Brand Marketing Manager, Audience Engagement and Growth

Boston, MA (On-site)

$100K/yr – $120K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the core growth engine for newsletter and SMS audience expansion, turning sign-ups, activation, and lifecycle messaging into measurable, cross-channel impact.

  • Growth ownership: lead planning, experiments, and metrics for newsletter and SMS growth, audience journeys, and lifecycle communications.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: align with Editorial, Consumer Revenue, and Product to embed audience growth into initiatives.
  • Test-and-learn: run experiments, analyze performance, and translate insights into repeatable growth tactics.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, planning, execution, and optimization of marketing initiatives that drive newsletter and SMS audience growth.
  • Identify and activate opportunities to increase sign-ups across marketing campaigns, events, partnerships, products, and owned channels.
  • Establish growth goals, success metrics, and performance benchmarks.
  • Design audience journeys that improve conversion, engagement, and long-term audience value.
  • Recommend improvements to audience targeting, messaging, personalization, and lifecycle communications.
  • Partner across Editorial, Consumer Revenue, Product, and other teams to support audience growth objectives.
  • Lead marketing initiatives where newsletter or SMS growth is the primary objective.
  • Partner with the Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Integrated Campaigns to incorporate audience growth strategies into broader marketing initiatives.
  • Collaborate across teams to execute audience acquisition and engagement programs.
  • Identify and test new growth tactics, channels, partnerships, and promotional opportunities.
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1.2K employees (686 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$99
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.8%
Direct
53.9%
Referral
5.7%
Social
5%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
593 (48% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Total Funding
$390K
Last Raise
$390K
Grant, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Feb 2023
    Grant • $390K

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