Experienced Affiliate Manager Needed
Budget: $250 – $750 USD
We are looking for an experienced affiliate manager to help grow a global affiliate network by recruiting, onboarding, activating, and supporting publishers, affiliates, media buyers, influencers, content creators, coupon partners, review sites, communities, and partner networks. The selected candidate will start with a three-month trial on a monthly retainer basis; thereafter, based on their performance, we will increase the retainer fee to support a continued long-term relationship.
The main goal of this role is to increase the number of active publishers, improve affiliate engagement, support campaign adoption, and help the network start generating revenue faster through strong affiliate recruitment and activation.
This is a hands-on role. We are not looking for someone who only manages basic communication. We need someone proactive, fast, organized, commercially sharp, and highly focused on results.
Key responsibilities
Affiliate recruitment
You will be responsible for identifying, approaching, and recruiting relevant affiliates and publishers across global markets.
Tasks include:
Researching potential publishers, affiliates, influencers, bloggers, media buyers, coupon sites, cashback sites, comparison sites, review sites, content creators, niche communities, and partner networks
Building targeted affiliate prospect lists by niche, GEO, traffic type, audience, and promotion method
Recruiting affiliates across categories such as eCommerce, SaaS, finance, health, beauty, travel, education, lifestyle, home, B2B, lead generation, and other suitable verticals
Creating personalized outreach messages
Sending outreach and follow-up messages
Explaining the value of joining the network
Encouraging affiliates to register and complete onboarding
Identifying high-potential partners in the USA, Europe, MENA, APAC, India, and other global markets
Affiliate activation
Recruiting affiliates is only the first step. The selected candidate must be strong at activating publishers and helping them start promoting campaigns.
Tasks include:
Communicating with newly joined publishers quickly
Helping affiliates choose suitable campaigns based on niche, traffic source, audience, and GEO
Guiding publishers on how to find offers, generate tracking links, use Smartlinks, and start promotions
Following up with inactive affiliates and encouraging them to launch campaigns
Sharing campaign recommendations with publishers
Helping affiliates understand payouts, campaign objectives, GEO targeting, approved offers, featured offers, deep links, Smartlinks, coupon codes, tracking links, postbacks, and reporting
Increasing the number of active and revenue-generating affiliates
Affiliate communication and support
Fast response time is very important for this role.
Responsibilities include:
Responding to affiliate emails and messages as quickly as possible
Answering affiliate questions clearly and professionally
Supporting affiliates with campaign selection, tracking links, approvals, payouts, postbacks, coupons, and reporting
Creating onboarding messages, activation emails, follow-up sequences, and campaign update messages
Sending regular updates about featured campaigns, approved offers, Smartlinks, and promotional opportunities
Keeping publishers engaged, informed, and motivated
Coming up with innovative ways to communicate with affiliates and improve activation
Merchant and partner network support
You will also help maintain strong relationships with merchants, advertisers, and partner networks.
Tasks include:
Communicating professionally with advertisers, merchants, and partner networks
Following up on campaign approvals, payout details, promotional assets, coupons, and offer information
Coordinating between publishers and merchant-side teams where required
Helping resolve basic partner-side questions
Supporting smooth communication between publishers, merchants, partner networks, and internal teams
Affiliate tracking and platform knowledge
The candidate should understand affiliate marketing technology and be comfortable explaining basic tracking concepts to publishers.
You should understand:
Affiliate tracking links
Deep links
Smartlinks
Postback URLs
Click ID tracking
Macros and tracking parameters
Sub-publisher tracking
Impression pixels
Coupon codes
Campaign preview URLs
GEO targeting
Device and operating system targeting
Conversion tracking
Affiliate dashboards and reporting
Campaign approvals
CPA, CPL, CPS, RevShare, and pay-per-call models
Common publisher traffic types and promotional methods
You do not need to be a developer, but you must be comfortable understanding and explaining affiliate links, Smartlinks, postbacks, coupons, tracking, and reporting.
Required skills
The ideal candidate should have:
Experience in affiliate marketing, affiliate management, publisher recruitment, partner management, or performance marketing
Strong understanding of affiliate networks and publisher relationships
Proven ability to recruit and activate affiliates
Excellent written English communication skills
Fast email and message response habits
Strong follow-up skills
Good research skills
Ability to manage multiple affiliate conversations at the same time
Ability to recommend campaigns based on publisher niche, GEO, and traffic type
Understanding of affiliate links, Smartlinks, deep links, postbacks, coupons, tracking, and reporting
Ability to work independently
Strong ownership and execution mindset
Professional attitude with affiliates, merchants, advertisers, and partner networks
Preferred experience
Experience with any of the following will be a strong advantage:
Affiliate networks
CPA networks
Performance marketing agencies
Publisher recruitment teams
Advertiser affiliate programs
Sub-affiliate networks
Influencer or creator partnerships
Coupon, cashback, content, comparison, review, loyalty, email, paid media, and niche publishers
Global affiliate recruitment across the USA, Europe, MENA, APAC, India, and other international markets
Experience with platforms such as Trackier, Impact, Awin, CJ, Rakuten Advertising, Partnerize, Everflow, HasOffers, Tune, Voluum, CAKE, or similar tools will be helpful.
