Affiliates Lead - Commercial

About us

Hello, we’re Reach. Every day, our trusted news, stories and content connect with millions of people where they live - whether that’s on their social feed or at their neighbourhood newsstand; through their local community or their take on the hot topic of the day.

We're home to more than 120 trusted brands - from household names like the Mirror, Express, Daily Star and Daily Record, to local titles like MyLondon, BelfastLive, and the Manchester Evening News, and brands making a splash in the US like the Irish Star.

It's our ability to understand people and the things that matter to them that makes us the UK and Ireland's largest commercial news publisher. We reach 70% of the UK's online population and speak to over 100 million social followers around the world. And we’re just getting started…

Your story, with Reach

As a modern media organisation, we're much more than just news. And it takes a wide range of people and skills to serve diverse audiences, customers and communities like we do.

We know everyone has their own story to tell, so we’ve built an environment where every background is respected and every day is a day to explore.

We’ll help you build a career that works with your life, while giving you the space to create and grow.

About this role

We are seeking an Affiliates Lead to drive our commercial affiliate initiatives and continue our success into 2025 and beyond. You will be responsible for implementing our affiliate strategy across our portfolio, liaising and negotiating directly with current and prospective partners and advertisers.

Working closely with the Editorial Affiliate teams, you will help achieve our commercial goals and continually evolve our strategy to maintain our competitive edge.

Reporting to the Partnerships Director, you will lead your team with a hands-on approach to achieve quarterly and annual targets, shaping and delivering the commercial affiliate strategy in collaboration with Editorial colleagues.

As the key commercial contact for all affiliate matters, you will develop new relationships, proactively create opportunities, and unlock new revenue streams

What you’ll need to succeed:

To succeed in this role, you’ll have a proven background in leading within the affiliate sector, with a strong record of driving revenue and consistently hitting commercial targets. You’re confident negotiating fixed fees, securing market-leading deals, and building direct relationships with key partners such as networks, brands, and retailers.

Your analytical skills enable you to spot growth opportunities and adapt strategies based on data, while your hands-on leadership inspires teams and helps deliver results alongside both Editorial and Commercial colleagues.

Perhaps you’re already doing this for a lifestyle vertical or specialist publisher and are looking to bring your skills to our range of national titles, including the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and Daily Star.

Experience from a publisher perspective is ideal, but we also welcome applicants from affiliate networks, agencies or retailers looking to make the transition into publishing.

How we'll look after you

We take good care of our people - and that means more than just a pay packet. Whatever your role, you'll get a range of benefits. Here are our standard UK & ROI benefits - please check the specifics out for your role when you apply.

We are offering £60,000 - £64,000 per annum + bonus for the right candidate

• 25 days' holiday (not including bank holidays), plus an extra day after you've been with us for three, five and ten years. We also have a scheme to help you buy extra holiday if you want to.
• An extra day's leave each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you.
• Help saving for your retirement - we'll match your company pension contributions up to 6% and you can contribute through salary sacrifice.
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 assistance programme for you and your family.
• A private healthcare cash plan - giving you money back for a range of medical expenses and fast access to doctor's appointments.
• Bonus scheme - you'll get a stake in our success and a chance to add to your annual earnings.
• Access to lots of discounts - including with Reach's very own online marketplace, Yimbly, where you can buy everything from homewares to beauty products.
• Supportive and progressive people policies - we’re proud to have a range of policies to support people in their lives in and outside work, including enhanced family leave and policies to promote flexibility, inclusion and progression. We believe you shouldn’t have to wait to join us to know what to expect from us, which is why we share this overview of the policies we have in place to support families and carers. If there's something you want to understand more about, just ask.
  
  

Reach plc believes diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why we are committed to being an inclusive employer and encourage applications from all suitable applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.