Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$85K/yr - $114K/yr (Est.)Senior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive lifecycle and promotional messaging strategy across email and push for US+CA, leading audience segmentation, personalization, and channel performance.

  • Own lifecycle strategy and content calendar for email and push across US + CA.
  • Must-have: 5+ years in marketing with email experience and ESP tools (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud).
  • Standout: Strong cross-functional collaboration, forecasting, and personalization at scale.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • The Lifecycle Marketing Manager is responsible for leading the strategy, planning, and performance of lifecycle and promotional messaging across email and push notification channels for US + CA.
  • Develop and manage audience segmentation and channel frequency strategies across email and push notifications
  • Collaborate with brand, creative, program and merchandising teams to develop and manage the comprehensive email and push notification content calendar.
  • Build and maintain a channel roadmap, including A/B testing strategy and test plans
  • Lead personalization strategy, including ownership of product recommendation programs
  • Partner with leadership on forecasting and budgeting for channel performance
  • Develop campaign briefs and provide strategic direction for email and push programs
  • Own file growth strategy to drive subscriber acquisition and list health
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for external vendors and personalization partners
  • Provide and present regular hindsights on performance

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant marketing experience; email experience required, retail experience preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communications or related field preferred
  • Serve as the main point of contact for key marketing technology vendors, including Email Service Providers (ESPs), push notification platforms, and personalization partners, managing relationships and platform utilization.
  • Experience using ESP tools, such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Moveable Ink.
  • Strong knowledge of retail promotional tactics and customer messaging best practices
  • Ability to manage and develop direct reports knowledge base and skill set across programs.
  • Strong project management and communications skills - experienced in navigating across organizations and collaborating cross-functionally
  • Possess analytic skills to generate and present comprehensive weekly and monthly channel performance reports.
  • Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and focus on activities that drive company sales, profitability, and return on investment
  • A problem solver - ability and willingness to take on challenges and roll up the sleeves to make things work
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At CB2 we’re known for our unique take on design. The magic is in the mix of edgy and elevated. Raw and refined. We love trends but don’t live by them. We’re more into that timeless cool-factor. Home is where personal style comes to life. And we’re here to inspire in any way we can. To help you fill your home with things you love, that aren’t too expensive and that you’ll never regret.As a brand, we champion inclusivity, kindness, love and respect. We try to be good corporate citizens and take big and small actions towards that goal everyday.CB2 enthusiastically supports Humble Design Chicago. A non-profit that transforms empty, cold houses for the recently homeless into warm, welcoming and uplifting places where they can restart their lives. It’s amazing what a difference a furnished home can make for families emerging from homelessness. Learn more about Humble Design here.We always celebrate Pride partnering annually with GLSEN. In addition to our generous donation, we’ve hosted in store events and wore our pride through limited edition t-shirts during Pride month to show our unwavering support. At CB2 HQ, everyday has its own playlist. Music makes its way into almost everything we do from how we define the vibe of a new collection or set the mood in our stores. In 2017 we launched a series of live concerts, in our stores, featuring some of our favorite artists: Francis and the Lights, Kacy Hill, and ???. It was such a huge success we decided to make it a forever thing. Learn about upcoming concerts check out cb2.com/afterhours. From our store associates all around the country to our buyers, planners and creatives in Chicago, CB2 has some of the most clever, interesting and creative people we’ve ever met. Our stores are filled with their energy, their unique take on products, their stories and inspirations. Like our people, our brand isn’t about a certain look or style, it’s about an attitude. We make what we love. And hope you love it too.

Founded in 2000
Chicago, Illinois, USA
532 employees (185 in marketing)
24% recommend to a friend
21% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
4.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$562.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.6%
Direct
58.7%
Referral
5.9%
Social
2.8%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~531

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
61 (11% of company)
Median Tenure
1.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

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