Investment Media Planner, Affliliate Marketing

Company Description

Welcome to Our World We’ve been leading the charge in the affiliate industry from day one—establishing performance marketing and paving the way for future innovations. We're known for maintaining one of the largest, most reliable partnership platforms with impeccable, personalized service.Founded in Santa Barbara, California in 1998, CJ (formerly Commission Junction) stands as the most trusted name in performance marketing. We specialize in building partnerships between top brands and reputable publishers to drive revenue and business growth. CJ’s industry-leading solutions make us the platform of choice for over 3,800 global brands across sectors like retail, travel, finance, technology, and home services. As part of Publicis Groupe, our savvy data capabilities, cutting‑edge tech, and strategic expertise facilitate genuine connections, allowing brands to reach consumers wherever they are.
A Quick Peek at Affiliate Marketing Think back to your last online purchase. Did an influencer tip you off about a great product and offer a discount? Or perhaps you relied on a trusted review site to make your decision? Whatever path you took, affiliate publishers likely played a role by influencing, informing, or helping you find the best deal. CJ connects brands with these publishers, creating valuable resources for shoppers like you.
Job Description

Investment Planners play a key role in supporting CJ's Client Investment team. Investment Planners are critical to developing and delivering strategic affiliate plans that align with clients' business objectives. They focus on leveraging data-driven insights, optimizing partnerships, and ensuring the effectiveness of affiliate programs to drive measurable results for advertisers.
Responsibilities

Create comprehensive investment plans aligned with client KPIs, budgets, and goals. Collaborating with client strategy teams to address the eCommerce/Affiliate landscape, identifying growth opportunities and developing tailored investment plans.
Assess the financial impact of potential opportunities and provide strategic recommendations. Develop a deep understanding of how Affiliate strategies can drive client business growth and identify opportunities for scale.
Stay updated on rising partnerships and trends in the eCommerce/Affiliate space to create diversified and forward-thinking investment strategies by vertical, publisher and media type.
Manage and track day-to-day client requests providing accurate and timely feedback.
Aggregate and analyze data from internal Strategy, Business Analytics, and Operations teams to inform overarching strategies and investment decisions. Incorporate key factors such as budget, past performance, audience reach, opportunity size, and impact to build publisher portfolio recommendations.
Assist with annual planning, applying client growth goals across multiple brands and categories.
Act as a Commerce specialist within the greater strategy team, integrating efforts with media and analytics to drive commerce growth.
Qualifications

An analytical mindset with an ability to pull insights from multiple, large data sets.
Bachelor's Degree or related work experience and minimum of 2 years’ experience in the online marketing industry-ideally digital performance marketing.
Project management experience and ability to multitask.
Excellent presentation and communication skills, and the ability to transmit information, ideas, and solutions across different levels of stakeholders.
Strong understanding of market consumer trends and marketplace readiness.
Ability to identify, pitch, and close new opportunities with affiliates or partners to drive incremental revenue.
Excellent organizational skills (experience with ticketing systems and project management software a plus).
You are respectful to varying opinions and perspectives.
Benefits

Flexible time off without the hassle of accrual
A generous number of paid holidays
Company-sponsored team-building events
An Employee Referral Program
Annual recognition awards
Hybrid work arrangements for optimal work-life balance
Parental bonding leave
Backup care options for children and elders
An employee discount program
International SOS program for global support
Business Resource Groups, where employees connect over shared interests to cultivate an engaging, inclusive environment
Compensation Range: $60,800 - $89,600 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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