Influencer and Affiliate Executive

Affiliate Executive - JD - South Africa Based About Somerce We are a young, lively, and enthusiastic TikTok Shop agency, based in London, with a hybrid working rhythm. Our team is dedicated to helping brands maximise their presence and sales on TikTok. We are passionate about driving growth and innovation in the e-commerce space, and we are seeking an ambitious business affiliate executive to lead on support on managing our clients. **Key Responsibilities**: **Content Production**: - Create and edit innovative TikTok content that aligns with brand tone and objectives - Develop and oversee content calendars and creative direction - Collaborate with content creators and junior team members to ensure consistency and quality Affiliate Management - Outreach, onboard, and lead on all comms for our clients’ affiliates - Manage the affiliate community chats and ideate new competitions/incentives to grow the clients’ Affiliate GMV - Find new ways to keep our affiliates engaged **TikTok Shop Management**: - Oversee day-to-day operations of client TikTok Shops - Manage and optimise product listings, inventory, and promotions Conduct affiliate outreach and monitor affiliate centres for performance and compliance **Strategy & Performance Optimisation**: - Lead strategy development to grow TikTok Shop sales and engagement - Support junior team members in developing understanding of TikTok platform features, trends, and algorithm behaviour - Use performance data to adjust campaigns and strategies for continual improvement - Analyse market trends, competitors, and consumer behaviour to inform insights **Client Management & Communication**: - **Act as a primary contact for key clients, maintaining strong and responsive relationships**: - **Deliver regular performance reports and strategic updates***: **Cross-Team Collaboration**: - Work closely with internal marketing, creative, and affiliate teams to deliver integrated strategies - Collaborate with influencers and external partners to boost visibility and sales Assist leadership in the preparation of high-level updates for internal and external stakeholders **Team & Learning Culture**: - Support Account Executives in learning TikTok Shop mechanics, strategy, and client communication - Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team - Contribute to training and onboarding of junior staff where needed - Participate in team activities and culture-building initiatives **Essential Experience & Skills**: - Ideally 1-3 years’ experience in affiliate marketing, influencer management, or e-commerce - Proven ability to outreach, onboard, and manage affiliates or content creators is desirable - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (client-facing role) Ability to create and manage content calendars and basic editing of TikTok-style video content - Solid skills in data interpretation and performance analysis (using tools like TikTok Shop data centre, spreadsheets, affiliate dashboards) - Highly self-motivated, with a start-up mindset and ability to work autonomously - Comfortable working in a fast-changing, remote team environment - Creative thinker, with a hands-on attitude toward problem-solving and ideation - Strong organisational and time management skills across multiple clients or brands - A natural relationship builder, able to engage creators, clients, and internal stakeholders - Ideally familiarity with tools such as Canva, CapCut - Experience supporting or leading affiliate competitions, incentives, or gamified campaigns - Understanding of e-commerce metrics such as GMV, conversion rate, CTR, and CPA - Based in South Africa, ideally based in Cape Town - Comfortable working in a UK-aligned timezone (SAST / GMT+2) for collaboration - Willingness to occasionally work flexible hours to align with creator/client schedules Benefits - Flexible remote working - Opportunity to grow within a fast-scaling agency - Real exposure to cutting-edge social commerce campaigns - "Work from anywhere" policy for overseas work