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# Associate Affiliate / Live Creator Manager (12-month contract) at Nex

- **Company:** Nex
- **Location:** San Jose, CA
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-25
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nex/jobs/5406308008

## Job description

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore [Have Fun](https://www.playthatmovesyou.com/p/have-fun) and [Is Motion Gaming Back?](https://www.playthatmovesyou.com/p/is-motion-gaming-back), as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

Important Notice: ⚠️ To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us.

Location: Remote (PST preferred) Annual Salary: USD 110,000 – USD 135,000 Final base salary within this range will be determined based on job-related factors, including the candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and geographic location. Type: Full-Time Reporting to: Senior Director, Growth

## Role Overview

We’re looking for an Affiliate & Live Commerce Manager to help grow our affiliate and streamer ecosystem across TikTok Shop, Amazon Live, Twitch, Youtube Live, Whatnot, and other emerging live commerce platforms. This role will support our affiliate and live commerce initiatives by recruiting affiliates and streamers, coordinating campaigns, managing creator relationships, and helping execute live commerce programs that drive engagement, content creation, and sales.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is passionate about affiliate marketing, social commerce, and live shopping, and is excited to help build and scale a fast-growing program at Nex.

## What You'll Do

- Affiliate Recruitment & Onboarding: Recruit, onboard, and manage affiliates, creators, and livestream hosts across TikTok Shop, Amazon Live, Twitch, YouTube, Whatnot, and other emerging platforms. Equip partners with the assets, messaging, product knowledge, and best practices needed to produce engaging content and successful livestreams.
- Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with affiliates, creators, agencies, and livestream partners while identifying new partnership opportunities that align with our brand.
- Campaign Coordination: Coordinate product seeding, creator gifting, commission structure, campaign timelines, and day-to-day communication to ensure seamless campaign execution.
- Performance Analysis: Monitor affiliate, creator, and livestream performance to identify top-performing partners, provide actionable insights, and optimize future campaigns.
- Program Operations: Help develop scalable processes, documentation, and workflows to support the continued growth of our affiliate and live commerce programs.

## What You Bring

- 3+ years of experience in affiliate marketing, creator partnerships, influencer marketing, live shopping, or social commerce.
- Experience working with TikTok Shop, Twitch, YouTube, Whatnot, or similar creator and live streaming platforms.
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns simultaneously.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with creators, agencies, and cross-functional teams.
- An analytical mindset with the ability to interpret campaign performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
- A self-starter who enjoys learning new platforms and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Passion for creator and affiliate marketing, livestreaming, gaming, and emerging social commerce trends.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting TikTok Shop affiliate and/or live shopping programs end-to-end from the brand side.
- Experience with gaming, consumer electronics, toys, or family-focused brands.

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## We Offer

- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at https://www.nexplayground.com/about.

We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.

We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.

## About Nex

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nex creates immersive active-play games and experiences, powered by AI and motion-tracking technology, that transform living rooms into interactive playgrounds.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: David Lee (Co-founder & CEO), Reggie Chan (Co-founder), Tony Sung (Co-founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Gaming (entertainment), consumer electronics, health & fitness technology
- **Target customers**: B2C families, kids, and adults; also partners with major sports and entertainment brands for co-created experiences
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Help humanity reconnect with the joy of movement" by making physical activity fun, social, and accessible through play.

## Products & Services
- **[Nex Playground]**: A dedicated console launched December 2023 that uses AI and computer vision to turn a living room into an active play space. Players move their bodies to control games – no controllers required. Includes original sports/fitness titles, educational games, and collaborations with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop.
- **[Active Arcade]**: A mobile app (launched earlier) that uses the phone’s camera to track full-body motion, enabling active games on devices users already own.
- **[Nex Motion Development Kit (MDK)]**: A SDK/API enabling third-party developers to create motion-powered games and experiences for the Nex platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$42.0M** raised across 5 rounds (Seed, two Series A, two Series B – latest Series B of $25M in September 2021).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by "world-class investors across sports, entertainment and gaming" (names not disclosed in available sources). Strong strategic partnerships with **Nike** (co-developing digital experiences), **NBA** (HomeCourt partnership), **Hasbro**, and **Sesame Workshop**.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew **54.8% YoY** to 124 employees (LinkedIn, July 2026). Actively hiring across 50+ open positions (Greenhouse). Recognized as #1 Most Innovative Company (Fast Company), TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and winner of Apple Design Award (for HomeCourt/Active Arcade).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary motion-tracking technology**: Combines AI, mobile and vision tech to deliver controller-free, full-body gameplay that works in any living room using standard cameras.
- **Strategic brand partnerships**: Exclusive collaborations with Nike, NBA, Hasbro, and Sesame Workshop provide credible content and distribution channels that competitors lack.
- **Award-winning design and innovation**: Multiple industry recognitions validate product quality and user experience (Apple Design Award, Fast Company, TIME).
- **Safety and privacy**: Nex Playground is kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, a strong differentiator for family-focused products.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Nex Playground ecosystem**: Expanding game library, developer tools (MDK), and international availability.
- **Deepening brand collaborations**: Leveraging partnerships with sports leagues and entertainment IP to drive content and market reach.
- **Global talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring in engineering, design, operations, and marketing across offices in San Jose, Hong Kong, and remote roles – with a focus on building "small, empowered teams" (cells).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes small, empowered teams ("cells") that own products end-to-end. Values diversity, inclusion, and giving employees freedom to work in ways that suit them ("It's ok to work different"). Mission-driven – "Be Fearless", "Have Fun", "Stay Curious".
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Global, local, and remote – offers flexibility. Some roles are fully remote (USA/Canada, PST hours preferred), some hybrid in San Jose or Hong Kong, and some on-site. The company has hubs in San Jose, Hong Kong, Canada, UK, and other countries.
- **Notable Perks / Engineering Culture**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge computer vision, AI, embedded systems, and gaming tech. Teams are small and cross-functional, giving engineers direct impact. The company invests in people (dedicated recruiting, career growth). Reviews on LinkedIn show a rating of 3.0/5 (2 reviews) – limited data, but culture emphasis appears strong.

## Sources
1. [nex.inc – Company overview](https://www.nex.inc/)
2. [nex.inc – Who We Are](https://www.nex.inc/who-we-are)
3. [nex.inc – Careers page](https://www.nex.inc/careers)
4. [LinkedIn – Nex Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nexinc)
5. [Greenhouse – Jobs at Nex](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nex)

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