Senior Marketing Automation Specialist

Richmond, VA (On-site)

$73K/yr – $152K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 17 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and lead end-to-end marketing automation programs and customer journeys, translating objectives into scalable workflows and campaigns while driving optimization across teams and platforms.

  • Design and launch automated programs and journeys
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Tech, and Data teams to optimize campaigns and integrations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, test, launch, and optimize automated marketing programs and customer journeys.
  • Translate marketing objectives into scalable workflows, triggers, audience logic, and automation requirements.
  • Identify opportunities to automate repetitive marketing activities and improve existing processes.
  • Develop reusable automation approaches that can support multiple segments, campaigns, or customer journeys.
  • Lead complex automation initiatives from requirements through launch and optimization.
  • Lead the execution and optimization of complex email campaigns and automated communications.
  • Apply email marketing standards and best practices across campaign development, testing, deployment, and optimization.
  • Partner with segment marketers on targeting, segmentation, sequencing, and lifecycle communication strategies.
  • Coordinate campaign dependencies across Content, Digital Experience, Analytics, Data, Technology, and other stakeholders.
  • Identify opportunities to improve engagement and effectiveness through testing and performance analysis.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Digital Marketing, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Minimum of 6 years of progressively responsible experience in marketing automation, email marketing, lifecycle marketing, digital marketing, or a related field.
  • Strong knowledge of digital marketing concepts, tools, and techniques, including SEO, SEM, email marketing, and content marketing.
  • Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS preferred
  • Solid understanding of analytics with the ability to generate and interpret reports to make data-driven decisions.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent project management and time management skills
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills with a focus on innovative and result-oriented approaches.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team, managing multiple projects, cross-functional initiatives and deadlines effectively.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of industry trends, digital marketing best practices, and emerging technologies.

Preferred

  • Google or related marketing technology related certifications are a plus.

Benefits

  • We offer competitive benefit programs that help meet our diverse and changing environment as well as support our employees’ needs at all stages of life.
  • All full-time employees have the option to select from multiple health, dental and vision insurance plan options and optional life, disability, and AD&D insurance.
  • We also offer a 401(k) with employer match contributions, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, PTO, corporate holidays and floating holidays, parental leave.
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Markel

As the insurance operations within the Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL), we leverage a broad array of capabilities and expertise to create intelligent solutions for the most complex specialty insurance needs. With over 5,000 employees across the globe, finding creative solutions for complex risks is our passion. And our broad array of tools and knowledge allows us to create tailored coverage solutions for even the most complex needs. Putting you – our colleagues, brokers and clients – first is what differentiates us worldwide. We’re committed to being a long-term partner who is there when you need us most. Everything we do comes out of the Markel Style. These 214 words are a timeless statement of our mission. It’s our north star, and out of that comes our brand vision.

Founded in 1990
Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
4.3K employees (115 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$73K/yr – $152K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Marketing Automation median pay in the United States

$95K/yr

Most pay falls between $78K and $120K. Based on 282 salaries.

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Senior Marketing Automation Specialist

Markel · Richmond, VA · On-site