Performance & affiliate marketer, 5+ yrs scaling revenue partners across EU/UK (15 markets) + US, managing $2M+ annual spend. Drove 11% YoY US growth and 2.5% portfolio uplift (2025) via prospecting, commercial negotiation, and account development. Strong on CPS/hybrid models, unit economics, incrementality. Own targets, build pipeline ground-up, lead specialist teams.
Tarun Nayak
@tarunnayak
Senior affiliate marketing specialist driving net-new revenue growth across partners.
What I'm looking for
I’m a performance and affiliate marketing specialist with 5+ years acquiring, onboarding, and scaling revenue-generating partners across EU/UK (15 markets) and the US, managing $2M+ in annual spend. I consistently grow net-new revenue—11% YoY in the US and 2.5% portfolio uplift in 2025—by combining publisher prospecting with consultative account development.
In my current role as a Senior Specialist Affiliate Marketing, I recruit and onboard net-new publishers across content, cashback, loyalty, and sub-network partners, and I lead quarterly negotiation cycles across AWIN and other platforms. I own affiliate revenue strategy across 15 EU/UK markets—accountable for revenue targets, COS control, AOV, and annual budget—and deliver 2.5% portfolio revenue uplift in 2025 through cross-functional activation campaigns.
Previously at Angara, I drove 11% YoY US revenue growth by recruiting new publishers, restructuring commissions, and building execution-accountability systems across $1.2M+ annual spend. Earlier, at CJ Affiliate (Publicis Groupe), I managed enterprise US client performance marketing programs with accountability for $2M+ budgets, improved revenue visibility with real-time forecasting dashboards, and cut operational inefficiency by 40% through process automation—while mentoring teams and applying commission elasticity, A/B payout testing, and unit-economics thinking to improve ROAS and contribution margin.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Specialist Affiliate Marketing
VidaXL
Jul 2025 - Present (11 months)
Identified, recruited, and onboarded 250+ new publishers across content, cashback, loyalty, and sub-networks across 15 EU/UK markets, leading quarterly negotiation cycles across AWIN and other platforms. Owned affiliate revenue strategy and delivered a 2.5% portfolio revenue uplift in 2025 while driving 7% revenue growth through cross-functional activation campaigns.
Affiliate Marketing Senior Executive
Angara
May 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 2 months)
Delivered 11% YoY revenue growth in the US by recruiting new publishers, restructuring commissions, and implementing execution-accountability systems. Managed affiliate performance P&L with $1.2M+ annual spend across US/UK/AU, improved UK and AU revenue by 4%, and increased ROAS by reallocating budget from over-incentivized cashback to higher-incrementality content partners.
Client Service Analyst
CJ Affiliate
Aug 2021 - May 2024 (2 years 9 months)
Managed performance marketing programs for enterprise US clients (Macy's, GNC, AT&T, Gillette) with accountability for $2M+ annual budget and publisher portfolio growth. Improved operational efficiency by 40% through automation process discovery and built real-time forecasting dashboards to enhance revenue visibility for senior stakeholders.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
EDUPRISTINE
Digital Marketing Master Program, Digital Marketing
2018 - 2019
Completed a Digital Marketing master program at EDUPRISTINE from 2018 to 2019.
DAV (PG) College, HNBGU
Bachelor of Commerce, Commerce
2013 - 2016
Completed a Bachelor of Commerce at DAV (PG) College (HNBGU) from 2013 to 2016.
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