Affiliate Marketing Manager

  • Starling Bank
  • 04/01/2022
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Starling is a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry.
Starling isn't your average bank. We're on a mission to give everyone in the world a fairer, easier and more human alternative to the banks of the past. We've been voted Britain's Best Bank four years running for doing just that. We want to change people's lives by helping them get to grips with money, from their phone.
Everyone at Starling gets the chance to own interesting things from day one, and we're told one of the best things about working here is the ability to achieve a lot in a short space of time.
We are seeking an Affiliate Marketing Manager to join our Digital Growth team. This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys building relationships with affiliate partners and optimising the campaign performance with the ultimate goal of delivering new customer growth.
If you're interested in making banking better for everyone and have a passion for customer acquisition we want to hear from you.
What you'll be doing:
  • Maintaining relationships with existing affiliate partners.
  • Identifying opportunities with current or potential new affiliate partners.
  • Contract and deal negotiations with current and potential partners, working with Legal where required.
  • Producing copy and assets for affiliate listings and landing pages, working with the copywriters and designers where needed.
  • Carry out testing using qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure the product listings on affiliate sites and the destination landing pages are well optimised.
  • Carry out competitor analysis and regularly review our listing to ensure the content is up to date and the proposition is competitive.
  • Provide analysis on performance on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and proactively suggest and test CRO improvements at every point of the funnel.
  • Implement tagging, tracking and attribution required to measure performance.
  • Work collaboratively with the wider digital team to align with and share learnings with Paid Social, Display, Paid Search and SEO.
Requirements
We're open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. An overview of what would be useful:
  • Experience using Impact or a similar partnership management tool
  • Ability to manage multiple projects at a time
  • You'll know or be willing to learn Markdown and YAML to make landing page updates
  • Experience working with web developers to build website content
  • Proven success writing converting copy
  • Experience using Google Analytics
  • Knowledge of Looker is a bonus but not essential
Benefits
Starling technology works in a hybrid pattern both from home and one of our three offices. We're open to applications from across the UK including fully remote, if you're hybrid our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance to either our London, Southampton or Cardiff office, so that we're able to see each other and collaborate in person too.
Benefits:
  • 25 days holiday (plus public holidays)
  • An extra day's holiday for your birthday, taken a week on either side of the day
  • 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
  • Part-time and/or flexible hours available for most roles
  • Hybrid/remote working
  • Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
  • Generous family-friendly policies
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Varied social groups set up and run by our employees
  • Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a cashback scheme, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, a birthday box and weekly free coffee
  • Access to 'salary sacrifice' benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme
About Us:
Starling is a leading digital bank on a mission to disrupt the banking industry.
Since our launch in 2014, we've surpassed 2 million accounts, including over 350,000 business accounts. Our total deposits, meanwhile, have topped £5 billion and we have lent over £2bn over the same period. We're a fully licensed UK bank, and we have the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive technology company. We've won the Best British Bank award four years running, and now employ over 1500 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff & Dublin offices.
Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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