Client Partnerships Associate

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.

The Associate is crucial in supporting internal account teams across a variety of back-end marketing execution and operational processes. The opportunity is for someone looking to develop their expertise in digital or affiliate marketing, with opportunities for career growth within the organization.

Do these things interest you?

Within the Associate role, there are several tracts available for focus.

Strategy

• Providing account updates to a client’s growing publisher base. Evaluate performance and make recommendations for future investments.
• As part of a client management team, collaborate with cross-departmental teams to identify and troubleshoot complex program management and technical challenges.
• Align with client management team to ensure accurate execution and timeliness of internal and client deliverables
• Use client and network data to tell a story and articulate this story in a clear and impactful manner to clients.

Media Buying

• Recruit, manage and develop publisher relationships on behalf of client by communicating expectations, sharing standard processes, and providing campaign management such as disseminating offers and promotions.
• Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of advertisers’ affiliate investment by building and interpreting program performance data
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with Media Buyers and Planners to implement Media Plans on behalf of clients by managing budget allocation, ensuring implementation of media, coordinating with affiliate publishers, platform enablement etc.
• Build relationships with long-tail publishers to foster long-term success
• Self-led use of CJ technologies/reporting suites, to proactively identify data based publisher fits for clients, aligning audiences to stated client goals.

Operations

• Campaign Execution & Coordination:
  Assist in the execution of affiliate marketing campaigns for a portfolio of clients, including asset management and campaign communication.
• Program Execution:
  Support internal account teams with the execution of standard program operations, including campaign support, payout management, and partnerships.
• Cross-Department
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with internal teams such as Account Management, Media Investment and Technical Support to ensure seamless execution of tasks, timely completion of deliverables, and problem resolution.
• Technology & Tool Management:
  Leverage internal and external marketing platforms & technology to complete campaign execution, tracking, and reporting.

What we look for:

• You have a Bachelor's Degree or related work experience
• You are passionate about providing excellent service to internal and external customers
• You are driven to succeed
• You are a clear and effective communicator
• You are able to work independently and collaborate…