Affiliate Manager

Summary

Join BitterBrains, creators of popular platforms like Vue School and Certificates.dev, as a motivated Affiliate Relationship Manager. This role focuses on building relationships with affiliates, optimizing performance, and driving results through affiliate marketing. You will collaborate with the marketing team to recruit, manage, and support affiliates promoting BitterBrains products. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of affiliate marketing, a keen interest in the developer community, and proven experience in affiliate outreach and relationship building. This is a fully remote, globally distributed role emphasizing asynchronous communication and a meeting-free mindset. BitterBrains offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, training budget, flexible paid time off, and more.

Requirements

• Understanding of affiliate marketing concepts and digital marketing strategies
• A keen interest in the developer community, particularly in the JavaScript network of products
• Demonstrated experience in affiliate outreach, management, education, performance optimisation and relationship building
• Knowledge of SEO, social media marketing, banner/placement management and email marketing
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and track performance metrics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in tools such as Google Analytics, CRM, affiliate management software and affiliate tracking software is a must
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects
• Sales acumen with the ability to engage potential partners and persuade them to join our affiliate program
• Team-oriented mindset with a proactive and problem-solving attitude
• Reliable internet connection (all meetings and work is done online)
• Experience working remotely
• Ability to work in CET time zone, with core hours from 9:00 am till 6:00 pm

Responsibilities

• Identifying Potential Partners : Research and identify companies, organizations and influencers whose audiences align with our products and mission
• Recruiting Affiliates : Reach out to potential affiliates, present the benefits of our program, and onboard them
• Relationship Building : Foster strong relationships with affiliates to ensure ongoing collaboration and mutual success
• Marketing Support : Create and distribute promotional materials, such as email templates, social posts, and blog content, to help affiliates optimize their campaigns
• Tracking and Reporting : Monitor affiliate performance through KPIs such as click-through rates, conversion rates, and generated sales. Provide regular reports with actionable insights
• System Management: Maintain the BitterBrains affiliate management systems and related back-ends to ensure that affiliates are set up correctly and results are reported, displayed and tracked
• Performance Optimization : Analyze campaign data, identify trends, and recommend strategies for improvement
• Affiliate Training : Offer guidance and support to affiliates, including tutorials and best practices for promoting our products
• Collaboration : Work closely with the marketing team to align affiliate strategies with broader marketing goals

Preferred Qualifications

• A presence on Medium, Reddit, Dev.to, Stack Overflow and other developer-related platforms is preferred
• Strong preference for asynchronous communication: Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment, prioritizing productivity over frequent meetings, which may occur once a week or less
• Meeting-free mindset : Passionate about minimizing meeting time to enhance focus and efficiency, leveraging tools and processes that support asynchronous workflows

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Performance bonus
• Company-wide target bonus of up to 20%
• Budget for training/equipment
• Time to learn new skills
• Remote full-time role on a long-term contract
• Flexible paid time off and local bank holidays
• Participation in the annual company workation trip