury sites * Conduct regular competitor analysis to ensure activity is in line with the industry standards * General affiliate programme hygiene - includes ensuring offers and creative is up to date using the right TOV for all communications * Recognising opportunities to grow Affiliate programs for each Luxury sites, finding appropriate partners to work with in order to elevate each site to high industry standards * Working with a portfolio of high profile brands to position Affiliate programs alongside competition, always on the lookout for new publishers to join our programs Requirements * At least 1 years experience in affiliate marketing * Interest in the Luxury Fashion Market * Experience with managing Affiliates directly and relevant Affiliate networks * Comfortable negotiating contracts and exposure, both F2F and over the telephone * Strong attention to detail and a drive to deliver the best results * Sense of initiative and capacity to work independently * Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment * Strong analytical skills and numerical ability * Good communication skills * Passion for Affiliates and Digital Marketing * Ability to prioritise and manage own time effectively * Confident with MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) * Knowledge of other digital marketing channels and how they sit in the overall marketing mix * Ability to research and identify new opportunities in the affiliate channel Benefits * Competitive salary * Company bonus scheme * Company pension scheme * Onsite Doctor * Discounts across all of our brands - up to 40% * Discounted Gym membership * Training program via the THG academy * Leadership and Development training throughout your career * An exciting, fast paced working environment where you will work with and learn from the best in the business