About the Role:
MG OMD are looking for an Affiliate Manager to join the growing team of affiliate and lead generation specialists working across a varied roster of clients including Nissan, Specsavers, Intuit QuickBooks, Renault and Odeon.
This role will be responsible for the management of the Halfords affiliate programme, working closely alongside the other channel disciplines to deliver a best-in-class media activity. The primary function is to oversee the delivery of always-on and seasonal campaigns, reporting and planning within the affiliate and lead generation channels.
As an Affiliate Manager at MG OMD, you will be responsible for championing excellence in affiliate programme activation for your clients and managing your junior team members.
Working alongside cross channel teams, your day to day will involve collaboration across the Omnicom group; including planning, analytics and finance.
The Affiliate Manager holds a key role within the team; responsible for the strategic planning and buying of affiliate activity for halfords, supported by a wider team spanning two Omnicom agencies, MG OMD and Hearts & Science business – working alongside peers across numerous verticals including retail, finance, automotive and travel.
This role will appeal to someone who is passionate about the future of our industry and loves working with big, exciting cultural brands. We are looking for someone who is experienced and knowledgeable leading large clients across performance media channels, as we pioneer a sustainable; privacy-centric approach to media planning and buying.
As an individual with a demonstratable passion for affiliate marketing, you will be responsible for:
- The development and continuing improvement of your client’s affiliate programme through high quality day-to-day management and leadership.
- Owning the processes and delivery of key affiliate management including reporting, status calls and quarterly business reviews, and aligning activity, budget, and strategy with wider media channels.
- Pushing the wider team forward with knowledge on key industry and agency tools, processes and analytics and using them to the benefit of our clients.
- Growing and maintaining close relationships with top industry publishers and seeking out opportunities with new partners.
- Striving for high-quality and accuracy across all deliverables, both internal and client facing for yourself and your team.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work successfully independently.
- Excellent organisation & strong attention to detail.
- Proficient user of MS Office and industry tools.
- Demonstrable experience of end-to-end affiliate and lead generation campaign management.
- Solid understanding of affiliate marketing trends.
- High level understanding of affiliate marketing and how this feeds into the wider media mix.
- Working knowledge of major affiliate networks and lead management platforms.
- Proven experience in a management or mentorship role.
You will be a strong relationship builder with experience of working with clients, networks, and publishers across markets and verticals, with a focus on retail.
The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of affiliate marketing experience.
About the Agency:
MG OMD was established in 1990 as a challenger media agency (Manning Gottlieb Media) that placed craft, trust and performance at the heart of media planning and buying.
Since joining Omnicom network’s OMG (Omnicom Media Group) in 1998, we have continued to retain our founding ethos of providing clients with bespoke approaches, unprecedented insight, specialism, security and transparency; helping our clients to use media to unlock their competitive advantage and deliver innovative, effective and award-winning work and campaigns that create difference that matters.
MG OMD is the second-largest media agency in the UK. We are the most awarded media agency in both the history of the IPA Effectiveness Awards and Thinkbox’s TV Planning Awards and have this year been named as Agency of the Year in The Media Leader UK awards, Campaign Global awards and Campaign UK awards.
With over 500 employees working across some of the UK’s leading brands including the John Lewis Partnership, Virgin Media O2, British Airways, Specsavers, HM Government, LNER, Sony Pictures and Age UK; it is our people who ultimately make the award-winning difference.
So, true to our ethos, we work hard at creating a spirit and atmosphere that inspires our people to be considerate, honest, and professional whilst also being stimulating, imaginative and inspirational.
We want people who are great to work with, fun to be with and who genuinely care; about each other, our clients, our media partners and doing great work.
In return, we provide an amazingly collaborative culture, where open communication and an unwavering commitment to diversity of thinking, diversity of background and diversity of skillsets runs through everything we do. All backed up by the highest standards of training, development and support in the industry; so much so, that we have attained IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) CPD Gold Accreditation for the 13th year running and maintained our CPD Platinum Accreditation for the 7th consecutive year, showcasing our commitment to continuous professional development. We were also featured in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2023 and 2024. Our being named is completely based on the opinions and perspectives of our employees which makes the accolade all that more special.
Flexible Working
At Omnicom Media Group, we are committed to supporting flexibility for our people while fostering collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. We have a hybrid working model (three days in the office, two working remotely), to ensure that we meet the needs of both our people and our business, balancing the benefits of in-person connections with the flexibility of remote working. Our standard working hours are 9:30 – 17:30, but we offer the ability to flex around core hours of 10:30 – 16:30 to give our people flexibility on how they manage their working day, whether that’s in the office or working remotely. For example, you could start work at 8:30 and finish at 16:30 or start at 10:30 and finish at 18:30.
We encourage open conversations between our people and managers to help navigate high-need periods and individual circumstances. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel genuinely supported to do their best - both in their careers and in their lives outside of work.
Be Your Best
We want everyone to make the most of the opportunity to shine and showcase your talents and we are happy to make adjustments in the recruitment process so you can be your best. Please discuss any specific requirements with your dedicated Talent Team member or if you would feel more comfortable, you can email us confidentially at [email protected] to let us know how we can support you.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at OMG
At OMG, our vision is to be an agency where difference is valued and everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and belonging. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment that reflects today’s society, where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, and where diverse voices and backgrounds are valued, heard, and well-represented.
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What We Do
OMG UK delivers transformational experiences for consumers, clients and talent. Powered by the Omni marketing orchestration system, OMG connects best-in-class capabilities that enable our full-service media agencies OMD, MG OMD, PHD and Hearts & Science to deliver more relevant and actionable consumer experiences, more productive and proactive client experiences, and more collaborative and rewarding talent experiences. We are enormously proud of our Agency and Network of the Year accolades, including most recently, PHD named Adweek’s Global Media Agency of the Year, MG OMD named Thinkbox TV Planning Agency of the Year, and OMG Unite named Media Agency of the Year at the Leadership and Diversity Awards. We are committed to providing a truly inclusive environment where everyone is able to bring their true selves to work, diverse voices and minority communities are valued, heard and well represented, and where everyone is able to thrive in a culture of equality, inclusion and fairness.
