Email Marketing Specialist

UK (Hybrid)

£55K/yr – £60K/yrMid Level2+ years expContract

Posted 13 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end email and SMS marketing workflow within the university's central platform, driving QA, audience segmentation, template development, performance reporting, and partner enablement across cross-functional teams.

  • Lead QA, audience management, and performance analysis across campaigns.
  • Collaborate with content, design, and analytics to craft effective email/SMS strategies.
  • Support and train university partners on the marketing automation platform and processes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality work that meets university standards and represents marketing automation best practices by testing messages across email clients and devices, validating audience volume prior to send, comparing final send counts against expected volume, and following other established quality assurance procedures.
  • Create and deploy emails and SMS messages using the university's central marketing automation platform, leveraging advanced features including A/B testing, dynamic content and journeys.
  • Represent the marketing automation function on collaborative project teams to develop email/SMS strategies based on project goals, data insights, audience research and industry trends and best practices.
  • Collaborate with content and design teams to build and maintain HTML and WYSIWIG templates for use by colleagues and university partners.
  • Track and report on performance, effectiveness and results of assigned projects (ongoing & post-action); prepare presentations to share those insights and recommendations with internal teams, department/university leadership, and university partners.
  • Thoroughly understand the university's core audiences and data infrastructure to recommend targeted audiences manage email lists and segmentation.
  • Train, support and manage relationships with university partners in their email/SMS marketing efforts and use of the university's marketing automation platform as a consultant in partnership with the Director of Marketing Automation.
  • Stay up-to-date on email marketing trends & best practices, higher education news, and marketing automation platform upgrades to inform recommended strategies and tactics.
  • An employment offer is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment physical.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in English, communications, journalism, marketing or related field
  • At least two (2) years of email marketing experience.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  • Working knowledge of marketing automation tools and best practices.
  • Proficient in HTML/CSS.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy of work.
  • Superior organizational skills - must be able to effectively prioritize and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to quickly acclimate to different environments and openness to new processes and technologies. Self-directed with a solutions-oriented attitude; values and contributes to a positive work environment.
  • Ability to work within a continuous improvement environment; able to receive feedback with a positive attitude and a commitment to personal accountability.
  • Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills with the ability to work and collaborate with colleagues and campus partners.

Preferred

  • Experience creating HTML/CSS emails.

Benefits

  • A hybrid work schedule
  • Full medical, dental, vision coverage
  • Paid time off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Tuition remission - eligible employees and their dependents can obtain a degree TUITION FREE
  • A generous retirement plan and so much more!
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Temple University

As the largest university in one of the nation’s most iconic cities, Temple educates diverse future leaders from across Philadelphia, the country and the world who share a common drive to learn, prepare for their careers and make a real impact.Founded as a night school by Russell Conwell in 1884, Temple University has evolved into an international powerhouse in higher education. Temple is a top-tier research institution with roughly 40,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students, 17 schools and colleges, eight campuses and hundreds of degree programs.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
13K employees (657 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.3M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.5%
Direct
53.8%
Referral
5.5%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~13K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
421 (3% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 2 years ago