Marketing Specialists, Participant Engagement Program Support

Columbus, OH (Hybrid)

$80K/yr – $120K/yrMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end participant engagement program from planning to execution, driving content strategy, data quality, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver personalized experiences and measurable business outcomes.

  • Lead multi-channel engagement campaigns and newsletter development
  • Align efforts with marketing and sales goals
  • Leverage data and analytics to optimize messaging and journey experiences

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead participant engagement strategies from planning through execution, combining strong campaign management, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven decision-making.
  • This person will bring structure to recurring communications, improve the participant experience through personalized content, and help connect engagement efforts to broader marketing and business goals.
  • Manage development and launch of a monthly participant newsletter, setting the content calendar and guiding creative execution from brief through delivery
  • Lead end-to-end execution of the participant engagement program, including campaign planning, creative development, compliance review, launch readiness, and timeline management for recurring and ad hoc communications
  • Oversee participant data processes by ensuring data quality, resolving issues, and defining requirements that support accurate, timely, and relevant campaign execution
  • Partner across marketing, analytics, and sales to support lead generation, lead scoring, reporting, and performance measurement tied to engagement and business outcomes
  • Use engagement data and audience insights to inform messaging, targeting, content strategy, and ongoing campaign optimization
  • Develop and refine participant-facing content and experiences, including newsletter, segmented messaging, testing strategies, and next best action journeys
  • Align participant engagement efforts with broader marketing priorities, annual campaign planning, and sales enablement initiatives
  • Support personalized digital experiences that improve relevance, engagement, and the overall participant experience

Requirements

  • Experience leading multi-channel marketing or participant engagement programs from strategy through execution
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to manage timelines, stakeholders, approvals, and launch readiness for both recurring and ad hoc communications
  • Ability to develop content strategies and participant-facing experiences that improve engagement, relevance, and overall audience experience
  • Comfort working with participant data, including defining requirements, ensuring data quality, and resolving issues that impact campaign execution
  • Analytical mindset with the ability to use engagement data and audience insights to guide messaging, targeting, optimization, and performance measurement
  • Proven ability to collaborate across marketing, analytics, sales, and other partners to support business outcomes
  • Experience supporting personalized digital experiences, testing strategies, and journey-based communications
  • FINRA Series 6 required within 120 days of hire.
  • Education : Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration or related field preferred.
  • License/Certification/Designation: Technical insurance designations such as CPCU, CLU, ChFC, FLMI considered a plus. Additional licensing may be required to hold this position; and associates will need to acquire the required federal and/or state licenses/registrations within the designated time period.

Preferred

  • License/Certification/Designation: Technical insurance designations such as CPCU, CLU, ChFC, FLMI considered a plus.

Benefits

  • We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more.
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Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by Standard & Poor's. An industry leader in driving customer-focused innovation, Nationwide provides a full range of insurance and financial services products including auto, business, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities and mutual funds; excess & surplus, specialty and surety; and pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com.

Founded in 2016
USA
31K employees (791 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.2M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.9M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.1%
Direct
59.1%
Referral
12.4%
Social
0.2%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~31.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
594 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
4 years
Median Tenure
5 years
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