Affiliate - Account Executive - #1626382

Affiliate Executive

Overview of role

The Affiliate Executive’s role is to assist the Account Manager in the day to day running of the client Affiliate programmes within the team. This includes supporting team members to complete day to day affiliate tasks as well as provide reports in a timely fashion as set out by the Affiliate Manager.

The role of an Affiliate Executive also requires running their own client accounts, where they will apply their learnings from the other accounts where they support more senior members of the team.

The skills required for this role are; strong attention to detail, organisation skills, proficient Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, the ability to work to multiple deadlines, and communicate effectively with different members of the team. Relationship building is an essential part of the Affiliate Executive’s role, and the candidate will be expected to build relationships with 3rd parties via phone, email and face to face.

The Affiliate Assistant will be expected to have a basic understanding of the affiliate industry and will be given training across various disciplines of digital marketing as part of the role.

Reporting of the role

The role reports to the Affiliate Account Manager

3 best things about the job

• Becoming part of an award-winning team working on household name client accounts
• Delivering best in class affiliate programme management across a variety of market segments and territories
• Outstanding opportunities for personal and professional growth including access to affiliate guest speakers and dedicated Network workshops hosted at our offices
  
  

Measures of success

In three months, you would have:

• Gained a solid understanding of the basics of Affiliate Marketing
• Built strong relationships with your clients, peers, network contacts and affiliate suppliers
  
  

In six months, you would have:

• Confidently negotiated exposure packages with affiliate suppliers which delivers the best possible return on investment for your clients
• Developed strong understanding of how the affiliate channel interacts with other digital channels
  
  

In 12 months, you would have:

• Delivered brilliant results for your clients to meet their individual business goals
  
  

Responsibilities of the role

Business Responsibilities - Account Management

• Ensure the Senior Executive and Account Manager are informed on the status of their campaigns and any work completed in a timely and frequent manner.
• Liaising within their client team to suggest new approaches and tactics to continually improve campaign performance to suggest to clients and Client Planning teams.
• Completing campaign administration including sale validations and affiliate approvals as tasked by the Account Manager, ensuring it is completed following the EssenceMediacom best practice
• Regularly update clients around campaign performance and areas of focus for their accounts each week
  
  

Billing and Budgeting

• Reviewing spend performance against forecast budget and highlighting any budget discrepancies
• Support the Account Manager to provide all month end spend figures to the relevant individuals in line with agreed deadlines
• Creation of media plans against a client budget and negotiation of spend vs exposure packages to secure the best return on investment for clients
  
  

People Responsibilities:

• Ability to manage own workload effectively and efficiently
• Working as part of a close-knit team and supporting other team members where required
• Building effective working relationships across the digital teams in the agency as a whole
  
  

Creating rapport with all stakeholders by being approachable and understanding the best approach for success for each client

What you will need

• The ideal candidate would be a self-starter who actively wants to be a part of an exciting growing team with extensive opportunity for personal growth
• An active interest in Digital marketing
• A commercially astute candidate ideally with a strong sales lead mentality
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with colleagues and clients
• Diligence and attention to detail in delivering against pre-agreed timescales
  
  

Overview of role

EssenceMediacom handles the media planning and buying for some of the world's smartest advertisers. Supported by keen consumer insight, analysis and experience, we are part of the largest media planning and buying network in the world.

We are looking for a Media Executive to join the planning team. The successful candidate will play an integral part in the planning process and will get to work across the entire campaign life cycle – from strategy to execution to reporting. The role will include some client contact and exposure to the fast pace of planning across a market leading advertiser. There will be an opportunity to upskill across all channel specialisms.

Based in our new WPP campus building in the heart of Manchester’s development district, the largest communications operation outside of London and the home for all WPP regional talent across a number of business disciplines, and an amazing place to grow your communications career and to realise your potential in a dynamic and exciting setting.

3 best things about the job

• The work: every day working on a planning account is exciting with new challenges, and this is the best way to learn and grow.
• The team: we are a group who want to work for each other and produce brilliant work.
• The client: this role includes significant exposure to a client group who are knowledgeable and keen. to add more innovation to their media plans and are at the forefront of a successful cross-agency partnership.
  
  

Measures of success

In three months:

• You are an established member of the team adding value, support and innovation to the business
• Learnt about media planning and established strong working relationships with the planning and channel specialist teams, gaining trust through strong attention to detail
• Completed all relevant EssenceMediacom & third-party training.
  
  

In six months:

• Overseen campaigns or workstreams across a range of channels
• Gained the trust of the Account Manager and Account Director
• Built strong relationships with the relevant stakeholders at our media partners.
  
  

Responsibilities of the role

You will work as part of a team to plan multimedia campaigns for the client. Every member of the team will need to have a very strong understanding of how comms planning, be an innovator, and have a willingness to learn.

What you will need

• Positive attitude and good intent
• Proactive mindset
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks
• Attention to detail
• To build relationships internally and externally
• Effective communication
• Ability to work independently and complete assigned tasks within identified time frames
• You may have a degree, diploma, A-levels or life experience, we are open to all applications.
  
  

About EssenceMediacom

We are a global communications agency leading with breakthrough thinking, building explosive growth for brands, and helping our clients see the bigger picture. Our daring global network of 10,000 influencers help our clients breach traditional boundaries in media, uncover novel ideas, and unleash exponential growth. EssenceMediacom challenges conventional thinking to build, propel, and supercharge our clients’ businesses at scale and lead our industry in critical areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability.

EssenceMediacom understands that our people are tasked with big goals: building breakthrough growth for brands and leading with breakthrough thinking in our industry. Our people are at the heart of this work because their ideas will enable us to decode the intersections of people, content, and technology to bring our aspirations to life. Our success is down to our eclectic, diverse, and talented people. EssenceMediacom is a place for us to grow our careers and expand our horizons. EssenceMediacom is committed to building an agency culture that supports our people, puts diversity at the forefront of our operations, and creates opportunity for all. This collective culture will be our “new power” where ideas are freely exchanged, and collaboration is actively encouraged in a place where you can innovate in our hyperconnected world.

• Although we cannot make guarantees, we welcome conversations about flexible working for all roles at EssenceMediaCom