Manager of Loyalty

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableManager5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own loyalty and CRM across multi-unit hospitality, tying enrollment, offers, and lifecycle journeys to revenue and guest retention in Braze; drive testing, segmentation, and measurement with cross-team collaboration.

  • Platform ownership: Manage loyalty program, offers, codes, and campaign configurations.
  • Lifecycle & communications: Build welcome to win-back journeys across email and SMS in Braze.
  • Measurement & optimization: Tie activity to revenue, visit frequency, and loyalty lift; run test-and-learn to scale wins.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Loyalty Program Own the loyalty program day to day within our platforms, including enrollment, earn-and-burn strategy, tiers, rewards, and promotional offers that drive repeat visitation and guest value.
  • Develop and execute promotional, seasonal, and event-driven CRM campaigns supporting company initiatives and venue-level objectives.
  • Lifecycle Journeys Build and manage the full guest lifecycle in the Braze platform, from welcome through win-back.
  • Develop triggered and personalized communications across email and SMS.
  • Campaign Execution & Calendar Management Plan and deploy one-off email and SMS campaigns to support promotional offers, events, and seasonal moments.
  • Manage the campaign calendar to ensure timely, coordinated communication across all guest touchpoints.
  • Loyalty Platform Management Own offer creation, promotional code deployment, and campaign configuration within our loyalty platform.
  • Segmentation Develop audience strategies across our core guest segments, delivering the right message to the right guest at the right time.
  • Measurement Tie loyalty and lifecycle activity to revenue, visit frequency, guest retention, and spend per visit.
  • Build reporting that demonstrates measurable business impact.

Requirements

  • 5–7 years of experience in loyalty, lifecycle, CRM, or retention marketing, ideally within multi-unit hospitality, restaurant, retail, or experiential brands.
  • Hands-on experience managing loyalty and lifecycle marketing platforms.
  • Braze experience strongly preferred; comparable platforms considered.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to build segments, interpret performance, and connect marketing activity to business outcomes.
  • A test-and-learn mindset with a track record of launching, measuring, and optimizing programs.
  • Strong guest instincts and an understanding of what drives repeat visitation, engagement, and loyalty.
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns, journeys, and offers simultaneously.
  • Collaborative, low-ego approach and comfort working across Brand, Analytics, Technology, and Operations teams.

Preferred

  • Braze experience strongly preferred; comparable platforms considered.

Benefits

  • Health/dental/vision coverage options
  • 401(k) matching
  • Company paid Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Voluntary short term and long term Disability Insurance
  • Generous PTO, including paid parental leave
  • Associate discounts (FREE mini golf!)
  • Pet Insurance
  • Flex Spending Accounts
  • …and more!
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Puttshack

Puttshack is an upscale, tech-infused mini golf experience that appeals to everyone. More than just indoor mini golf, Puttshack leans on its ground-breaking technology to elevate the game, while also serving world-class food and full bar in a cool environment. The Puttshack experience is really all about having fun – and doing something fun – together. Combining a tech-infused mini golf game with exceptional food & beverage service, Puttshack is redefining mini golf for the next generation (while appealing to all generations). Since opening its first location in 2018, Puttshack now has multiple locations in the UK and is rapidly expanding in the US.

Founded in 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
680 employees (35 in marketing)