A search built around your business
We clarify the responsibilities, experience, compensation, and support the role needs—then source through job postings, our network, and referrals.
East 5th Avenue · Affiliate recruiting specialists
Find someone who can build partner relationships, follow through on opportunities, and stay accountable to the numbers. We handle the search and screening, so you can focus on choosing the right person for your business.
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What you get
By the time you meet a candidate, we’ve reviewed their background, interviewed them, and assessed how they approach the work. You get the context to ask better questions and make an informed choice.
We clarify the responsibilities, experience, compensation, and support the role needs—then source through job postings, our network, and referrals.
A focused starting shortlist of people who have completed our screening, with candidate profiles, assessment feedback, and context on their strengths.
We evaluate communication, attention to detail, working style, and affiliate marketing knowledge—and explain what the findings mean for your role.
Typically two to three weeks after your onboarding questionnaire is complete. Senior or specialized searches can take longer.
Client results
“You made it easy by pre-screening everyone, running the personality tests and sending me qualified candidates to interview.”
Mike Westerdal“Easily the easiest hire I've had in my tenure as a CMO... and one of the most valuable.”
Casey Stanton“Our new affiliate manager, Oksana has been an AMAZING fit! She’s so enthusiastic and amazing to work with.”
Charles GregoryMind Movies and Flight Club Co-Founder
Recruit & Train client testimonial
Why our screening is different
Agency work and affiliate manager training gave us a close view of what strong performance looks like. We used that experience to build a more specific way to assess candidates.
We put managers across the performance range—from the top 5% to average and weaker performers—through dozens of assessments. We wanted to understand which measurable traits distinguished the strongest people in the role.
Many tests showed no consistent pattern, including some we expected to be useful. Then two Kolbe profile types stood out.
Today, we combine those findings with numerous personality profiles, interviews, and tests of attention to detail, communication, and professional knowledge. We assess the whole candidate against your role—not a profile in isolation.
Our recruiting process

We begin with your business model, channel maturity, goals, budget, and team. Together, we clarify the experience and working style the role needs.

We look within our affiliate network and beyond it, targeting candidates who match your brief instead of sending a pile of résumés.

Interviews, role-specific assessments, and practical questions help us evaluate communication, commercial judgment, and the ability to execute.

Meet three pre-qualified candidates, review our assessment feedback, and conduct your final interviews. You choose who to hire and make the offer.

Align on expectations, reporting, and onboarding. We can also discuss Affiliate Accelerator training for the person you hire.
Candidate capabilities
The role calls for someone who can build rapport while keeping a busy partner pipeline moving. Our screening looks at how a candidate works day to day: how they manage competing demands, retain the details of each relationship, and consistently follow through.
We look for people who make connections naturally and keep their commitments. They remember the details, follow up at the right time, and turn a promising conversation into a productive working relationship.
Affiliate managers move between outreach, negotiations, campaign updates, and reporting throughout the day. We assess how candidates prioritize, switch between tasks, and keep each partner’s next step clear without letting details slip.
Our interviews, practical assessments, and numerous personality profiles help us understand how someone approaches the work. We draw on patterns from hiring and training affiliate managers to assess whether that approach fits the pace, responsibilities, and support available in your business.
Can they identify relevant partners, tailor their outreach, negotiate workable terms, and move a relationship from the first conversation to an active campaign?
Can they evaluate an offer, discuss conversion rates, commissions, refunds, and acquisition costs, and recognize whether a partnership makes commercial sense?
Can they keep an accurate pipeline, track commitments and campaign performance, and explain what needs attention? We look for clear reporting and a reliable system for following through.
Can they represent your business professionally, adapt to different partners, and handle difficult conversations? We assess how they set expectations, resolve misunderstandings, and protect the relationship while keeping business goals in view.

Training after the hire
Affiliate Accelerator gives new and developing managers a structured foundation in partner outreach, deal-making, reporting, and program management. Recruiting and training can be combined. We’ll confirm the training included in your package before you commit; your team handles company onboarding and day-to-day management.
Explore certification ↗Start with a useful brief
Your offer, existing partners, tracking platform, and the gaps limiting performance.
Seniority, responsibilities, budget, reporting line, and what success should look like.
The priorities your new manager should own, from partner activation to reporting and operating rhythm.
Recruiting inquiries
Tell us where your program stands and what you need the person to own. We’ll discuss the right level of experience, your hiring priorities, and the scope and fee before starting a search.
Book a 15-Minute CallRecruiting FAQs
We help with both. The right hire depends on where your program is today and how much support you can give them. If you need someone to lead the channel, we look for that experience. If you have room to develop someone, we can find a strong candidate and help train them. We work through that with you before starting the search.
We help define the role, write and place job posts, reach out to our network, review applications, and interview and assess candidates. You get a shortlist of people who have already been through our screening, along with their profiles and our feedback. Your time goes toward meeting the finalists and deciding who fits your business.
We look at their experience, how they communicate, their attention to detail, and how they approach the work. That includes video interviews, role-specific assessments, and numerous personality profiles. We use what we’ve learned from hiring and training hundreds of affiliate managers to help you evaluate the fit. No single test makes the decision for us.
Typically, you’ll start seeing pre-qualified candidates two to three weeks after completing your onboarding questionnaire. We need time to find people, interview them, and complete the assessments. Senior or specialized roles can take longer. Once we send candidates over, quick feedback from your team helps keep the search moving.
We usually start with three pre-qualified candidates. You get their profiles and our feedback, then meet them for your final interviews. You make the hiring decision and the offer. We help you narrow the search so you can spend your time getting to know the people who could actually work for your company.
We need a clear picture of the role, your budget, and feedback as you meet candidates. You handle the final interviews, offer, employment paperwork, and onboarding. You also need someone who will manage the hire day to day. We help you find and train the person; your team gives them the direction, access, and support to do the job.
Yes. We can pair recruiting with Affiliate Accelerator, our 16-week training program. It covers the numbers, partner outreach, negotiation, reporting, systems, evergreen offers, and launches. Give your new hire a week or two to learn your company, offers, and tools first. Then set aside three to five hours a week for training, assignments, and coaching as part of their workload.
Send them through our process. We can assess a candidate you found or someone you’re considering promoting internally, and help identify where they’ll need training. If you want the replacement coverage included in your package, that person needs to complete our vetting process before you hire them.
There are two parts: our recruiting and training fee, and the compensation you pay your affiliate manager. The right salary and incentive structure depend on the experience you need and what the person will own. We help you think that through and outline the service fee and what’s included before we start the search.
Our Recruit and Train agreement includes 120-day replacement coverage for eligible hires. If the person leaves or you let them go during that period, it provides for up to three replacement candidates and training for the person you select. The hire needs to have completed our vetting process, and the coverage follows the terms of your signed agreement.