Associate Account Director/Account Director, Affiliate Marketing

Location: Houston, Texas; Austin, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Los Angeles, California The Account Specialist, Affiliate Marketing position is a remote, work-from-home role, as are all positions at Acceleration Partners (a structure central to our culture and vision to change the work/life paradigm). Some travel is required for client meetings, internal meetings, conferences, and other events.

The Role:

The Account Director is a critical role at Acceleration Partners that’s ideal for individuals who are excited about growing online brands and delivering exciting and innovative strategies that grow our clients and lead to ongoing success. This role is primarily focused on engaging directly with brands across our client portfolio, delivering the strong growth and outcomes that are expected of us on a consistent basis. This person will be heavily focused on building strong relationships with clients, understanding their business needs, and finding solutions to support them. They will thrive in a fast-paced environment and feel excited as new challenges come their way. They will oversee a portfolio of clients and be responsible for retaining and growing revenue across this group. In addition to delivering excellent outcomes for clients, this person will also be responsible for identifying and closing expansion opportunities for clients and will be called upon to help lead the pitching and winning of new business as a subject matter expert. The Account Director will work closely with our Program Directors to oversee large account teams and will be accountable for ensuring we are delivering outcomes at a high standard and in line with client needs. This person will have a demonstrated track record of embracing relationships, leveraging communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships based on trust and genuine partnership.

Top 5 Job Responsibilities:

• Client Management and Engagement

– Serves as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of clients...

• Strategic Thinking and Implementation

– Develops forward-thinking strategies that wow our clients...

• Market Innovation and Big Picture Thinking

– Stays dialed into the latest industry developments...

• AP Revenue Accountability and Growth

– Shows high accountability for reaching existing revenue targets...

Skills & Expertise:

• Client Management and Engagement
• Strategic Thinking and Implementation
• Market Innovation and Big Picture Thinking
• Revenue Accountability and Growth
• Lead, Coach and Influence teams
• Negotiation skills
• Strategic planning
• Data-oriented decision making
• Presentation skills (delivering compelling presentations...)
• Data Analysis using insights to build strategies
• Affiliate marketing experience (agency or inhouse)
• Understanding of affiliate tracking methodologies (Radius by Impact,...)
• Experience managing revenue targets
• Agency or Client Service environment preferred
• Up-selling & expansion efforts to increase client spend

Technologies & Tools:

• Microsoft Office expertise (required)
• Affiliate tracking platforms such as Radius by Impact & ShareASale
• APVision (proprietary technology suite mentioned)

Soft Skills:

• Enthusiasm for client delivery & engagement
• Commercially astute mindset
• Comfortable working across large teams with mixed accountabilities
• Coaching & leading teams without direct management responsibility
• Self-starter motivated by revenue goals & targets
• Innovative thinker eager to test new things
• Excellent written & oral communication skills
• Accountability meeting deadlines & commitments
• Collaboration & motivation in remote environment
• Confidence & poise in client meetings & difficult situations
• Thrives in fast-paced environments; solution-oriented approach to challenges

Domain Expertise:

• Online marketing knowledge
• E-commerce experience
• Affiliate marketing industry knowledge including trends & publisher models