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Publisher Partnerships Manager
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Job Title: Publisher Partnerships Manager
Company: Webgains
Location: Bristol
Job Type: Hybrid
Job Outline
ABOUT YOU
You’re a confident relationship builder with a solid grounding in affiliate marketing. With over a year of hands-on experience in the industry, you’re ready to step up – to take ownership of your role, push boundaries, and shape the way affiliate relationships are managed and grown.
You’re excited by the idea of developing key partnerships, driving innovation in how we work with publishers (aka affiliates), and supporting the Publisher Director to scale the team’s impact. You bring energy, initiative, and a proactive mindset to everything you do — and you’re keen to make this role your own.
About The Role
As Publisher Partnerships Manager, you’ll play a leading role within the Publisher Team, driving growth, innovation, and alignment across our affiliate network. You’ll manage a portfolio of high-potential affiliates, build strong commercial relationships, and act as a trusted source of insight for internal teams and clients alike.
You’ll be a key connection point between affiliates and our Client Services team, working to surface the best opportunities and ensure smooth collaboration across campaigns. From supporting technical queries to championing innovation, your goal is to elevate how we work with affiliates – both in day-to-day delivery and long-term strategic planning.
KEY ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Affiliate Relationship Management
- Build, grow, and retain strong relationships with a portfolio of affiliate partners across a variety of sectors.
- Regularly engage with affiliates to understand their commercial models, platform capabilities, and growth drivers.
- Organise and host weekly Publisher Presents, networking sessions, and workshops to drive visibility and value across the business.
- Actively support recruitment of new, high-quality affiliates into the network – through proactive outreach and ad-hoc requests from across the business.
Team & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Act as a trusted expert on our affiliate partner portfolio, providing insights and guidance to Client Services to ensure that affiliate opportunities are aligned with client campaign needs.
- Collaborate with Account Management to test, trial, and scale affiliate activity across relevant client programmes.
- Support the Publisher Director with driving innovation across team operations, systems, and growth strategy.
- Contribute to affiliate-related events, workshops, and wider business initiatives that promote the partners value.
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Operational & Technical Support
- Respond to inbound platform queries and support affiliates through setup, integration, and performance tracking.
- Troubleshoot issues relating to tracking, platform use, and finance in collaboration with our Integration and Finance teams.
- Own and update internal documentation, guides, and affiliate resources to ensure consistency and knowledge sharing.
Commercial Insight & Network Development
- Use Webgains platform data to deliver actionable insights and performance analysis to affiliates.
- Champion process improvements and suggest ways to optimise how we work with affiliate partners at scale.
- Support the delivery of internal projects and workstreams that align with the Publisher Team’s vision and objectives.
The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
What We’re Looking For
- A confident and strategic communicator with experience in the affiliate industry; preferably experience in managing affiliate relationships.
- Someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and enjoys connecting commercial insight with operational delivery.
- A proactive self-starter, keen to challenge the status quo and take the initiative to drive growth and innovation.
- A team player who’s ready to support leadership and mentor junior team members through knowledge sharing and collaboration.
- A commercially minded individual who enjoys using data to inform strategy and spot opportunities.
Essential Requirements
- 1+ year experience within the affiliate marketing industry (network, publisher, or client side).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organisational and time management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Attention to detail and comfort with technical concepts.
- Ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment and juggle multiple priorities.
- Demonstrable experience of following processes whilst being agile where required.
- The drive to continually improve productivity and quality of work produced.
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Desirable Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Fluent in another European language (preferred Spanish, German, French or Italian)
- Previous experience managing affiliate recruitment or publisher growth strategies.
REWARD & RECOGNITION
We offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, inclusive of:
- Salary: £32,000-£38,000+ bi-annual bonus scheme
- Private medical and dental insurance with Bupa
- Flexible Hybrid 3:2 working policy
- Learning & Personal Development support to help you grow personally and professionally
- Duolingo Premium Membership
- Gym salary sacrifice benefit
- Access to workplace nursery scheme
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Early Finish Fridays
- Two paid volunteering days
- Access to mental health support and therapy
- A living wage employer
- Proud to Be a B Corp
ROLE LOGISTICS
- Working hours: 35 per week
- Working days: Monday – Friday
- Job location: 3 days Bristol/London Office (Mon, Thu, +1 other day), 2 days working from home
APPLY NOW
We encourage you to apply if this role excites you – even if you think you may not meet all the requirements.
At Webgains, we are a people first organisation, and we live by our core values. We are always looking for outstanding individuals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who embody these values.
Webgains embraces equal opportunity in the workplace and in throughout the recruitment processes. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team of passionate and exceptional individuals. We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of your background.
Salary: £32,000 - £38,000
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