Growth Marketing Lead

Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $120K/yrSenior Level5+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end email and lifecycle messaging for a subscription-based politics audience, turning readers into paying members and members into VIPs, with a strong focus on copy, testing, and cross-channel prompts.

  • Email and lifecycle ownership: plan, write, and optimize welcome, win-back, abandoned-cart, and post-renewal flows with CRM collaboration.
  • Conversion and audience growth: test subject lines, CTAs, landing pages, and promotions to lift activation and upgrades.
  • Cross-channel activation: coordinate events, audience messaging, and survey-driven insights into channel messaging and segmentation.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead email marketing campaigns from concept to completion, in close collaboration with the Subscription & Product Team
  • Develop and A/B test conversion-focused copy across the full funnel, including emails, newsletter CTAs, pop-ups and landing pages
  • Stay on top of the news cycle and adapt marketing copy to capitalize on breaking news moments
  • Drive free-to-paid conversion and VIP upsell strategies, moving subscribers into paid membership and members into VIP
  • Build and manage copy for lifecycle campaigns, including welcome, win back, abandoned cart and post-renewal journeys, working closely with our Marketing Operations & CRM Strategist
  • Craft promotional copy and strategy for events across our free and paid audiences
  • Lead survey promotion and translate insights into sharper messaging and segmentation
  • Plan and execute limited-time sales and promotions, including new product launches
  • Monitor and report on campaign performance to optimize future strategies
  • Collaborate with the Audience Growth team to carry messaging across channels

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in marketing, growth or lifecycle roles, ideally in a subscription-based news or media company
  • Strong copywriter who can match a defined brand voice and adapt tone across marketing channels
  • Experience building email campaigns in an ESP, like HubSpot
  • Comfortable analyzing campaign performance and running A/B tests to inform future strategies
  • Proven ability to employ email marketing tactics to convert free audiences to paid
  • Organized, detail-oriented self-starter who can juggle multiple concurrent campaigns and deadlines
  • Collaborative, team player who can give clear creative direction and work across teams
  • Passion for politics, news and/or voting rights and democracy

Preferred

  • Familiarity with Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager

Benefits

  • Merit-based annual bonus eligibility
  • 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees
  • 401(k) with 6% company match , available after 3 months
  • Commuter benefits to help with your daily travel
  • Generous paid time off , including:
  • 18 days of PTO per year (increasing with tenure)
  • 10 paid Health & Wellness days annually
  • 2 paid personal days annually
  • 11 paid holidays , observed per company policy
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Democracy Docket

Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.Founded in 2020 by Democratic voting rights attorney Marc Elias, Democracy Docket is a reliable source of news that delivers detailed analysis and expert commentary on voting rights and election litigation and policy that will shape our elections and democratic institutions for years to come. With a comprehensive database of over 700 cases, Democracy Docket tracks and reports on the latest election and voting-related litigation, providing filings, in-depth analysis and up-to-date developments about court proceedings.We offer free daily and weekly newsletters to our nearly 200,000 subscribers as well as a premium membership with exclusive content. Our social media presence continues to grow with over 700,000 total followers across our channels, including 130,000+ YouTube subscribers.

Founded in 2020
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 employees (13 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
928.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
30.8%
Direct
52.3%
Referral
12.1%
Social
4.4%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~18

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (67% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1