Manager, Consumer Strategy & Growth

District of Columbia, USA (Remote)

$77K/yr – $85K/yrManager2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end email acquisition programs and data-driven testing to drive subscriptions, with a focus on personalization, segmentation, and robust automation journeys.

  • Acquisition Email & Automation: Own end-to-end campaigns in Sailthru from setup to deployment with audience targeting and QA.
  • Experimentation & Personalization: Expand A/B testing and turn results into segment and message improvements.
  • Lifecycle & Journeys: Build non-subscriber automations and engagement-based journeys that drive subscription purchases.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Execute acquisition email campaigns and automations end to end in Sailthru, including template setup, audience selection, QA, scheduling, and deployment.
  • Expand and manage the A/B testing strategy across acquisition campaigns and automations, from hypothesis development through analysis and recommendation.
  • Deliver data-backed recommendations to improve email conversion, personalization, segmentation, and data collection efforts.
  • Own non-subscriber email automations and build new trigger- or engagement-based journeys that drive subscription purchases.
  • Manage audience segmentation to improve engagement, opt-out, and conversion rates while supporting healthy list practices.
  • Monitor campaign, automation, and audience performance in Looker and identify opportunities or issues quickly enough to act on them.
  • Partner closely with teams across CSG, as well as Product, Editorial and Data Engineering
  • Maintain a high bar for execution, documentation, and testing rigor so campaigns ship cleanly and learnings compound over time.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience in email, lifecycle, or growth marketing; experience in media, publishing, or subscription businesses is a plus.
  • Experience designing, running, and analyzing A/B tests and applying what you learn to future campaigns and testing plans.
  • Hands-on experience with an ESP or marketing automation platform; familiarity with Sailthru is a plus.
  • Experience with a data visualization or analytics platform, with Looker strongly preferred.
  • Ability to distill campaign performance into clear findings and actionable recommendations for stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of email marketing fundamentals, including messaging, list management, deliverability, and compliance best practices.
  • Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively across teams.

Preferred

  • Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and experience building or editing email templates in HTML.
  • Familiarity with a CDP such as Lytics and an understanding of how customer data supports segmentation and triggered journeys.
  • Strong technical fluency and comfort working across platforms, systems, and tools that support testing, QA, reporting, and campaign execution.
  • Resourceful and self-directed, with the ability to troubleshoot issues, learn new systems quickly, and figure things out independently.
  • Openness to using new technologies and workflows, including AI tools such as Claude, to improve research, analysis, and execution efficiency.
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