Earnest · 1 day ago
Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager
Earnest is committed to making higher education accessible and affordable. The Senior Lifecycle Marketing Manager will shape the customer journey and execute lifecycle campaigns to drive engagement, retention, and customer lifetime value across Earnest products.
BankingConsumer LendingCreditFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Provide senior leadership and stakeholders with campaign performance reports, including data-driven recommendations for future campaign optimization and strategic plans for growing the impact of lifecycle marketing through new channels and capabilities
Own customer journey development, including strategy, creative briefing, audience segmentation, journey pathing, campaign execution, creative testing, analytics measurement, and campaign performance readouts
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Data & Analytics, Client Happiness, Creative, and Legal teams to deliver high-impact lifecycle programs
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in a business-to-consumer email marketing or lifecycle marketing role in a corporate or agency environment
4+ years of experience developing lifecycle/CRM engagement program
Proven ability to present campaign strategies, performance, and recommendations to senior leadership
Able to apply a test-and-learn mindset grounded in analytics, using statistical rigor and data visualization to identify significant results, diagnose funnel drop-offs, and prioritize next best actions
Experience developing marketing plans that balance financial objectives and customer experience goals
Expertise in audience segmentation and targeting using database and real-time event data
Strong data analysis skills and knowledge of BI tools such as Looker or Tableau
Experience with enterprise marketing automation tools — Braze preferred (others valuable: Iterable, Customer.io, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Eloqua, Responsys)
Preferred
Experience with programmatic marketing scripting languages (Liquid preferred; AmpScript, GTL also valuable)
Experience building and optimizing automated campaigns and experimentation frameworks
Strong project management skills with tools such as Jira, Workfront, or Basecamp
Very strong attention to detail and strict adherence to QA processes
Benefits
Health, Dental, & Vision benefits plus savings plans
Mac computers + work-from-home stipend to set up your home office
Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
401(k) plan to help you save for retirement plus a company match
Robust tuition reimbursement program
$1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary to anywhere in the world
Competitive days of annual PTO
Competitive parental leave
Company
Earnest
Earnest is a technology-lender that brings low-interest loans to high-potential people.
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$316.3MKey Investors
Battery VenturesNew York Life InsuranceMaveron
2017-10-04Acquired
2017-03-31Series C· $20M
2015-11-17Series B· $75M
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