Weekly deliverables
The selected candidate should be able to deliver weekly progress, including:
New affiliate prospect research
Outreach to potential publishers and affiliates
Follow-ups with interested affiliates
Activation communication with newly joined or inactive publishers
Campaign recommendations to relevant affiliates
Support for affiliate questions and issues
Merchant or partner network coordination where required
Weekly report showing outreach, responses, sign-ups, activations, and next steps
Suggested weekly minimums:
100 to 200 new affiliate prospects researched
50 to 100 affiliate outreach messages sent
50 to 100 follow-up messages sent
Newly registered affiliates contacted within the shortest possible time
Inactive affiliates followed up with regularly
1 weekly performance and activity report submitted
Success metrics
Success will be measured by:
Number of relevant affiliates recruited
Number of affiliates activated
Number of affiliates generating tracking links
Number of affiliates promoting campaigns
Response rate from outreach
Affiliate engagement rate
Quality of affiliate communication
Speed of response to affiliate questions
Campaign adoption by publishers
Revenue-generating affiliate growth
Work style required
We are looking for someone who is:
Proactive
Fast in communication
Organized
Relationship-driven
Strong in written English
Comfortable with outreach
Good at follow-ups
Commercially sharp
Detail-oriented
Comfortable with affiliate tracking tools
Results-focused
Able to work without constant supervision
What we do not want
Please do not apply if you:
Cannot respond quickly
Are not comfortable with outreach
Do not understand affiliate marketing basics
Cannot manage follow-ups
Only want passive admin work
Cannot work independently
Do not understand affiliate links or tracking concepts
Application questions
Please answer the following when applying:
What is your experience in affiliate recruitment or affiliate management?
Have you worked with affiliate networks, CPA networks, or advertiser affiliate programs?
Which affiliate platforms or tracking systems have you used?
Do you understand affiliate links, Smartlinks, deep links, postbacks, macros, and coupon tracking?
How would you recruit and activate affiliates for a growing affiliate network?
Which GEOs and industries have you worked with?
How quickly can you respond to affiliate emails or messages during working hours?
Can you share examples of affiliate outreach, activation, or partner communication work you have handled?
How many affiliates can you research and contact weekly?
What would your first 30-day plan look like?
Final note
We are looking for a serious affiliate manager who can take ownership of publisher recruitment, affiliate activation, partner communication, and campaign support.
The right person should be able to move fast, communicate professionally, recruit relevant affiliates, activate publishers, support partners, and help build a strong global affiliate network.
The main goal of this role is to increase the number of active publishers, improve affiliate engagement, support campaign adoption, and help the network start generating revenue faster through strong affiliate recruitment and activation.
This is a hands-on role. We are not looking for someone who only manages basic communication. We need someone proactive, fast, organized, commercially sharp, and highly focused on results.
Key responsibilities
Affiliate recruitment
You will be responsible for identifying, approaching, and recruiting relevant affiliates and publishers across global markets.
Tasks include:
Researching potential publishers, affiliates, influencers, bloggers, media buyers, coupon sites, cashback sites, comparison sites, review sites, content creators, niche communities, and partner networks
Building targeted affiliate prospect lists by niche, GEO, traffic type, audience, and promotion method
Recruiting affiliates across categories such as eCommerce, SaaS, finance, health, beauty, travel, education, lifestyle, home, B2B, lead generation, and other suitable verticals
Creating personalized outreach messages
Sending outreach and follow-up messages
Explaining the value of joining the network
Encouraging affiliates to register and complete onboarding
Identifying high-potential partners in the USA, Europe, MENA, APAC, India, and other global markets
Affiliate activation
Recruiting affiliates is only the first step. The selected candidate must be strong at activating publishers and helping them start promoting campaigns.
Tasks include:
Communicating with newly joined publishers quickly
Helping affiliates choose suitable campaigns based on niche, traffic source, audience, and GEO
Guiding publishers on how to find offers, generate tracking links, use Smartlinks, and start promotions
Following up with inactive affiliates and encouraging them to launch campaigns
Sharing campaign recommendations with publishers
Helping affiliates understand payouts, campaign objectives, GEO targeting, approved offers, featured offers, deep links, Smartlinks, coupon codes, tracking links, postbacks, and reporting
Increasing the number of active and revenue-generating affiliates
Affiliate communication and support
Fast response time is very important for this role.
Responsibilities include:
Responding to affiliate emails and messages as quickly as possible
Answering affiliate questions clearly and professionally
Supporting affiliates with campaign selection, tracking links, approvals, payouts, postbacks, coupons, and reporting
Creating onboarding messages, activation emails, follow-up sequences, and campaign update messages
Sending regular updates about featured campaigns, approved offers, Smartlinks, and promotional opportunities
Keeping publishers engaged, informed, and motivated
Coming up with innovative ways to communicate with affiliates and improve activation
Merchant and partner network support
You will also help maintain strong relationships with merchants, advertisers, and partner networks.
