Email Marketing Specialist

Portland, OR (On-site)

$65K/yr – $70K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end email and SMS campaigns and nurture programs, translating briefs into branded campaigns, and driving data-driven optimizations across channels.

  • Manages briefs, calendars, and stakeholder feedback to ensure timely launches.
  • Tests and personalizes communications to improve engagement and conversion while ensuring compliance.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute and schedule email and lead nurture campaigns in Marketo and other approved platforms, coordinating assets and targeting across brands and departments.
  • Create and build emails using tools such as Knak or comparable platforms, translating campaign briefs into brand-aligned copy, layouts, reusable templates and dynamic content.
  • Own day-to-day email campaigns from brief to launch, prioritizing requests, coordinating timelines and stakeholder feedback, and delivering to agreed scope and quality.
  • Maintain the email and SMS production calendar; track project status and metrics, and escalate delivery risks or capacity constraints to the Demand Generation Manager.
  • Quality-check emails and SMS messages for copy, links, personalization, accessibility, mobile rendering, audience selection and tracking before launch.
  • Develop and implement the SMS marketing strategy, including campaign planning, audience segmentation, messaging, scheduling and testing . Monitor performance and find opportunities to drive fan engagement and conversion.
  • Maintain audience segmentation, list hygiene and suppression rules across email and SMS; partner with BI and CRM teams to align targeting with reliable data and campaign objectives.
  • Build and maintain nurture programs and customer journey automations; apply A/B testing and personalization to improve engagement and conversion.
  • Troubleshoot campaign issues, monitor deliverability and follow applicable email and SMS compliance requirements (including consent, opt-out and carrier standards) and platform standards.
  • Report campaign results, recommend optimizations and maintain documentation, templates and workflows that improve repeatability and efficiency.

Requirements

  • Have experience creat ing , edit ing and executing email marketing campaigns, including developing brand-aligned email copy , layouts and content using tools such as Knak or comparable platforms.
  • Hands-on experience with marketing automation platforms, including campaign setup, scheduling, nurture programs and personalization .
  • Working knowledge of SMS marketing strategy and execution, including campaign development, audience segmentation, subscriber management, performance measurement and compliance best practices.
  • Skill in coordinating competing deadlines, approvals and campaign details across internal teams and external partners.
  • Knowledge of audience segmentation, list hygiene, email compliance and deliverability practices, including SPF, DKIM and DMARC.
  • Ability to interpret campaign data, design meaningful tests and translate results into practical improvements.
  • Ability to troubleshoot email formatting and campaign logic, learn new tools and document repeatable processes.
  • An adaptable, curious mindset and a desire to learn new tools, improve processes and find more effective ways to engage audiences.

Preferred

  • Working know ledge of HTML/CSS for email formatting and troubleshooting.
  • Experience using SQL and Excel for extracting and segmenting data.
  • Experience using Marketo, or Marketo Certifications.

Benefits

  • Salary Range: $65,000 - $70,000 annually
  • Competitive Healthcare Coverage
  • Retirement Plan
  • Paid Maternal & Parental Leave
  • Flexible Time Off (3 weeks + 11 holidays)
  • Wellness Perks
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Free Parking + Discounted Mass Transit Passes
  • Discounted & Complimentary Tickets
  • Ongoing Learning & Development
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Portland Trail Blazers @ the Rose Quarter

As employees of the Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Quarter, we bring people together to create extraordinary moments and lasting memories through the power of sports and entertainment.We are two teams that work as one. Rip City Management executes our events at the Rose Quarter, from games to concerts and everything in between. Trail Blazers Inc. connects with fans, from ticket holders to partners and clients. We unite for top company results. We are the team behind the team. Since 1970, we have been pioneers in the sports and entertainment industry. We are committed to our mission of creating extraordinary moments for our guests. We are innovators who believe in creativity, sustainability, and inclusiveness to help craft the culture of the Northwest. Our organization has an opportunity and responsibility to positively impact our staff, players, fans, and community. As such, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and our community. We are all a part of Rip City.

Portland, Oregon, USA
715 employees (165 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$65K/yr – $70K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($68K) is in line with the median base salary for Email Marketing Specialist roles in the United States ($68K).

Email Marketing Specialist median pay in the United States

$68K/yr

Most pay falls between $61K and $78K. Based on 57 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
115 (16% of company)
Median Tenure
4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
11.7%
Direct
79.2%
Referral
5.4%
Social
2.8%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~717
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Email Marketing Specialist

Portland Trail Blazers @ the Rose Quarter · Portland, OR · On-site