Affiliate Partnerships Manager, North America
Affiliate Partnerships Manager, North America
About Us:
Have you ever had the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of people in a meaningful way and help them enjoy time away with their friends and families building memories?
That is what we do here at HomeAway, an Expedia Inc. company. We are the leading vacation rental website in the world with more than 2 million properties listed. We have millions of visitors to our site per year and serve more than one million page views per month. Our mission is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through our online marketplace and we’re committed to helping families and friends find the perfect vacation rental to create unforgettable travel experiences together.
The Opportunity:
HomeAway, Inc. is looking for a bright and driven Affiliate Partnerships Manager to scale our North America affiliate programs. The ideal candidate brings a keen commercial focus, is both sales driven and results oriented and is an adept client relationship manager. In this role, you will be responsible for the day to day management of programs and developing relationships with affiliates across our worldwide affiliate marketplace. We will look to you to create performance reports, coordinate banner creative, validate sales and leads, distribute monthly communications, and ensure affiliate best practices are in place.
You can expect a dynamic environment that nurtures and challenges while providing valuable career-building experience. The role is ideal for a highly motivated relationship manager capable of influencing decision makers at all levels prepared to immerse themselves into the commercial dynamics of a successful consumer brand.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and develop mutually beneficial relationships with and manage all aspects of partner interactions
- Monitor the success of each account and maximize profitability by advising on HomeAway’s products and services.
- Maintain basic account infrastructure, including but not limited to: uploading creative, integrating API and creating new program terms.
- Optimize existing partnerships while developing and applying program growth strategies to recruit prospects.
- Help partners integrate our Affiliate APIs and XML feeds.
- Validate all sales and leads.
- Provide monthly reports on account performance and forecasts.
- Monitor, research and report findings on market developments in your region.
- Attend travel conferences in your region to increase your network and promote HomeAway.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3+ years relevant work experience within digital marketing industry
- BA/BS from an accredited college or university.
- Knowledge of specialized internet advertising techniques and both affiliate marketing and search marketing.
- Strong communication, negotiation & reporting skills.
- Proactive, positive and self-motivated with the ability to work without close supervision.
- Knowledge of the online travel industry. Ideally the vacation rental category.
- Fluency in English required. Additional languages are a plus.
Benefits:
-Competitive health and insurance benefits
-Highly competitive salary
-Target annual bonus
-Employee Stock Purchase Plan
-Paid vacation and sick time
-Vacation rental on a yearly basis (taxable benefit)
-Free beverages & snacks
-Frequent company update talks with our leadership team
-Free listing on HomeAway.com
-Stand-up desk
-Casual dress
-Discounted pass for Metro (Rail & Bus)