Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive

About the role

The Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive manages partner-led customer acquisition. You will identify potential partners, research opportunities, conduct outreach, support partnership proposals, coordinate affiliate and referral activity, manage onboarding and track partner performance. This is a commercial growth role focused on creating mutually valuable relationships that drive measurable results

Responsibilities

• Identify and research potential partners, affiliates and referral opportunities.
• Build and maintain structured partner databases.
• Conduct outreach to prospective partners.
• Develop and coordinate partnership proposals.
• Support affiliate recruitment and referral programme setup.
• Coordinate partner onboarding and campaign activity.
• Maintain consistent communication with active partners.
• Track partner-generated leads, conversions and revenue.
• Identify partnership opportunities that support client growth.
• Coordinate required assets and materials with specialists.
• Prepare partner performance reports and recommendations.
• Take increasing ownership of partnership performance as competence grows.

What you bring

• Training or practical exposure in Business Development, Partnerships, Marketing or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Confidence initiating professional conversations and outreach.
• Ability to research organisations and identify relevant partnership opportunities.
• Strong organisation and follow-through.
• Ability to build and maintain professional relationships.
• Commercial thinking and an understanding of mutual value.
• Ability to coordinate proposals and partner-facing materials.
• Willingness to receive feedback and improve quickly.

Mode of Operation

This is a six-month structured work-experience programme built around real responsibility with supervision. Although this is an entry-level role, you are not joining SÓKÈ simply to compile lists of companies or assist someone else who manages the actual relationships. You will be expected to actively create and move partnership opportunities forward. Depending on the client and assignment you are working on, this would include identifying potential partners, researching opportunities, conducting outreach, developing proposals, coordinating affiliate or referral programmes, onboarding partners and maintaining active relationships. You will always have access to support and escalation where required. However, supervision should not be confused with someone else constantly deciding who to contact, what opportunity to pursue or when to follow up. We are looking for people who can understand a commercial objective, identify where another organisation or individual can create mutual value and actively turn that opportunity into a working partnership. The programme follows two stages: Months 1–3 — Prove You will take on real partnership responsibilities while working closely with experienced team members. This stage is about proving that you can research effectively, communicate professionally, follow through consistently, manage relationships and take ownership of assigned opportunities. Months 4–6 — Perform Participants who demonstrate strong capability will be expected to operate with greater independence, manage stronger partner relationships and take more significant responsibility for partner-led acquisition and campaign performance. Reporting You will report to the relevant Channel Lead, Project Manager or designated SÓKÈ leader responsible for the client engagement. Your supervisor exists to provide direction, quality control, feedback and escalation support. They are not there to conduct every partner conversation or manage every relationship on your behalf. As your competence grows, you should require less day-to-day direction and become increasingly capable of independently managing partnership opportunities within the agreed commercial strategy. Working Rhythm Partnerships & Affiliate at SÓKÈ is relationship- and execution-focused. Your week would involve researching prospective partners, building outreach lists, contacting organisations or individuals, preparing proposals, following up on conversations, coordinating partner campaigns, onboarding affiliates and reviewing performance. You will frequently need to ask: Who could help us reach this audience? What value can we create for them? Why should they work with us? What is the next step in this conversation? How do we turn this relationship into measurable results? You should be comfortable working in an environment where opportunities move forward because you actively follow up, communicate clearly and maintain professional relationships. Availability You are expected to commit a minimum of 20 hours per week to the programme. Depending on your assignments, campaign requirements and availability, your workload can increase toward 40 hours per week. SÓKÈ currently operates primarily from Abuja. Most work will happen remotely, but you will attend physical partner meetings, client meetings, events or other client-specific engagements when the assignment requires it. Collaboration As a Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive Intern, you would coordinate work involving Business Development specialists, copywriters, designers, legal or commercial support, Strategy Analysts, Project Managers and other contributors assigned to the client. Your responsibility is to own the partnership channel. Specialists support specific parts of execution such as proposal development, design or commercial review. They do not replace your responsibility for identifying opportunities, maintaining relationships and driving partner activity forward. How Work Is Reviewed Your performance will be evaluated based on more than the number of outreach messages you send. We will pay attention to whether you: take ownership, identify relevant opportunities, communicate professionally, follow up consistently, build credible relationships, move conversations forward, coordinate partner activity effectively, track commercial outcomes, exercise good judgement, and become increasingly capable of managing partnerships independently. Performance is reviewed weekly, with a formal performance gate at Month 3 and a final evaluation at Month 6. The standard becomes higher as your responsibility increases.

Compensation

This is a paid, project-based internship. You will earn a fixed service charge for each active client channel or workstream assigned to you. Channel Executives work across multiple client projects based on demonstrated capacity, performance and available engagements. Your applicable service charge and payment terms will be communicated clearly during the recruitment and placement process. Earnings are dependent on active client assignments and are not structured as a fixed monthly salary.

Career Projection

The Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive Internship is designed as a pathway into professional Partnerships, Business Development and Channel Management. If you successfully complete the programme and meet SÓKÈ's performance standards, you can be considered for retention as a Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive at SÓKÈ where an appropriate opening exists. Where SÓKÈ does not have immediate capacity to retain you, strong performers can be recommended for partnerships, business-development, affiliate or commercial-growth opportunities with SÓKÈ clients or within our wider professional network. If neither option is immediately available, you leave with documented experience managing real partnership activity and remain part of SÓKÈ's priority talent pool for future opportunities. If retained, you continue developing by managing larger partner portfolios, more complex commercial relationships and increasingly significant partner-led growth responsibilities. Over time, strong performance can create a path into senior Channel Management, Partnerships Leadership, Business Development Leadership or other leadership positions within SÓKÈ. Intern → Partnerships & Affiliate Channel Executive → Senior Channel Responsibility → Partnerships / Commercial Leadership Progression is based on demonstrated competence, channel performance, relationship quality, reliability, available opportunities and SÓKÈ's organisational needs.