Who Are We? 

Are Media is Australia’s leading omnichannel content company for women. Every day we influence, inform, inspire, and connect with 6 in 10 Australian women across magazine media, digital, video, social, e-commerce, customer review sites, podcasts, events and experiences.  Our brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens, Woman’s Day, marie claire, TV WEEK, New Idea, Now to Love, Australian Gourmet Traveller, BEAUTY/crew and ELLE. Through our Change AREgenda we drive meaningful and positive change for women.

Are Media employs Australia’s best content creation talent and we are proud that our greatest strength is our people. 

Why Are Media?   

Join Australia’s leading content company for women and be part of an inspiring, creative and collaborative team. We offer excellent people programs including:

• A day of leave for your birthday,
• 4 days of volunteering leave each year,
• An inclusive parental leave program that supports all parents, families & carers,
• FREE digital access to all our titles, and
• Our unique Are Media Learning Academy (Digital Academy, Lunch N Learns, Mentoring and much more).    

At Are Media, you'll be in the office four days a week, with one day to work from home. 

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Affiliate, this role will be responsible for scaling affiliate partnerships through educating on and selling our products and packages, identifying and recruiting new clients and optimising existing partnerships.  As the Senior Account Manager you will also mentor, lead and develop a team of sales focused account managers and executives. 

This role focuses on developing and growing commercial partnerships, identifying new brand and retailer opportunities, and delivering performance-driven commerce campaigns. You will manage relationships with key partners, agencies and affiliate platforms, while working closely with content and commercial teams to maximise campaign performance and unlock new revenue opportunities.

This is an ideal role for a commercially minded partnerships or sales professional who enjoys building relationships, identifying opportunities and delivering measurable results in a fast-paced digital media or ecommerce environment.

Duties

• Manage and mentor direct reports, supporting their development in account management, partnerships, and commercial strategy.
• Identify and secure new brand and retail partnerships to drive affiliate and commerce revenue growth
• Meet affiliate channel growth targets, in close collaboration with the wider affiliate team
• Build and manage strong relationships with merchants, agencies and affiliate networks
• Grow existing partnerships and negotiate commission structures and commercial agreements
• Analyse campaign performance and provide insights to partners and internal teams
• Deliver post-campaign reporting and performance updates to merchants
• Collaborate with shopping content, coupons and commercial teams to maximise revenue opportunities
• Contribute to ongoing optimisation of partnership packages and campaign formats
• Ad hoc tasks relating to affiliate, events and partnerships

Skills and experience

• 3+ years in account management, partnerships, or digital media sales
• Demonstrated ability to build and grow commercial relationships with brands or agencies
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to identify and convert revenue opportunities
• Confident presenting proposals and negotiating commercial agreements
• Experience leading junior team members
• Experience in affiliate and ecommerce marketing desired
• Collaborative, data driven and thrives in a fast paced media environment 

Are Media is a proud member of Media Diversity Australia, a not-for-profit organisation working towards a media landscape that looks and sounds like Australia. We are committed to fostering diverse, respectful, collaborative & inclusive workplace. We know & value the success this brings for everyone and we welcome & encourage applications from diverse backgrounds. When you apply, please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. 

Please apply now and send your CV via the link.