Fall 2026

Affiliate Marketing Intern

Updated on 9/10/2026

Tombras

Tombras

201-500 employees

Ad agency blending data and creativity

Compensation Overview

$18/hr

Knoxville, TN, USA

In Person

Bachelor's

Category
Growth & Marketing (1)
Required Skills
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • Candidates should have prior work or life experience in a relevant field, be currently enrolled as a senior in a Bachelor's program, or be a recent graduate with a major in Media, Marketing, Advertising, or a similar field; a degree is not required.
  • Candidates should have a strategic, analytical, and highly detailed mindset to support the affiliate channel.
  • Candidates should have a basic understanding of the digital media landscape.
  • Candidates should have strong analytical skills with experience in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets.
  • Candidates should be able to build relationships, effectively prioritize, and navigate a complicated digital media landscape.
Responsibilities
  • Learn and assist in driving new customer acquisition for national clients.
  • Interact with media teams across departments to support the affiliate channel's success within the larger agency.
  • Navigate affiliate marketing platforms, assist in recruiting publishers and partners, track campaigns, and develop affiliate marketing reporting capabilities.
  • Assist with developing affiliate marketing strategies, tactics, and reporting.
  • Research, identify, and provide write-ups regarding new affiliate partners, including editorial publishers, affiliate networks, incentivized and loyalty programs, and brand-to-brand partnerships.
  • Support day-to-day communication with affiliates.
  • Assist with creating tactical affiliate strategy plans and campaign status reports.
  • Assist with new campaign implementation and execution.
  • Collaborate with internal cross-functional teams, including brand, legal, and digital media teams, for campaign approvals and coordination, as well as with client partners.
  • Analyze data and metrics regularly to identify opportunities to improve individual and overall affiliate KPI performance, increase scale, and enhance marketing-spend efficiency.
  • Support the development of tests and learnings to improve performance and marketing-spend efficiency based on data and analytical insights.
  • Provide account support to existing campaigns, including pixel placements, suppression-file administration, and creative and technical updates.
Desired Qualifications
  • A sense of humor and a desire to have fun.

Tombras is a 450+ person, full-service advertising and marketing agency with a digital mindset. It works with a wide range of national brands and combines data insights with creative campaigns to drive business results. The company distinguishes itself as one of North America’s top independent agencies, emphasizing the integration of data and creativity across channels rather than relying on a single medium. Its goal is to help clients grow by delivering measurable outcomes through integrated, data-informed marketing and communications.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1946

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What believers are saying

  • Tombras won Regions Bank in March 2026 and Dollar Tree in August 2026.
  • Fast Company named Tombras among 2026 Most Innovative Companies for Sweethearts.
  • Headcount reached nearly 600 after Opinionated, improving delivery capacity across six offices.

What critics are saying

  • 2027 integration of Opinionated risks culture clashes, client churn, and duplicated leadership.
  • Tombras still depends on agency discretionary spending from brands like Dollar Tree and Regions.
  • If performance-driven pitches fade, holding-company giants with deeper global resources can outbid it.

What makes Tombras unique

  • Tombras acquired Opinionated in January 2026, becoming a bi-coastal independent agency.
  • Its data-led, full-service model blends media, creative, social, and analytics under one roof.
  • Family ownership and no outside funding support faster decisions than holding-company rivals.

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Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Generous parental leave

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Company News

PR Newswire
Jan 21st, 2026
Global Independent Agency Tombras Acquires Opinionated, Scaling Its Data + Creativity Model Coast to Coast

Amidst massive industry disruption and consolidation, deal puts Tombras in a category of one as the only data-led, full-service independent growing without outside funding KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Knoxville-based Tombras today announced the most significant move in its mission to become the world's leading independent agency by acquiring Opinionated, the reigning Ad Age A-List Standout and Small Agency of the Year honoree. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and known for its ability to steward marquee blue chip brands, the agency's creative pedigree perfectly complements Tombras' data-led, full service creative and media capabilities. While already serving clients nationally, the strategic move cements Tombras' coast-to-coast footprint and makes it the only bi-coastal agency rooted in the heartland

PR Newswire
May 20th, 2025
Actor Jack Henry Robbins Flips 'Nepo Baby' Script In Psa To Help Real Babies

Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins' son joins the National Diaper Bank Network to shine a spotlight on diaper need, which impacts 1 in 2 US familiesNEW HAVEN, Conn., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) — a nonprofit organization and foremost expert on diaper need dedicated to ensuring that individuals, children and families have access to the basic necessities they require to thrive — has teamed up with writer-director/actor Jack Henry Robbins in a PSA that asks society to focus less attention on nepo babies and more on the fact that 1 in 2 U.S. families with young children can't afford diapers

Teknovation.biz
Mar 21st, 2025
Knoxville-Headquartered Tombras Is Named 2024 Independent Agency Of The Year

The news of the award comes on the tail of Tombras winning the Agency Standout Award in 2022 and 2023. The ad agency is run by Dooley Tombras, the current... The post Knoxville-headquartered Tombras is named 2024 Independent Agency of the Year appeared first on Teknovation.biz.

PR Newswire
Nov 6th, 2024
Spirit Airlines Raises $1.2M+ At Annual Charity Golf Tournament Benefitting Nonprofit Organizations

Spirit Charitable Foundation hosts seventh annual Spirit Open with more than 200 participants. Event photos are available for download here. DANIA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spirit Charitable Foundation's seventh annual Spirit Open was in full swing earlier this week, raising more than $1.2 million for nonprofit organizations throughout Spirit Airlines' (NYSE: SAVE) network. The Foundation hosted the annual charity event with more than 200 participants whose generosity helps advance its mission and the meaningful work of its nonprofit partners