Influencer Marketing & Affiliate Manager
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Location: 100% Remote (Offshore)
Hours: Full-Time with reliable overlap with US business hours
Reports To: Founder / CEO / Growth Lead
Our cleint is a fast-growing direct-to-consumer (D2C) health and wellness brand dedicated to delivering premium high-impact products to our community. We believe community authenticity and word-of-mouth are our greatest growth levers. We are looking for an ambitious organized builder to spearhead our creator and affiliate engine and scale it into a high-volume revenue channel.
We are seeking an organic growth driver to lead our influencer and affiliate outreach scale our existing network and manage what will become a thriving creator army. This role requires equal parts relational empathy relentless outreach volume and meticulous logistics management. You will be responsible for sourcing creators negotiating partnerships managing product seeding tracking affiliate revenue and ensuring a constant stream of high-quality organic content flows back into our ecosystem.
- Actively scout vet and recruit an ongoing pipeline of influencers UGC creators affiliates and health/wellness advocates who align with our brand values.
- Execute persistent high-volume personalized outreach via Instagram DM email and creator platforms to constantly seed the brand to new audiences.
- Negotiate fair performance-aligned commercial terms whitelisting rights and commission structures with creators of all tiers (nano to macro).
- Manage the end-to-end logistics of our creator program including product seeding contract tracking and custom affiliate link/code generation.
- Build genuine long-term relationships with our top-performing creators to turn one-off postings into long-term brand ambassadorships.
- Act as the main point of contact for our creators ensuring they are educated on product benefits brand guidelines and compliance protocols.
- Analyze and optimize our affiliate and influencer program using platforms like Shopify Refersion Social Snowball or Grin.
- Monitor key metrics including ROI per creator referral revenue and content output volume.
- Collaborate closely with our media buying and creative team to pass winning organic creator content over to be used in paid advertising campaigns.
- D2C Creator Experience: 2 years of dedicated experience managing influencer marketing affiliate networks or brand ambassador programs for a D2C brand. Experience in health and wellness is a massive advantage.
- Relentless Execution: You understand that influencer marketing is a volume and relationship game. You are entirely comfortable managing dozens of conversations simultaneously without losing attention to detail.
- Highly Organized: You love spreadsheets CRM pipelines and automated tracking. You can manage product fulfillment contract tracking and commission payouts seamlessly.
- Flawless Communication: Exceptional written and spoken English skills with the ability to match our brands voicewarm professional and cultural savvywhen pitching creators.