Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. iHerb is on a mission to make health and wellness accessible to all, and they are seeking an Affiliate Marketing Specialist - International to support their global affiliate and referral marketing programs. This role involves managing day-to-day affiliate program implementation, driving customer acquisition, and collaborating with international teams to optimize affiliate marketing efforts.
Responsibilities
• Support the execution and day-to-day management of iHerb’s global affiliate, content, influencer programs, and special projects to help drive customer acquisition and revenue growth
• Execute new affiliate discovery strategy and recruitment outreach, dormant affiliate activation, and existing affiliate optimization efforts for the iHerb affiliate programs
• Assist with affiliate onboarding and recruitment efforts through proactive outreach, prospecting, and onboarding, ensuring proper tracking implementation, and providing relationship support for partners across key international markets
• Create and disseminate affiliate newsletters, promotional communications, and campaign updates aligned with the global promotional calendar across affiliate networks and via email
• Implement affiliate commission changes, schedule bonuses, create tracking links, facilitate promotional assets across affiliate platforms, including Partnerize, Impact, Awin, and CJ
• Collect screenshots of all promotional placements, creating campaign recap decks for internal stakeholders
• Coordinate with the creative team and marketing operations teams to align with the existing promotional calendar, ensuring affiliate campaigns, promotions, and assets are launched accurately and distributed on schedule
• Monitor affiliate program activity, analyze the incrementality and performance of promotional placements, and identify opportunities for optimization, escalation, or follow-up support
• Prepare recurring reports on affiliate program and publisher performance, campaign activity, and partner engagement for internal stakeholders
• Maintain organized documentation of affiliate communications, recruitment pipelines, commission structures, and implementation processes
• Collaborate with International Affiliate Managers and International teams to support localized affiliate campaigns and market-specific initiatives
• Evaluate and propose strategic recommendations to grow the affiliate channel by international market
• Review TM+ violations and communicate with partners on the removal of paid search ads
Skills
• Proven experience in affiliate marketing, performance partnerships, influencer marketing, referral marketing, or digital marketing experience, preferably in ecommerce or agency environments
• Experience supporting affiliate marketing programs using platforms such as Partnerize, Impact, CJ, or Awin
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, experienced in digital marketing execution, and passionate about driving global affiliate program expansion
• Strong organizational and project management skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Comfortable managing multiple projects, timelines, and recurring operational tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Experience creating affiliate communications, including newsletters, outreach emails, and promotional updates
• Familiarity with affiliate tracking links, commission structures, and campaign implementation processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally and across international markets and different cultures
• Both a strong strategic thinker, with the ability to translate quantitative and qualitative data/insights into strong marketing strategies, and a highly organized 'doer,' with a data-driven mentality and a bias towards action
• Analytical mindset with the ability to review and analyze campaign performance data, identify trends or issues
• Experience in growth-stage ecommerce company, affiliate marketing agency, or digital marketing agency highly preferred
• Customer-oriented and hyper-analytical, with a positive, entrepreneurial spirit
• Professional-working proficiency or native proficiency in any major global language
• Preferred languages include: Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese, with opportunity for additional global language options available
• Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred
• Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with experience analyzing data and creating detailed reports. Familiarity with data functions, pivot tables, and advanced formulas is preferred
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
Benefits
• Employees (and their families) that meet eligibility crit