Marketing Automation & Email Marketing Manager- onsite in Charlotte, NC

About the role

The Marketing Automation & Email Marketing Manager plays a key strategic role in delivering business results and superior customer experiences. This role is responsible for owning the marketing automation platform and email marketing program end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary SME for Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Email Studio, Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Content Builder) and Salesforce Data Cloud
• Collaborate with the development team to design, implement, and maintain data models and integrations between Marketing Cloud, Data Cloud, and other business systems
• Develop and manage end-to-end customer journey orchestration, delivering timely and personalized omni-channel experiences
• Build, test, and deploy email campaigns, perform render testing across devices, email clients, and ISPs
• Own the email calendar for all customer-facing and employee-facing communications, including build, testing, and approvals workflow
• Implement and maintain marketing automation workflows, drip campaigns, and lifecycle journeys
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and security across all marketing platforms
• Develop and execute robust audience segmentation strategies grounded in customer data and business objectives
• Optimize campaigns for maximum impact and ROI, leveraging data and analytics
• Streamline email communication strategy to ensure succinct, relevant messaging with clear calls-to-action
• Monitor and analyze campaign performance against key KPIs (deliverability, open rate, click rate, bounce rate, unsubscribe rate, revenue)
• Report findings and recommendations to leadership
• Collaborate with marketing, divisional, IT, and sales teams to align integrated marketing strategies and execution
• Interpret business needs into technical requirements for journey and campaign builds
• Develop a strong business acumen for Carolina Cat's products, offers, services, and business practices
• Stay current on Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Data Cloud feature releases, best practices, and industry trends
• Monitor evolving email deliverability rules, design trends, and emerging technologies to enhance digital marketing effectiveness
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to data, integrations, and campaigns

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in marketing, design, communications, business administration or a related field
• 3+ years of progressive, hands-on experience in marketing automation or a closely related digital marketing role
• Deep knowledge of Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Email Studio, Journey Builder, Automation Studio, Content Builder) and Data Cloud
• Experience with Salesforce Data Cloud and data unification strategies
• Proven experience developing and executing omni-channel marketing automation programs
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data integration, and data governance principles
• Proficiency in HTML/CSS
• Experience with AMPscript and SQL
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) preferred

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent understanding of usability, UX methodology, design principles, and corporate branding
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights and executive-level reporting
• Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audiences
• Detail-oriented with strong project management skills; able to navigate multiple priorities simultaneously
• Intellectually curious, self-motivated, and proactive about emerging trends and technologies
• Strong relationship-building skills with a proven ability to collaborate across team boundaries and functions

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job may have supervisory responsibilities.