Job Description

Affiliate Marketing Executive
Department: Marketing
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Cardiff
Description
Hybrid: 2 days per week in-office
About us
In 2002, we became the first insurance comparison site. Our purpose? To make the process of sorting your insurance, utilities or personal finances as easy as possible.
We're part of RVU. A group of online brands that include Uswitch, Tempcover and money.co.uk. As a group, we use our shared knowledge to empower people, and help them make decisions confidently across a range of household services.
Confused.com is at the cutting edge of the FinTech industry, so we're always looking for extraordinary talent. If you love what you do, get in touch today!
What's the role?
An exciting opportunity has come up in the Affiliates team at Confused.com.
We're looking for an Affiliate Marketing Executive who is passionate about finding new partners to promote Confused.com, making more customers aware of the great deals that we offer. You'll work with our in-house affiliate team and agency to identify and negotiate deals with websites and apps to drive traffic to Confused.com.
What you'll be doing:

• Reaching out to new partners for a range of insurance products.
• Working with the existing members of the affiliate team to formulate strategies for growth.
• Ensuring all campaigns deliver against our targeted budgets, taking into consideration revenue, spend and ROI
• Working with other teams within the Marketing department to come up with new and creative ways of improving performance. This includes landing pages, messaging, and ways to help our customers.
• Assisting with invoice processing and monthly spend reports.
• Updating monthly performance data for our affiliate partners.
• Using data to identify new and existing opportunities to drive increased levels of profit and revenue for the business.
• Optimising existing partnerships with A/B testing of offers, copy and creative as well as reporting on their performance.

What we're looking for

• Previous experience on affiliate marketing campaigns in a fast-paced environment
• An analytical background with the ability to manipulate data into actionable insights, as well as a solid understanding of budgets and ROI
• Confidence in speaking to agencies and partners in a range of activities including product updates, account changes and negotiations
• Techniques on how to approach new partners and work within a set budget to get maximum return on investment
• Proactive attitude with lots of enthusiasm, personality and commitment
• A strong and confident communicator, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines and manage multiple products and campaigns simultaneously
• A genuine team player with an ability to build relationships within all levels of the business
• Good judgement and problem solving skills
• Someone who strives for continuous improvement

Desirables:

• Knowledge of other areas of marketing such as PPC, SEO or Email

You don't need to tick off everything on this list - so don't let that hold you back from applying. We want to make sure you're learning plenty during your time with us!
Our commitment to you:
At RVU, we are dedicated to developing valuable, inclusive, and user-friendly products and services that deliver positive outcomes for all of our customers. To achieve this it's essential that our teams reflect the diverse range of people in our community. We believe in being the change we wish to see in the world, by embracing our differences and holding ourselves accountable to being open and inclusive teammates and wider community members.
What we offer
We want to give you a great work environment, support your growth both personally and professionally, and provide benefits that make your time at RVU even more enjoyable. Here are some of the benefits you can look forward to:

• 10% discretionary yearly bonus and yearly pay reviews (based on RVU and personal performance)
• A hybrid working approach with 2 in-office days per week and up to 22 working days per year to "work from anywhere"
• Employer matching pension contributions up to 7.5%
• A one-off 300 "Work from Home" budget to help contribute towards a great work environment at home
• Excellent maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave policy, for those key moments in your life
• 25 days holiday (increasing to 30 days) + 2 days "My Time" per year
• Private medical cover, critical illness cover , dental plans and employee assistance programme
• Free gym access
• Employee discounts programme
• A healthy learning and training budget to support your development
• Electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes
• Regular events - from team socials to company-wide events with insightful external speakers, we want to make sure our colleagues continue to feel connected

*As a tech company who strives to get better every day, we use Metaview during the interview processes for note taking purposes. This records and transcribes interviews so the interviewer can fully focus on your conversation, rather than writing. This has no bearing on the assessment of you as a candidate and you can opt out at any time. Just let us know.

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