Lifecycle Marketing Strategist
APPLY · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
HybridMarketing$130k–$180k/yrContract
About the role
As a Senior Marketing Strategist, you'll play a critical role in providing strategic direction and growth marketing support for our top-tier clients. Reporting into the Marketing Services team, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing cross-channel marketing strategies across email, web, push, social, and SMS, with a primary focus on lifecycle and retention programs. You will help translate complex client objectives into measurable, high-impact marketing programs that drive growth and long-term engagement.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with clients to provide strategic planning, ideation, and optimization of new cross-channel (email, web, push, social, SMS, etc.) campaign programs, personalization initiatives, and overall marketing calendar planning, primarily for lifecycle and retention programs.
- Write briefs and approve all created assets.
- Ensure all recommendations have a clear and concise methodology, are appropriately sized to maximize impact and ease of execution, and instill confidence in the results.
- Provide ongoing analytics and optimization support, creating dashboards and reports that show metrics and solutions for continued growth or strategic pivots.
- Continually track and develop a clear record of incremental revenue sourced from owned initiatives.
- Develop strong relationships and rapport with clients, instilling confidence in agency work and fostering advocacy and referrals.
- Participate in sales pitches and scoping conversations as a multi-channel growth subject matter expert.
- Help identify the appropriate level of effort required to support new projects, extensions, renewals, and expanded scopes.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience providing lifecycle or retention marketing strategy (direct agency experience preferred).
- Extensive knowledge of email, SMS, and push channels, as well as top-of-funnel marketing.
- Solid track record of growth marketing successes, with hands-on platform experience in automation tools such as Iterable, Braze, Segment, Klaviyo, or Customer.io.
- Direct experience leveraging data for complex personalization marketing programs.
- Direct experience providing marketing campaign and program analysis using BI tools (Looker, Tableau) or analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude).
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
- Hands-on approach that delivers sharp strategic insights for clients.
- Strong technical edge with current knowledge of consumer behavior trends, cross-channel marketing, and digital growth strategies.
Nice to Have
- Understanding of AI decisioning tools with current practical application.
- Superior written and communication skills with strong organizational abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to synthesize information from emails and documents into actionable tasks.
- Experience with project management tools.
- Great intuition and a proactive nature.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and clients simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Pay
$130,000 – $180,000 USD
Benefits
- Agentic Delivery: Modern tools, systems, and approaches with exposure to international brands.
- Inclusive and safe environment: Celebrated culture where everyone feels welcome and safe.
- AI & Strategic Upskilling: Generous training budgets and mentorship focused on Agentic AI expertise and future-of-work skills.
- Generous vacation policy: Ample time away to promote overall well-being.
- Customizable benefits: Tailor extended health and dental plans to your needs.
- Flexible work arrangements: Remote, in-office, or hybrid options available.