About the Role
The Affiliate Partnerships Manager will grow affiliate partnerships across Condé Nast's portfolio of world-renowned brands, driving revenue and enhancing brand alignment. This client service-oriented role will set standards of excellence in the end-to-end partnership lifecycle, focusing on fashion, beauty, travel, and interiors.
Responsibilities
- Build and execute commerce partnerships across CPA and tenancy lines to deliver Affiliate campaigns against business goals.
- Develop, manage, and grow relationships with key affiliate partners, networks, and direct merchants across multiple verticals.
- Negotiate competitive CPA rates and exclusive offers; pitch and secure tenancy deals with key partners to maximise commercial performance and meet revenue targets.
- Identify and secure new partnership opportunities within fashion, beauty, interiors and travel.
- Leverage market trends, consumer insights, and performance data to inform partnership decisions, optimise campaigns, and maximise affiliate revenue growth.
- Identify, price and pitch new partnership plans bringing best in class innovation on partnerships.
- Manage Coupon business and affiliate offers for coupons.
- Collaborate closely with Commerce Editors, Writers, and Market Leads to align partnership activity with editorial priorities and audience trends.
- Proactively identify revenue growth and diversification opportunities across affiliate and tenancy models.
- Monitor campaign execution and performance, delivering detailed wrap reports and actionable insights to partners and internal stakeholders.
- Ensure timely communication of partner updates (offers, launches, exclusives) to internal teams.
- Contribute to regular reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis across commerce activity.
- Handle ad-hoc analysis and support wider commerce team initiatives as required.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in affiliate partnership or merchant partnership required.
- Experience in affiliate management with networks is required (Skimmlinks, Rakuten, CJ, Impact etc).
- Partner relationship management experience is required.
- Sales experience in b2b sales or business development is preferred.
- Experience in wholesale/buying/merchandising preferred in a multi-brand environment.
- Experience in Fashion category with a strong network across brands is required.
- Proven ability to think creatively and solve problems, with strong quantitative and strategic thinking skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across all levels of the organisation and with partners.
- Excellent organisational abilities, with a proven track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously and setting clear priorities under tight deadlines.
- Self-driven and a self-starter, with the ability to multi-task and work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
- High energy and a strong teamwork mentality, with a collaborative approach to achieving shared goals.
- An entrepreneurial mindset is critical for this role.
Skills
- Affiliate partnership
- Merchant partnership
- Affiliate management
- Partner relationship management
- B2B sales
- Business development
- Wholesale
- Buying
- Merchandising
- Fashion category
- Creative thinking
- Problem solving
- Quantitative skills
- Strategic thinking
- Interpersonal skills
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Organisational abilities
- Project management
- Multi-tasking
- Independent work
- Teamwork
- Entrepreneurial mindset
Location
- London, GB
Work Type
- Hybrid (office four days a week)
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Extra days of annual leave if you move house or want to volunteer
- Competitive pension scheme
- Bupa Private Healthcare
- Season ticket loans
- Eye tests
- Core hours
- 10 remote days (from home or a country with a Condé Nast office location)
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme
- Corporate gym membership
- Cycle to work scheme
- Dog-friendly office
- Discounts
- Magazine subscriptions
- Access to Condé Nast Learning Hub for personal and professional growth
- Employee Resource Groups
About the Company
- Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms.
- The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others.
- We are headquartered in New York and London and operate in 32 markets worldwide.
- Condé Nast thrives on collaboration, and our teams come together in the office four days a week (Monday - Thursday).
- We value diversity of background, views and cultures.
- We celebrate people for their personal qualities, skills and contributions, recognising the power our brands have to influence and shape culture.
- Condé Nast is a global media company home to iconic brands including Vogue, GQ, AD, Condé Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, The New Yorker, Glamour, Allure, Bon Appétit and many more.
- Headquartered in New York and London, the company produces award-winning journalism, content and entertainment for every platform today and operates in 32 markets worldwide including China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the U.K. and U.S., and Taiwan.
- At Condé Nast we value diversity of background, views and cultures.
- We celebrate people for their personal qualities, their skills and contributions.
- And we recognize the power our brands have to influence and shape culture, catalyze action and help make our world a better place for all.
- For more information, please visit condenast.com and follow @CondeNast and @CondeNastCareer for Twitter and @condenastcareers for Instagram.
Equal Opportunity
- Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.
