Company Description From helping to invent the affiliate industry, to performance marketing and what comes next, we've earned a reputation for maintaining the largest, most reliable partnership-based platform and sterling service with a personal touch.
With over 27 years of experience and 1,000+ associates across 7 different countries, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) is the most trusted and established name in performance marketing.
We specialize in cultivating partnerships between top brands and trusted publishers to help them drive revenue and grow their businesses. CJ's industry-leading solutions and services are what makes our innovative marketing technology ("martech") the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across all industries including retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services. As part of Publicis Groupe, our data capabilities, future-focused tech, and strategic expertise power meaningful connections so brands can reach consumers wherever they are.
We take just as much pride in our innovative technology and comprehensive data as we do in the expertise and dedication of our people. Our collaborative teams are equipped with advanced tools, training, and career development opportunities in order to provide our clients with cutting edge solutions, strategies, and support that drive meaningful results. In an industry with much uncharted territory, our people are a trusted a steady hand.
So, what is Affiliate Marketing?
Think about the last time you bought something online. Maybe your favorite influencer shared a product that caught your eye with a coupon to help save you some cash, or perhaps you already knew what you wanted to buy, but there were so many options that you needed help from a trusted review site. However you finally made your purchase, chances are you interacted with affiliate publishers along the way-whether they influenced you, provided helpful information, or made sure you got the best price, CJ provides the performance marketing platform that connects brands with publishers to create valuable resources frequently used by shoppers such as yourself.
Here's why you'll love working here.
In addition to competitive salaries, 401K matching, wellness reimbursement programs, life insurance, comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, we also offer
• Flexible time off, no accrual necessary
• Generous amount of paid holidays
• Company-sponsored team building events
• Employee Referral Program
• Annual recognition awards
• Flexible work arrangements
• Parental bonding leave
• Back-up child/elder care
• Employee discount program
• International SOS program
• Business Resource Groups- these employee-led groups join together around common interests, backgrounds, or demographic factors to help build an engaging, inclusive work environment for all.
just to name a few of our great perks.
Responsibilities What you will do:
- Consult and optimize verticalized portfolio, analyzing network data to provide recommendations, identify new opportunities for publishers, and recruitment/activation opportunities
- Build and maintain strong relationships with affiliate partners, ensuring clear communication about goals, performance, and deliverables
- Establish processes with partnerships to scale media buying operations, recruitment and media execution overseeing multiple team members to activate advertiser media campaigns and recruitment/activation initiatives
- Negotiate rates and placements with media vendors, publishers, and affiliate networks to secure cost-effective inventory
- Identify and develop emerging partnerships - scaling education and adoption of partnership offerings across network
- Ensure smooth and timely execution of media buying operations include accurate management of media queues accountable to maximizing advertiser budgets against performance and brand objectives
- Develop and inform network processes to scale media enablement for emerging channel opportunities including CLO, CTV, Retail Media and more
- n managing budgets, optimizing campaigns against performance objectives, and achieving revenue growth.
Qualifications What we look for:
- +5 years negotiating bulk media buys, developing strategic partnerships, and performance-based agreements (such as iCPA, CPC, CPM)
- Strong relationship-building skills with an established network of publishers, affiliate partners, and media vendors.
- Ability to identify, pitch, and close new opportunities with affiliates or partners to drive incremental revenue.
- Skilled at presenting compelling business cases and value propositions to internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success in managing budgets, optimizing campaigns against performance objectives, and achieving revenue growth.
Additional Information CJ is the leader in Performance Marketing. We take pride in our innovative technology, comprehensive data solutions and our people. We equip our teams with advanced tools, training and career development opportunities all to provide cutting edge solutions, strategies and support to deliver high quality results for our clients. We work in an energetic, results-oriented, collaborative, team environment that recognizes exceptional performance. As we evolve and grow as a business, so do you.
We're a community of creative and passionate problem solvers who go the distance to tackle the tough questions, think outside the box, and drive intelligent growth, for our clients-and ourselves. We foster and embody an inclusive and collaborative culture where diverse perspectives are sought, relationships are valued, and people feel accepted with a sense of belonging in expressing themselves authentically. We pride ourselves in having a workplace environment that values both work and play. Business Resource Groups, Fun team outings, office events, and flexible time off mean a work life balance with colleagues that turn into lifelong friends.
Conditions of Employment All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of certain background checks which unless prohibited by applicable law may include criminal history checks, employment verification, education verification, drug screens, credit checks, DMV checks (for driving positions only) and fingerprinting.
Great People Deserve Great Benefits We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $73,910.00 - $111,320.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will
pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based
on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the
Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our
freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria
have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been
met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The
Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 6/10/25.