Sr Associate, Marketing Tech & Automation

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 days ago

Job Summary

Own the lifecycle marketing technical implementation from campaign design to execution, building and maintaining automated journeys, tests, and QA across Salesforce Marketing Cloud and CDP integrations.

  • Translate briefs into executable campaigns with data-driven targeting and cross-channel flows
  • Develop and QA multi-step automations, journeys, and personalization at scale
  • Provide technical guidance and support across lifecycle campaigns and platform integrations

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with the Lifecycle Marketing team to translate campaign strategies, briefs, and requirements into executable campaigns, leveraging marketing technology platforms and data solutions as needed.
  • Develop and troubleshoot complex, multi-step automations and/or journeys, including decision rule logic, wait conditions, data extension targeting, audience filters, re-entry rules, and cross-channel messaging.
  • Build, edit, and maintain highly dynamic email templates, content modules, and assets using HTML & CSS, as well as AMPscript conditional logic, fallback handling, personalization, loops, and lookups.
  • Troubleshoot ESP campaign setup and execution issues, escalating more complex technology or data issues as needed.
  • Execute day-to-day activities within the CDP to ESP pipeline, including audience creation & segmentation, flow creation, scheduling, testing, and deployment.
  • Partner with the Lifecycle Marketing team to leverage CDP capabilities with customer data to support targeting, personalization, and lifecycle marketing strategies within the ESP.
  • Support the ongoing maintenance of segmentation, flows, and other operational assets.
  • Document technical processes, campaign architecture, platform best practices, and operational workflows to improve team scalability and knowledge sharing.
  • Own technical QA for lifecycle marketing campaigns, including Salesforce Marketing Cloud pre-send validation, audience validation, render testing, link testing, personalization checks, automation testing, and journey verification.
  • Test and validate triggered communications, customer journeys, automations, and cross-channel campaign experiences prior to launch.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in marketing automation, executing lifecycle marketing campaigns.
  • Strong experience building event-driven customer journeys using behavioral triggers, customer data, audience segmentation, and multi-channel automations.
  • ESP experience, Salesforce Marketing Cloud or major enterprise ESP.
  • Basic SQL knowledge for validating customer data.
  • Strong understanding of email marketing fundamentals and lifecycle marketing best practices.
  • SFMC Marketing Cloud Engagement Specialist Certification.
  • Strong AMPscript knowledge for dynamic content setup and A/B testing.
  • Experience with a Customer Data Platform (CDP); Simon AI is a big plus.
  • Experience using Figma in collaboration with Lifecycle & Creative teams.
  • Familiarity with email testing platforms, such as Email on Acid.

Benefits

  • Candidates can experience Home Chef as a customer - enter promo code PEOPLE30 for $30 off your first order!
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
  • Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
  • 401k program
  • Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses
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Home Chef

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At Home Chef, we believe mealtime should be simple, delicious, and tailored to every lifestyle. We’re a team of chefs, creators, problem-solvers, and innovators working together to transform how people experience food at home. Whether it’s through our classic meal kits, express options, or Ready-to-Heat meals, we’re focused on delivering convenient, high-quality meals to kitchens across the country.We’re proud to introduce Tempo, our newest Ready-to-Heat brand designed for speed and flavor without compromise. Tempo offers chef-curated, microwave-ready meals crafted to keep up with today’s fast pace—bringing fresh variety and ease to busy lives. It’s just one more way we’re innovating to meet the evolving needs of our customers.Our culture is grounded in autonomy, inclusion, and trust. We move quickly, think creatively, and support one another through every challenge and win. Our employees are empowered to bring bold ideas to the table, and that entrepreneurial spirit continues to fuel our rapid growth. It’s what earned us Built In Chicago’s “Best Places to Work” in 2024 & 2025, and it’s what drives us as we grow across all departments and locations.If you're looking for a company where your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your work makes a real impact—we’d love to meet you. Join us as we continue to grow, innovate, and deliver meals people love!

Founded in 2013
Chicago, Illinois, USA
50% recommend to a friend
70% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$75K/yr – $80K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$57M
Last Raise
$40M
Series B, 9 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2016
    Series B • $40M
  • Jun 2016
    Debt Financing
  • Apr 2016
    Series A • $10M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Google Ads Budget
$636.6K

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Sr Associate, Marketing Tech & Automation

Home Chef · Chicago, IL · On-site