Partner Acquisition Executive

About Lyst

Lyst is a global fashion shopping platform founded in London in 2010 and catering to over 160M shoppers per year. We offer our customers the largest assortment of premium & luxury fashion products in one place, curating pieces from 27,000 of the world's leading brands and stores. In 2025, Lyst joined Zozo, operators of Zozotown, the leading fashion e-commerce platform in Japan.

This partnership marks a bold new era for Lyst, as we accelerate our vision and work together to transform the future of fashion shopping through AI and technology.

At Lyst, we obsess over the customer, providing a search & discovery experience which offers inspiration, fulfilment, and personalisation. We believe that fashion is amazing but shopping for fashion often isn t, and use our technology, data and creativity to bring more joy, greater choice and fewer fails. Our mission is to help fashion shoppers make better choices and help fashion partners find better audiences as the category-leading destination for every fashion shopper.

We are looking for a Partner Acquisition Executive to join the Partner Acquisition team, which looks after onboarding new affiliate partners to Lyst. You will be responsible for reaching out to partners and taking them through how an affiliate partnership with Lyst works: guiding them through the benefits of joining Lyst. In this role you will be supported by Partner Acquisition Managers to work with team strategies and keep processes up-to-date, ensuring that Lyst has the strongest partner assortment for our fashion-loving users.

• New Partner Acquisition:
  Efficiently qualify and manage inbound inquiries while proactively outreaching to new affiliate partners in line with team strategies and leading partner negotiations.
• Relationship Management:
  Nurture relationships with affiliate networks, and be responsible for managing day-to-day interactions with them.
• Understanding Processes:
  Work to team processes, ensuring they run smoothly from outreach to onboarding, and take ownership of partner acquisition-related tasks.
• Understanding of Affiliate Networks:
  Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the affiliate landscape, and have a knowledge of and interest in the fashion industry.
• Experience:
  
  A background in sales and/or account management. Having worked with affiliate networks or with fashion brands in the past would also be desirable.
• Sales & Negotiation:
  Proven ability to handle objections and articulate a clear value proposition to move partners from initial conversations to live on the Lyst platform.
• Commercial Understanding: A genuine interest in the business of fashion and the e-commerce landscape, with the ability to interpret performance data (e.g., conversion rates, AOV) to build a compelling business case for why a brand should join Lyst.
• Ability To Prioritise:
  Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage and prioritise multiple conversations at different stages.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  You will be comfortable communicating externally, as well as collaborating with internal stakeholders and teams.
• Self-Starter:
  We are looking for someone who can work autonomously as well as take direction from other team members in order to work towards collective targets and goals.
• CRM Proficiency:
  Experience using CRM tools (like Salesforce, Hub Spot, or Pipedrive) to manage an outreach pipeline and maintain data.

• We all come into the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays
  , with the option to work remotely or come into the office on the other days. We believe that in person collaboration and community spirit is super important, which is why we spend some of our time in the office and some of our time at home.

• Time Off: In addition to the 8 statutory bank holidays, you will receive 29 holidays per year. Lyst’s holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
• Competitive Family Leave Package: This includes Enhanced Family Leave for those eligible, paid Time off for Dependents and Support for Fertility Treatment & Loss.
• Clothing Benefit: We provide a clothing allowance to use on Lyst every year. This starts at £250 when you join and increases up…