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IEC CORP GROUP

Affiliate Marketing Manager

IEC CORP GROUP, Irvine, California, United States, 92713


Job Details

Job LocationCalifornia Irvine IEC - Irvine, CA

Salary Range$70,000.00 - $90,000.00 Salary/year

Job CategoryCorporate

Description

At International Education Corporation (IEC), we understand the transformative power of education and its ability to nurture opportunities, change lives, and help students achieve their dreams. As an employee-owned organization, IEC and our subsidiaries are dedicated to the success of our students, our employees, and the communities we serve. We strive to drive personal and community transformation by empowering students to make a positive and enduring life change. We do this by preparing our students with the knowledge and skills they need both personal and professional to succeed in today's most promising and in-demand career fields.

For over 40 years, we have remained committed to making a positive impact, providing access to quality, short-term vocational and career training programs in high-demand verticals like healthcare, business, technology, skilled trades, criminal justice, and trucking. IEC is the parent company of subsidiaries that do business as United Education Institute (UEI), UEI College, Sage Truck Driving Schools, U.S. Academy and U.S. Colleges, with locations in California, Florida, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, and Washington.

Job Duties and Responsibilities (Please note that this position will report to the Irvine, CA office and is not a remote position)

Position Summary

We are currently seeking an Affiliate Manager to join our Marketing team. In this position, you will be responsible for leading, managing, and executing all Affiliate Marketing Channel activities such as vendor research and onboarding, vendor compliance, vendor management and partnerships, growth strategy, budgeting, forecasting, monthly buys, accruals, invoicing, and optimizations across your affiliate network products to drive lead volume across our campus and program offerings. Your focus is to develop and execute marketing strategies to drive growth and revenue across all IEC properties.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

Manage daily operations of lead buying, management of existing partners, including contracts, implementations, traffic quality and flow, campaigns, performance analysis to achieve the associated ROI and Marketing KPI Goals

Research, identify, and grow new affiliate partnerships and campaigns with quality and scale to expand our reach and support key initiatives as needed

Provide data-driven performance feedback and actionable insights both internally to regionals, and externally to affiliate partners to drive Cost per Start efficiencies, maintaining regular partner meetings

Monitor admissions staff conversion to ensure the quality of leads generated and campus level admissions results meet expectations

Dig into channel data to drive testing, optimization and analysis to identify key levers and opportunities for improvements

Operationalize campaigns by defining program objectives, tactics, targeting, KPIs, budgets, forecasts, and prioritization of initiatives

Ensure that monthly accrual process are compiled correctly and accurately

Monitor and report on portfolio pacing weekly and performance monthly

Develop reporting and insight capabilities and processes to effectively assess progress and opportunities

Special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Key Success Factors

The successful candidate will be accountable for overall affiliate channel performance and lead generation volume for IEC's brands, regions, campuses, and programs

Key Performance Metrics include: Volume of leads, CPL, LER, CPS

Dynamic self-starter, great problem solving skills, and drive to continually improve

Effective communicator who excels at cross-functional collaboration

Highly organized with a strong attention to detail and good follow-through

Commitment to quality, compliance, efficacy and accountability

Demonstrate a proven track record of success with performance based, direct response marketing programs and upward mobility in key areas of responsibility

Education, Experience, and Skillset

3+ years of experience with Affiliate Management and Digital Marketing

Bachelor's degree in Marketing or equivalent business experience

Ability to manage and understand all methods to assess marketing and business goals

A clear understanding of affiliate tracking models, tools, and platforms

Understanding of web-based and/or mobile technology

Data-driven, analytical and highly experienced with Excel

Previous online media buying experience preferred

Experience with API based platforms, integrations, ping-post, lead generation platforms

Excellent communication and organizational skills

We offer an exciting, fast-paced and dynamic work environment. In addition, full-time colleagues have a variety of benefits available that include; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Coverage, a generously matched 401(k) plan, voluntary benefits and much more.

If changing students' lives is also important to you, and you have the qualifications reflected above, we would love to hear from you!