Affiliate Marketing Manager- Korea/ Japan

Job Summary :

The Manager, International Affiliate Marketing role is a strategic position that will manage iHerb’s global affiliate and referral marketing programs, working cross-functionally with our international teams, product teams, marketing operations and strategic partnerships teams.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for driving international affiliate program expansion, business development, ecommerce growth and global online marketing, with bilingual abilities.

Preferred languages include : Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, with opportunity for additional global language options available.

Job Expectations :

• Manage iHerb’s global performance commission-based affiliate, content, and influencer programs to drive new and existing customer acquisition and growth.
• Lead new affiliate discovery and recruitment, dormant affiliate activation, and existing affiliate optimization efforts for the iHerb affiliate programs, specializing in key international markets.
• Execute and implement the global affiliate partner recruitment and optimization strategy, as well as onboarding new platforms for global expansion.
• Implement the strategic account plan for designated international markets to drive ongoing growth of existing partnerships and increase international brand awareness.
• Build and maintain strong long term affiliate partnerships.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for affiliate marketing and act as a resource to our international marketing teams to deepen market penetration of our performance affiliate business.
• Forecast and track key metrics, prepare reports on program and publisher performance, and communicate the progress of monthly / quarterly initiatives to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product and IT teams on integration and new feature development across owned and licensed referral platforms.

Proprietary customer referral platform, as well as Partnerize, Impact, Awin, and CJ).

• Evaluate and propose strategic recommendations for paid media to grow the affiliate channel by international market, reporting on opportunity performance and learnings from each campaign.
• Work closely with marketing operations and creative services teams to align with existing promotional calendar, as well as development of channel-specific creative and promotions.
• Monitor the incrementality of the affiliate channel for assigned markets, providing reporting to senior management, and adapting strategy to maximize impact of marketing investment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Required :

• 2+ years of affiliate, performance partnerships and / or customer referral program experience in DTC ecommerce, with a focus on international markets.
• 5+ years of experience in digital marketing.
• Experience in growth-stage ecommerce company, affiliate marketing agency, or digital marketing agency highly preferred
• Both a strong strategic thinker, with the ability to translate quantitative and qualitative data / insights into strong marketing strategies, and a highly organized doer, with a data-driven mentality and a bias towards action
• Customer-oriented and hyper-analytical, with a positive, entrepreneurial spirit.
• Proven track record managing and growing international affiliate programs in global networks (Partnerize, Awin, CJ, Impact)
• Strong understanding of the international affiliate landscape
• Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven strategic recommendations
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and across different cultures
• Bilingual professional-working proficiency or native proficiency and advanced cultural understanding of a key international market

Preferred :

• We welcome candidates with professional-working proficiency or native proficiency in any major global language
• Preferred languages include : Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, with opportunity for additional global language options available.

Equipment Knowledge :

• Deep knowledge and experience with top affiliate marketing platforms, including Partnerize, Impact, Commission Junction, and Awin.
• Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with experience analyzing data and creating detailed reports. Familiarity with data functions, pivot tables, and advanced formulas is preferred.

Experience Requirements :

Generally requires a minimum of five (5) plus years of digital marketing, CRM, retention, and / or marketing operations experience, preferably in DTC ecommerce or digital agency environment.

Education Requirements :

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred.

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The anticipated pay scale for this position can be found below, however the pay range applicable to you may vary by geographic location based on where the job is located or where you work.

The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry, education, etc.

iHerb, LLC is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations.

Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility criteria as outlined in applicable plan documents are eligible to participate in our medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance programs and may enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan.

Employees will also be eligible for Time Off and Paid Sick Leave pursuant to the company’s policies. Employees will enjoy paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

Eligibility requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents.

Hired applicant may be awarded Restrict Stock Units and receive annual bonuses pursuant to eligibility and performance criteria defined in the respective plan documents and policies.

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Anticipated Pay Scale :

$77,234 $147,466 USD