Parrot Stars Marketing Director

Arlington Heights, IL (On-site)

$50K/yr – $70K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

Job Summary

Own the multichannel marketing footprint for Parrot Stars, driving social media, email, and ecommerce growth across content creation, strategy, and performance measurement.

  • Lead social content and campaigns across platforms.
  • Develop and optimize email flows and automation.
  • Support Shopify site growth and SEO initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Social Media & Content: Develop and manage the overall social media strategy for Parrot Stars across Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and other relevant platforms.
  • Plan, record, photograph, edit and publish original content.
  • Develop an organized content calendar while remaining flexible enough to capture interesting moments happening throughout the store.
  • Turn educational classes, podcast episodes, demonstrations, products and everyday activity into compelling short- and long-form content.
  • Track performance and continuously improve content based on engagement, reach, audience growth and business results.
  • Email Marketing: Own our Klaviyo email marketing program.
  • Develop educational, promotional and ecommerce email campaigns.
  • Manage segmentation, scheduling, testing and campaign optimization.
  • Develop and improve automated flows including welcome, abandoned cart, post-purchase, re-engagement and other customer lifecycle campaigns.
  • Track email revenue, engagement, list growth and deliverability.

Requirements

  • Approximately 4–6+ years of professional marketing experience who has previously taken meaningful ownership of a brand, ecommerce business or major marketing function.
  • You should be able to show us work you have personally created and results you have personally helped generate.
  • Social media strategy and management
  • Short-form and long-form video creation
  • Photography and video editing
  • Shopify or comparable ecommerce platforms
  • Klaviyo or comparable email marketing platforms
  • Email segmentation and automation
  • Copywriting
  • Ecommerce merchandising

Preferred

  • A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications or a related field is welcome but is not required.
  • Experience in ecommerce, DTC, specialty retail, lifestyle, education, pet/animal or consumer brands is especially valuable.
  • Podcast marketing experience is a plus.

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • Employee discount
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
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Parrot Stars

We are an exotic bird shop that specializes in parrots! Our team is full of passionate animal-lovers. We breed, hand-feed, tame and socialize a huge variety of parrot species. Parrot Stars is committed to raising healthy, happy parrots and placing them with loving forever homes. We also rehabilitate and re-home surrendered parrots who can no longer be cared for by their owners. We sell bird food, toys, and accessories through our website and offer nation-wide shipping. We also have a brick-and-mortar shop in the Chicagoland area where we offer grooming and boarding services in addition to our bird showroom and education room. We host birthday parties and celebrations on-site, too!

Founded in 2018
Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA
2 employees (1 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$50K/yr – $70K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($60K) is 50% below the median base salary for Marketing Director roles in the United States ($120K).

Marketing Director median pay in the United States

$120K/yr

Most pay falls between $90K and $150K. Based on 313 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (50% of company)
Median Tenure
1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
21.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.5%
Direct
28.6%
Referral
0.5%
Social
13.4%
Paid
0.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2
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Parrot Stars Marketing Director

Parrot Stars · Arlington Heights, IL · On-site