Tasks include:
Communicating professionally with advertisers, merchants, and partner networks
Following up on campaign approvals, payout details, promotional assets, coupons, and offer information
Coordinating between publishers and merchant-side teams where required
Helping resolve basic partner-side questions
Supporting smooth communication between publishers, merchants, partner networks, and internal teams
Affiliate tracking and platform knowledge
The candidate should understand affiliate marketing technology and be comfortable explaining basic tracking concepts to publishers.
You should understand:
Affiliate tracking links
Deep links
Smartlinks
Postback URLs
Click ID tracking
Macros and tracking parameters
Sub-publisher tracking
Impression pixels
Coupon codes
Campaign preview URLs
GEO targeting
Device and operating system targeting
Conversion tracking
Affiliate dashboards and reporting
Campaign approvals
CPA, CPL, CPS, RevShare, and pay-per-call models
Common publisher traffic types and promotional methods
You do not need to be a developer, but you must be comfortable understanding and explaining affiliate links, Smartlinks, postbacks, coupons, tracking, and reporting.
Required skills
The ideal candidate should have:
Experience in affiliate marketing, affiliate management, publisher recruitment, partner management, or performance marketing
Strong understanding of affiliate networks and publisher relationships
Proven ability to recruit and activate affiliates
Excellent written English communication skills
Fast email and message response habits
Strong follow-up skills
Good research skills
Ability to manage multiple affiliate conversations at the same time
Ability to recommend campaigns based on publisher niche, GEO, and traffic type
Understanding of affiliate links, Smartlinks, deep links, postbacks, coupons, tracking, and reporting
Ability to work independently
Strong ownership and execution mindset
Professional attitude with affiliates, merchants, advertisers, and partner networks
Preferred experience
Experience with any of the following will be a strong advantage:
Affiliate networks
CPA networks
Performance marketing agencies
Publisher recruitment teams
Advertiser affiliate programs
Sub-affiliate networks
Influencer or creator partnerships
Coupon, cashback, content, comparison, review, loyalty, email, paid media, and niche publishers
Global affiliate recruitment across the USA, Europe, MENA, APAC, India, and other international markets
Experience with platforms such as Trackier, Impact, Awin, CJ, Rakuten Advertising, Partnerize, Everflow, HasOffers, Tune, Voluum, CAKE, or similar tools will be helpful.
Weekly deliverables
The selected candidate should be able to deliver weekly progress, including:
New affiliate prospect research
Outreach to potential publishers and affiliates
Follow-ups with interested affiliates
Activation communication with newly joined or inactive publishers
Campaign recommendations to relevant affiliates
Support for affiliate questions and issues
Merchant or partner network coordination where required
Weekly report showing outreach, responses, sign-ups, activations, and next steps
Suggested weekly minimums:
100 to 200 new affiliate prospects researched
50 to 100 affiliate outreach messages sent
50 to 100 follow-up messages sent
Newly registered affiliates contacted within the shortest possible time
Inactive affiliates followed up with regularly
1 weekly performance and activity report submitted
Success metrics
Success will be measured by:
Number of relevant affiliates recruited
Number of affiliates activated
Number of affiliates generating tracking links
Number of affiliates promoting campaigns
Response rate from outreach
Affiliate engagement rate
Quality of affiliate communication
Speed of response to affiliate questions
Campaign adoption by publishers
Revenue-generating affiliate growth
Work style required
We are looking for someone who is:
Proactive
Fast in communication
Organized
Relationship-driven
Strong in written English
Comfortable with outreach
Good at follow-ups
Commercially sharp
Detail-oriented
Comfortable with affiliate tracking tools
Results-focused
Able to work without constant supervision
What we do not want
Please do not apply if you:
Cannot respond quickly
Are not comfortable with outreach
Do not understand affiliate marketing basics
Cannot manage follow-ups
Only want passive admin work
Cannot work independently
Do not understand affiliate links or tracking concepts
Application questions
Please answer the following when applying:
What is your experience in affiliate recruitment or affiliate management?
Have you worked with affiliate networks, CPA networks, or advertiser affiliate programs?
Which affiliate platforms or tracking systems have you used?
Do you understand affiliate links, Smartlinks, deep links, postbacks, macros, and coupon tracking?
How would you recruit and activate affiliates for a growing affiliate network?
Which GEOs and industries have you worked with?
How quickly can you respond to affiliate emails or messages during working hours?
Can you share examples of affiliate outreach, activation, or partner communication work you have handled?
How many affiliates can you research and contact weekly?
What would your first 30-day plan look like?
Final note
We are looking for a serious affiliate manager who can take ownership of publisher recruitment, affiliate activation, partner communication, and campaign support.
The right person should be able to move fast, communicate professionally, recruit relevant affiliates, activate publishers, support partners, and help build a strong global affiliate network.