Director, Affiliate & Influencer

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Monks is hiring for the role of Director of Affiliate & Influencer Marketing.This position will be part of a growing unit within an established digital marketing agency. Core responsibilities include management of clients affiliate and influencer programs, publisher development, client communication and ensuring the affiliate/influencer channel’s work cross-functionally within the larger marketing program. You will be a senior leader driving influencer growth and participating in new business pitches while supporting the vision for the influencer program. You will be in charge of evolving our clients programs within their larger digital marketing needs. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage/mentor team of junior affiliate and influencer specialists 
• Publisher development ensuring our clients are working with best in class affiliate and influencer partners
• Serve as expert in affiliate and influencer marketing within business development & pitch scenarios showing thought leadership and innovative ideas
• Work closely with influencers, content and top of funnel affiliate publishers to provide affiliate presence in all parts of marketing funnel 
• Weekly reporting/client calls to communicate performance metrics and strategy
• Analyzing and reporting on existing programs
• Effectively work with other digital strategy teams to bring affiliate best practices to life with larger agency integrated offering 
• Projecting yearly/quarterly/monthly affiliate budgets
• Work with the integrated media teams to determine the best use of budget allocation, audience targeting and creative analyses
• Execution of quarterly business reviews & other client facing presentations that review performance, insights and strategic opportunities
• Manage & grow relationships with affiliate and agency clients to show credibility in affiliate expertise and trustworthiness of affiliate programs 

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of direct affiliate and/or influencer experience 
• History of direct responsibility and lead for midsize to large clients
• Strong digital agency experience with multiple revenue driving channels
• Proven strategy of digital marketing platforms that coincide with affiliate (ShareaSale, Impact Radius, Commission Junction, Rakuten and Google Analytics)
• Successful management of large budgets 
• Have worked in a client facing role with ability to work autonomously
• G- Suite proficiency; most importantly Docs, Sheets & Slides
• Exceptional communication skills & interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, analytical and ability to multi-task with multiple clients
• An eagerness to work as a member of a fast-growing team

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What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network 
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.