Influencer & Affiliate Lead

Influencer & Affiliate Lead | Greater Manchester | Online Retail | Competitive Salary + Benefits

Zachary Daniels Recruitment are partnering with a fast growing online retail business to recruit an Influencer & Affiliate Lead. This is an exciting opportunity to join a founder led, digitally driven brand at a pivotal stage of its growth journey.

Operating within a highly entrepreneurial environment, the business has built strong momentum through digital channels and is continuing to invest heavily in customer acquisition, creator partnerships and brand awareness. The Influencer & Affiliate Lead will play a critical role in shaping how the brand acquires customers and scales through influencer, affiliate and creator led activity.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast paced, high growth environment and wants the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a business where ideas move quickly and results matter.

The Role

The Influencer & Affiliate Lead will own and develop the influencer and affiliate strategy, driving customer acquisition, brand awareness and revenue growth across key markets.

This is a hands on role requiring someone equally comfortable building relationships with creators and affiliates as they are analysing performance, reporting on ROI and identifying opportunities to scale.

Working closely with ecommerce, marketing and brand teams, the Influencer & Affiliate Lead will ensure activity aligns with wider commercial objectives while continuously evolving how the business shows up across social and creator channels.

As part of a small but growing team, this role offers significant ownership, autonomy and progression potential.

What You'll Be Doing

Develop and deliver the influencer and affiliate strategy, focused on customer acquisition and revenue growth
Identify, recruit and nurture relationships with high performing influencers, creators and brand advocates
Build and scale affiliate programmes, driving performance, efficiency and return on investment
Manage influencer campaigns from planning and briefing through to execution and reporting
Monitor campaign performance and use data to optimise activity and improve results
Identify emerging creators, trends and opportunities that support brand growth
Work closely with ecommerce and marketing teams to align campaigns with product launches and commercial priorities
Manage budgets across influencer and affiliate channels, ensuring efficient investment and clear ROI
Build reporting frameworks and provide regular insight on performance and opportunities
Develop processes and best practice to support continued growth and scalability
Collaborate with agencies and external partners where required

What We're Looking For

Proven experience within influencer marketing, affiliate marketing or creator partnerships
Strong understanding of how influencer and affiliate activity contributes to customer acquisition and commercial growth
Experience managing creator relationships and performance led campaigns
Commercial mindset with the ability to balance brand awareness and revenue generation
Confident analysing campaign performance and using insight to improve results
Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and stakeholders simultaneously
Comfortable operating within a fast paced, evolving environment
Strong communication and relationship building skills
Hands on, proactive and excited by the opportunity to help scale a growing business

Why Apply

Join a fast growing online retail business with ambitious plans
Opportunity to own and shape a key growth channel
Work within a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment
High levels of autonomy and visibility across the business
Play a key role in the next stage of growth
Competitive salary and benefits packageIf you are an Influencer & Affiliate Lead looking for a role where you can combine creativity, partnerships and commercial impact within a growing online retail business, we would love to hear from you.

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