Affiliate Sales Director

Summary

Join BrandCycle, a leading influencer and affiliate marketing platform, as their Affiliate Sales Director! This 100% remote role involves building and managing a portfolio of high-value brand partners, driving revenue growth through deal-closing and strategic retention. You will identify and cultivate new business opportunities, secure commission increases, and manage brand campaigns across various channels. As a senior team member, you'll be a key decision-maker in brand-related business. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in affiliate marketing, a proven track record of closing high-value deals, and strong relationship-building skills. BrandCycle offers a competitive compensation package including base pay, bonus/commission, and a comprehensive benefits program.

Requirements

• Proven success in a sales partnerships role with experience in affiliate marketing
• A strong track record of building and cultivating relationships with a proven ability to close high-value deals and drive revenue growth
• A minimum of 7 years experience in affiliate marketing
• Knowledge of influencer and affiliate networks and SaaS platforms (Impact, Commission Junction, Partnerize, Awin, Rakuten, Amazon Influencer, LTK, etc.)
• Exceptional ability to build relationships and trust with clients, team members, and other stakeholders
• Highly meticulous, creative, and determined, passionate about driving results and exceeding targets
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, with a talent for crafting persuasive sales materials
• Strong business acumen, with the ability to understand and align sales objectives with broader company goals
• Experience working with CRM systems and sales tracking tools (e.g.,HubSpot)
• Highly proficient at Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Bachelor’s degree required

Responsibilities

• Manage a personal portfolio of high-value brand partners, ensuring growth through deal-closing, upselling, and strategic retention efforts
• Identify and cultivate new business opportunities within the influencer marketing, affiliate marketing, and content publisher spaces
• Secure commission increases, paid placement fees, sponsored articles, and influencer campaigns from brands, aligned with company-wide and individual growth goals
• Actively pursue new brand partners, working cross-functionally to integrate and activate new brands into our ecosystem
• Effectively use established sales processes, tools (including HubSpot CRM), and systems to track individual performance and ensure accountability
• Liaison with internal influencer and marketing teams to schedule and execute brand campaigns. Overseeing timing, message and quality of all brand merchandising. Merchandising channels include email, social media, on-site, network and mobile notifications
• Report weekly on individual progress against revenue targets, providing insights to the Head of Revenue and leadership team
• Identify advertiser trends and emerging opportunities within the influencer marketing, content, and affiliate e-commerce sectors to keep BrandCycle, Reviewed.com and StackCommerce at the forefront of the industry

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in influencer marketing and/or content-driven e-commerce is a plus

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401K: Eligible on your first day of employment
• Super Flex Time: Run errands as needed, just get your stuff done
• Unlimited Vacation: Take time to unwind with unlimited PTO, plus an office closure between Christmas and New Year’s
• Generous Parental Leave Program: 12 weeks of paid pregnancy disability and baby bonding leave, as well as 4 weeks of paid paternity leave that must be taken within the first six months of the birth
• WFH Office: Home office stipend and internet dollars to set you up for success
• Events: Happy hours, team bonding budgets and culture events (even while remote!) and an annual company offsite