Manager Brand Affiliations

At EpiHelp AB , our mission is to enrich society with a ** social referral network called ** basense which enables ** user generated recommendations** for just about everything . Crowd curation is maximizing ** trustworthiness,** ** outcome orientation** leads the way to quality experiences for users, and a ** shared economy** fosters ** social and economic cohesion.** Most importantly, we ** match people** ** and knowledge** around measurable metrics to guarantee wonderful experiences. Our business model allows ** brands** to ** grow sales** with referrals from ** happy customers , basense ** ambassadors to earn commissions while driving sales, and ** EpiHelp AB** to thrive as community host.

We are seeking a passionate, out of the box thinking Manager Brand Affiliations to grow and manage the brand partnerships with quality providers. This is a critical role for our business model - as it is built on sales commissions. The role is ** equity-compensated** until funding is secured, offering the candidate with strong buy-in, and entrepreneurial spirit a unique high risk | high reward opportunity. We already entered the revenue phase - which is advantageous in fund raising. We expect fundraising to be successful within the coming 6 months.

Tasks

Key Responsibilities:

• **Social Media Brand Campaigns **: manage the affiliate tracking links and / or coupon codes in collaboration with Technology and Commerce, buy the supporting media, monitor accruals and plan distribution and payouts.
• Brand Onboarding : Qualify, plan and execute ** affiliate partnerships with brands and merchants via ** direct contracting and / or ** affiliate networks** starting with launch countries Sweden and Germany.
• Commercial Optimization: Streamline affiliation conditions to our business model, negotiate the usage of technology with brands to perfectly track conversions.
• Co-Design Affiliation Business Cases: E.g. transition from brand related affiliate links to product related links
• **Targeting **: Plan, build, and execute tailored roll-out to target audiences in different regions and verticals.
• **Market Expansion **: Develop affiliation market entry strategies for new regions in interdisciplinary team.
• **Cross-functional team **: Work closely in a team consisting of the technology developers, affiliate system and network providers, and the senior management.
• Commercial Excellence: Maximize user and customer acquisition efficiency, maximize revenue and profit per active user metrics.

Requirements

Key Requirements:

• **Proven Leadership **: Minimum 5 years executive experience in start-up, small or medium sized digital ventures, with a focus on digital marketing, or affiliate marketing in fast scaling, user-centric hybrid (B2C and B2B) business models.
• Brand Affiliation: Proven experience in qualifying, planning, and contracting affiliate partnerships
• **Affiliate Network & System **: Experience in onboarding merchants with direct contracts as well as integrating in external or internal affiliate systems. Ability to specify automated processes for scaling purposes.
• **Commercial Excellence **: Demonstrated success in optimizing commercial metrics like Cost per Installation, Cost per Customer Acquisition, Revenue and Profit per Active User, Conversion and Retention rates, ideally in app-based ecosystems or SaaS environment.
• **Marketing & Sales Integration **: Strong understanding of how marketing and sales processes intersect, with the ability to leverage both to drive commercial success. Setting the structure enabling future growth.
• **Ability to navigate complex sytems **: Be passionate about understanding, navigating, and operating multiple intersecting technology and business layers with multiple stakeholders involved.
• **Entrepreneurial Spirit **: A hands on, outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to endure high-risk, high-reward startup environments that succeed for their unmatched team spirit and will to win.
• **Global Experience **: Experience working in remote, decentralized teams with a global focus, especially in high-growth, tech-driven environments.
• **Educational Background **: Degree in Marketing, Business, Data Science, or related fields, with strong experience in digital marketing, affiliate marketing, or content marketing.
• **Minimum Financial Independence **: at least for the initial period of 3 to 6 months the candidate must have a financial independence as a retainer can only be initiated after the seed round financing has successfully been completed.

Benefits

What We Offer:

• **Unique Opportunity **: Be integral part of the management team driving a highly differentiated and lucrative business model combining a fast-scaling social network, user generated content, and affiliate commissions into a unique recipe for success.
• **Remote and global **: enjoy a 100% remote and international work culture that redefines the work life balance struggle for the better.
• **Compensation **: This role is equity-based, the candidate will acquire company warrants until funding is secured. Switch to retainer | hybrid pay, or payroll after successful seed fund raiser.

We look forward to welcoming you in the team!

Step 1: Initial Meeting with CEO

• **Purpose **: Introduction to the company players, its vision, mission, and strategic goals.
• Overview of EpiHelp AB and the ** basense** app.
• The company's short and long-term goals, especially around growth and scaling.
• Role expectations for the role, focusing on commercial strategy, B2B merchant and B2C user growth, and revenue generation.
• Company culture and current team dynamics.
• Q&A: The candidate’s background, experience, and alignment with the role.

Step 2: Interview with the team

• **Purpose **: Present and discuss the interfaces between tech development and operations, familiarize with development process and the interdependencies.
• Q&A

Step 3: Meet the EpiHelp AB Steering Council

• Purpose: Mutual sanity check on team and business philosophy, and ethics.