Investment Planning Manager, Performance Marketing

Company description

Welcome to Our World We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service.

Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth. CJ’s industry-leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors like retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services.

As part of Publicis Groupe, our savvy data capabilities, cutting‑edge tech, and strategic expertise facilitate genuine connections, allowing brands to reach consumers wherever they are.

A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers like you.

• Create comprehensive investment plans aligned with client benchmarks, budgets, and
  goals. Collaborating with client strategy teams to address the eCommerce/Affiliate
  landscape, identifying growth opportunities and developing tailored investment
  plans.
• Assess the financial impact of potential opportunities and provide strategic
  recommendations. Develop a deep understanding of how Affiliate strategies can
  drive client business growth and find opportunities for scale.
• Stay updated on rising partnerships and trends in the eCommerce/Affiliate space to
  create diversified and forward‑thinking investment strategies by vertical, publisher
  and media type.
• Manage and track client requests providing accurate and timely feedback.
• Aggregate and analyze data from internal Strategy, Business Analytics, and
  Operations teams to inform overarching strategies and investment decisions.
• Incorporate key factors such as budget, past performance, audience reach,
  opportunity size, and impact to build publisher portfolio recommendations.
• Assist with annual planning, applying client growth goals across multiple brands
  and categories.
• Act as a Commerce specialist within the greater strategy team, integrating efforts
  with media and analytics to drive commerce growth.

Manage team of Investment Planners including oversight of Recruitment/Activation
strategies, ensuring quality and effectiveness of strategies, developing materials

• An analytical attitude with an ability to pull insights from multiple, large data sets
• 5+ years experience or knowledge of the ecommerce & affiliate ecosystem
• Project management experience and ability to multitask
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, and the ability to transmit
  information, ideas, and solutions across different levels of collaborators
• Strong understanding of market consumer trends and marketplace readiness
• Ability to identify, pitch, and close new opportunities with affiliates or partners to
  drive incremental revenue.
• Excellent organizational skills (experience with ticketing systems and project
  management software a plus)

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days a week in office.

CJ is the leader in Performance Marketing. We take pride in our innovative technology, comprehensive data solutions and our people. We equip our teams with advanced tools, training and career development opportunities all to provide modern solutions, strategies and support to deliver high quality results for our clients. We work in an enthusiastic, collaborative team setting that values outstanding performance.

We're a community of creative and passionate problem solvers who go the distance to tackle the tough questions, think creatively, and drive resourceful growth, for our clients—and ourselves. We foster and embody an inclusive and…