Retail and Luxury Affiliates Lead

Your team: Situated within News UK’s commercial department, the eCommerce Team focuses on driving revenue through expertise, thought leadership, and innovation while creating the foundations for future revenue streams. You will report into the Head of Affiliates and Partnerships and work closely with individuals from the team as well as key stakeholders from our broadcasting businesses.

Your role: As the Retail and Luxury Affiliates Lead, you will manage strategic affiliate opportunities and partnerships within the retail and luxury sector. This position focuses on driving commercial relationships and identifying opportunities that deliver high-impact results for News UK. Bringing an analytical mindset and a collaborative approach, you will build great ideas alongside clients and partners to help grow and drive our overarching partnership strategy.

Day to day you will:

• Act as the primary point of contact for affiliate networks, tech partners, and direct retail partners to secure exclusive rates, tenancies, and "first-to-market" opportunities for retail categories and luxury.

• Review contractual agreements and consult with legal teams to ensure full adherence to industry regulations.

• Drive the tenancy revenue and meet performance targets within the retail and luxury vertical.

• Develop the affiliate and partnerships growth strategy across retail and luxury, executing departmental plans alongside the Head of Affiliates and Partnerships.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, marketing, commercial tech, and editorial, to create and maintain a strong affiliate offering.

• Analyse partnership performance data to provide insights for content optimisation and commercial strategy.

• Negotiate commercial terms with partners using data-backed insights on underlying economic metrics.

• Identify, research, and make recommendations on new business partnerships and opportunities for News UK.

• Deliver robust reporting and accountability detailing revenue forecasting on a monthly basis.

• Use data-driven insights to monitor Earnings Per Click (EPC), conversion rates, and average order values, pivoting strategy based on real-time performance.

What we're looking for from you:

• Clear communication and presentation skills, with the ability to confidently convey concepts and add measurable value to commercial partnerships.

• Deep understanding of the affiliate marketing industry, including current commercial trends and platform best practices.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the luxury and retail industry landscape.

• Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to navigate tools like Google Analytics or Looker to track user journeys and evaluate partnership metrics.

• Creative thinking paired with excellent organizational skills to handle multiple project timelines efficiently.

• Professional background in managing an affiliate portfolio, partnership building, or collaborative business development.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

At News UK, we embrace a hybrid work model, currently requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office. This approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and team spirit within our workspace. Certain roles may necessitate additional in-office days; please discuss this with your recruiter for specific requirements.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions

• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly in person/ virtual exercise classes

• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme

• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks

• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities

• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling

• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%

• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.