Hygo Studio is Hiring: Head of Affiliate & Sales (Build From Zero)

Typical comp: $90,000–$130,000 (median $110,000)

Hygo Studio is hiring a Head of Affiliate & Sales to build the affiliate program from zero — commission structure, tracking, partner recruitment, P&L ownership. This page documents the role and the AIEH bundle that maps to what the JD actually screens for.

This is a real, open role at Hygo Studio (April 2026 listing). Salary range: $90,000–$130,000 base + commission/bonus tied to program performance. Remote (open to relocation to Las Vegas, NV). Apply at hygo.com/#careers, or take the AIEH bundle below and share your Skills Passport URL alongside your application.

What Hygo is looking for

From Hygo’s job description:

Studio has a loosely ran affiliate program today. We have a product with strong retention, multiple subscription tiers, and a credit-based spending model — but zero infrastructure for partner-driven acquisition. We need a leader who can design the program, build the systems, recruit the partners, and own the P&L for this entire channel.

Required skills (from the JD):

  • 5+ years in affiliate marketing, partner sales, or channel sales — with at least one experience building a program from zero (not just inheriting and optimizing)
  • Proven track record recruiting and managing affiliates or sales partners at scale — personally built a partner roster generating meaningful revenue
  • Strong understanding of affiliate mechanics: attribution models, commission structures, cookie windows, fraud prevention, payout operations
  • Sales skills — pitching, negotiating, closing partnerships from individual creators to agencies
  • Leadership ability — building a team and a system, not just doing deals
  • Data-driven decision making — unit economics, channel ROI justification
  • Experience with affiliate platforms and tooling
  • Self-starter — no existing program, team, or playbook
  • Bonus: SaaS, creator economy, subscription products; selling to both individuals and agencies; AI/tech product familiarity

How AIEH maps this role to a Skills Passport bundle

FamilyRelevanceWhy it matters here
Communication0.85Pitching partnerships, negotiating commissions, partner enablement materials, recruiting messaging — communication is the dominant skill across the entire role surface.
Big Five Personality0.80High Extraversion + Agreeableness predict the relationship-building and sales-conversation work. High Conscientiousness predicts the systematic program-building (commission structure, tracking, payout ops). The JD demands all three.
Situational Judgment0.80Commission structure design, attribution disputes, partner escalations, fraud detection — every section of this role is judgment-under-tradeoffs work.
Cognitive Reasoning0.75”Data-driven decision making — unit economics, channel ROI” requires quantitative reasoning. LTV:CAC analysis is reasoning under uncertainty.

Pillar weights for this role

  • Communication: 0.35 — heaviest weight. Pitching, partner enablement, team building, escalation handling all are communication-dominant.
  • Domain: 0.30 — affiliate marketing + program building expertise.
  • Cognitive: 0.25 — bumped above default. Unit economics + attribution modeling + LTV:CAC analysis are cognitive-load work where quantitative reasoning predicts good program design.
  • AI fluency: 0.10 — minimal. AI tooling matters peripherally.

The composite score on the 300-850 calibrated scale is what Hygo can use to compare candidates without forcing each through their own recruiting test.

Two ways to apply

Apply directly: visit hygo.com/#careers.

Apply with an AIEH Skills Passport: take the bundle above (start with the free Big Five sample). Share your passport URL alongside your hygo.com application — the Communication + Big Five combination gives Hygo specific signal on the relationship-building × systematic-execution profile this role demands.

What AIEH cannot test (Hygo screens directly)

  • “Built a program from zero” experience — the JD’s explicit non-negotiable. Bring case studies: which company, which program, what did the program look like before vs after, what revenue did it generate.
  • Partner roster track record — specific affiliates you’ve recruited, the revenue they generated, the relationships you maintained.
  • Affiliate platform / tooling experience — Impact, PartnerStack, Tapfiliate, Refersion, custom builds. Show the systems you’ve operated.
  • Sales close rate + deal size — references and numbers.
  • Team leadership — direct reports you’ve managed or hired.

The interview process is Call, Test, Call. Expect a strategic exercise in the test stage — likely a “design a Hygo affiliate program from these constraints” challenge.

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