Senior Marketing Analyst

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

$134K/yr – $167K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and optimize marketing analytics programs by partnering with channel managers, designing experiments, and building scalable data foundations to turn insights into data-driven decisions.

  • Lead performance analysis across channels to drive measurable impact
  • Translate findings into clear recommendations for marketing leaders

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with marketing channel managers to measure, grow, and optimize their channels, owning performance analysis that gives clear visibility into key business and marketing metrics.
  • Design and run experiments, including incrementality tests, that deliver learnings quickly and scalably, and turn the results into campaign optimization opportunities.
  • Apply and advance measurement and attribution approaches (MMM, MTA, incrementality) with confidence, and translate the findings into clear recommendations for marketing leaders.
  • Build scalable reporting pipelines and data foundations in partnership with Analytics Engineering, extracting and organizing data from sources like the data warehouse, prospect lists, and site traffic databases into usable, well-modeled form (dbt models, semantic layers).
  • Serve as the go-to data expert for marketing partners, using critical thinking and creativity to surface opportunities for campaign optimization and process improvement, and facilitating data-informed decisions.

Requirements

  • You bring 5+ years of experience in marketing or growth analytics, with a track record of owning analyses that drive measurable impact and clear business outcomes.
  • You have strong business acumen, are intellectually curious, and are motivated to solve difficult marketing problems in a highly regulated space.
  • You have solid experience assessing performance and opportunities across Paid, Lifecycle, Direct Mail, and Partnership channels, and understand how they work together to drive growth.
  • You are fluent in marketing measurement, including attribution methodologies, incrementally testing, funnel analysis, and ROI modeling.
  • You have advanced SQL skills and experience using Python or R for exploratory analysis, modeling, or experimentation.
  • You have hands-on experience with dbt, Snowflake, and Looker (or comparable tools), including designing data models and semantic layers.
  • You care about data quality and have experience improving data reliability, definitions, and analytics infrastructure.
  • You translate complex analyses into clear, actionable insights and are comfortable influencing stakeholders.

Preferred

  • Experience working in the financial services industry
  • Experience working closely with data platform teams to improve marketing data models and tracking.
  • Familiarity with martech platforms and tools (ESPs, CDPs, etc.) and their data ecosystems.
  • Experience partnering with senior marketing leaders on annual planning, forecasting, and long-term strategy.
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Earnest

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Our mission is to make higher education accessible and affordable for everyone. We do that through smarter lending products, better tools, and relentless focus. Our approach is shaped by real stories and real challenges, and we’re building solutions that actually help.How we work matters just as much as what we’re building. Our five cultural principles guide how we show up, make decisions, and deliver for our customers every day:Every Second Counts. Choose to Do Hard Things. Pursue Excellence. Lead Together. Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously.We’re a remote-first team, moving fast and having fun while doing meaningful work. Perks include a $1,000 Earniversary travel perk, generous PTO, an annual office stipend, and swag drops throughout the year.Sound like your kind of place? Explore open roles at earnest.com/careers.Earnest Operations, NMLS #1204197nmlsconsumeraccess.org

Founded in 2013
Oakland, California, USA
364 employees (36 in marketing)
64% recommend to a friend
67% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$134K/yr – $167K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Marketing Analytics median pay in the United States

$110K/yr

Most pay falls between $86K and $158K. Based on 2,061 salaries.

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$316.3M
Last Raise
$20M
Series C, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2017
    Series C • $20M
  • Nov 2015
    Debt Financing • $200M
  • Nov 2015
    Series B • $75M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
532.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$970.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.4%
Direct
58.8%
Referral
5%
Social
0.6%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~364
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Senior Marketing Analyst

Earnest · San Francisco, CA · Remote