Affiliate Marketing Executive

The Role

At Debenhams Group, we are on a journey of transformation, revitalising our brand, culture, and connection with colleagues and customers alike. In a fast changing retail environment, effective and authentic communication is vital to building trust, aligning our teams, and amplifying the impact of our work across internal and external audiences.

We are looking to hire an experienced professional who will be responsible for supporting the day to day management of affiliate programmes, managing numerous publisher relationships, developing the channel, and supporting the Affiliate Manager.

This role will be based out of our central Manchester office.

What you'll be doing Key Responsibilities

• Understand the affiliate marketing budget and support analysis of ROIs and KPIs
• Help establish clear new customer acquisition driving initiatives
• New partnership outreach and quarterly planning at campaign level
• Monitor and analyse performance against key KPIs and ROI and make suggestions for optimisation
• Develop relationships with strategic partners, affiliates, and internal stakeholders to increase brand awareness and drive performance across the channel
• Proactive publisher recruitment and collaborate with affiliate network for continuous onboarding of new partners
• Conduct regular competitor analysis and take appropriate actions with support from the network
• Regular quality control and exposure auditing across digital partners
• Support the Affiliate Manager in partnership vetting and managing approvals of new partnerships on our programmes

What we look for Your Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Can build strong relationships
• Basic understanding of digital Key Performance Indicators
• Able to manage relationships with external partners
• Able to negotiate to ensure cost efficiency for the channel
• Can perform well under pressure and deliver results in difficult situations
• Team player - able to collaborate across functions
• Initiative - able to think outside of the box
• Pro active and positive attitude
• Driven and goal oriented

Benefits

• Highly competitive bonus scheme, company pension, share schemes, private medical cover and life assurance
• Access to an on site gym and free weekly Pilates, yoga and fitness classes
• 20% discount across all brands
• Comprehensive wellbeing package
• Dog friendly offices (in selected locations)
• Ongoing learning and development with strong internal progression
• On site canteen serving breakfast, lunch, snacks and hot drinks
• Free season ticket loan