Hiring: Associate Director, Affiliate Partnerships Company: Zenith Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-13 10:56:56 Employment Type: Contract About the job Experience: •4+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, partnerships, social commerce, or performance marketing, including experience leading programs across multiple partners, clients, or categories. •2+ years of experience managing junior staff. Required Skills: •Develop affiliate and social commerce strategies aligned to client marketing, campaign, and profitability goals. •Act as the senior affiliate and social commerce voice in the room, presenting performance results, recommendations, and industry perspectives to senior client collaborators. •Own always-on channel performance and optimization across core performance levers, including traffic, conversion, ROAS, AOV, repeat rate, LTV, and contribution margin. •Manage and grow relationships with publishers, creator platforms, influencer networks, and commerce technology partners. •Develop commission strategies, incentive frameworks, and partner tiering models that drive productivity and retention. •Own end-to-end affiliate operations, including onboarding, attribution, commissions, invoicing, payouts, governance, and lifecycle management. •Demonstrate financial competence through experience managing invoicing, reconciliation, and budget ownership. •Build scalable workflows and documentation, finding opportunities to automate and simplify processes. Qualifications: •B.A. or B.S., preferably in Marketing, Advertising, or a related field. •Hands-on fluency with Impact.com, CJ, or a comparable affiliate platform; you have managed programs directly, not just reviewed dashboards. •Proven track record working with publishers, creator platforms, influencer networks, or commerce partners, including commission strategy development and commercial negotiations. •In-depth knowledge of affiliate economics, including GMV, ROAS, AOV, CAC, commission cost, and contribution margin, with the financial acumen to manage budgets, forecasts, and reconciliations. •Demonstrated capacity to translate data into clear, well-articulated, and actionable insights. •Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to clients and maintain client correspondence and internal documentation. •Serves as a resource to others in the resolution of complex problems and issues. •Diligent with a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. •Demonstrated capacity to manage projects, resources, stakeholders, and participants effectively. •Demonstrated capacity to orient, train, assign, and review the work of junior team members. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!