Business Development Virtual Assistant – Affiliate Partnerships

CORE PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

To source, contact, pitch, follow-up, and close new direct-to-consumer brands to join our affiliate network, and to get them onboarded into our affiliate system so we can run traffic to them and earn commissions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Research & Prospecting

Identify DTC brands in the UK, US, Europe, Australia with strong affiliate potential

Research founders, CMOs, partnership managers, acquisition directors

Build contact lists via LinkedIn, Apollo, Crunchbase, ---------- , company websites

Pre-qualify brands by:

price points

AOV

conversion potential

paid marketing activity

affiliate presence

competitor affiliate programs

2. Outreach & Engagement

Execute outbound messages via:


Email

LinkedIn

Instagram / Twitter / TikTok where needed

Create personalised scripts + angles

Book calls

Maintain pipeline and CRM (HubSpot or similar)

Daily follow-up until response

3. Pitching & Closing

Confidently explain affiliate marketing

Explain WHY a brand needs an affiliate channel

Present our model:

performance-based model

zero upfront cost

only pay when sale happens

Address objections

Close agreements

Secure onboarding access

4. Onboarding

Get them into:

Everflow / Impact / Awin / ShareASale etc

Ensure tracking is setup

Get full product + commission details

Get promotional assets

Get compliance documentation if required

5. Performance Oversight

Track affiliate sales performance

Communicate data to you weekly

Identify optimisation opportunities

SOFT SKILLS REQUIRED

Confident communicator

Persistent & resilient

Very strong follow-up discipline

Sales-focused thinking

Understands urgency

Has initiative

Can operate independently

HARD SKILLS REQUIRED

Experience with outbound outreach

Experience converting cold leads

Familiar with affiliate marketing (or willing to learn fast)

LinkedIn lead gen


Email outreach tools

CRM management

Proposal pitching

Very good spoken & written English

KPIs

50+ outreach per day

20+ replies per week

5+ scheduled meetings per week

2 signed affiliate partnerships per week

(can be adjusted depending on markets)

TOOLS THEY MUST KNOW / OR WILL LEARN FAST

LinkedIn Sales Navigator

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HubSpot CRM

Google Sheets

Slack

Gmail / Gmass / Instantly.ai / Mailshake

Everflow OR similar