Remote Email Marketing Specialist - Canada

Brafton Inc.; Ontario; Remote; CAD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading content marketing firm is seeking an Email Marketing Specialist to join their team. This remote position will involve executing campaigns, providing strategic guidance, and analyzing email marketing performance. Candidates must have knowledge of various email marketing platforms and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant work experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of the evolving email marketing landscape.

Responsibilities

• Determining target audiences for intended campaigns.
• Campaign setup, testing, and deployment within the client's email platform.
• Reporting and analysis of deployed campaigns.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Knowledge of the evolving email marketing landscape

Technical knowledge of multiple email marketing platforms

Tools

Hubspot

Pardot

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Mailchimp

Marketo

ActiveCampaign

Sendinblue

Job description

Brafton is one of the world's leading content marketing firms, with offices in Boston, London and Sydney. We aspire to continually raise the bar on what people consider "marketing content." We create result-focused strategies and content to drive SEO, social engagement and leads for our clients. Our teams continuously build expertise across new media formats, including video, blogs, infographics and web design.

This is a remote, full-time contract position and is open to candidates in Canada. Applicants in the Eastern and Atlantic time zones will be considered.

The Email Marketing Specialist is a keystone member of the Consulting Department. This role is an independent contributor who will be working toward greater breadth of skills and client-facing experience.

The Email Marketing Specialist has experience and expertise concerning every aspect of email marketing, including :

• Determining target audiences for intended campaigns
• Providing clients with strategic guidance and recommendations
• Campaign setup, testing and deployment within the client’s email platform
• Email template creation and refinement
• List segmentation and maintenance
• Creation of automations and drip sequences
• Reporting and analysis of deployed campaigns

Additionally, the Email Marketing Specialist has a strong knowledge of numerous email marketing platforms, and the ability to learn and master new platforms as needed. These include but are not limited to :

• Hubspot
• Pardot
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• Mailchimp
• Marketo
• ActiveCampaign
• Sendinblue

The Email Marketing Specialist has the ability and willingness to lead on projects, including both client work and internal Brafton initiatives, and will work proactively and autonomously to achieve success.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS & KEY SUCCESS FACTORS : The focus is generally on task execution and consultancy project support. Tasks and responsibilities may include (but are not limited to) :

• Executing on assigned deliverables, with the close supervision and support of the Manager, Email Marketing.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once while maintaining pre-determined deadlines.
• Collaborating with other team members as part of Brafton's deliverable peer-review process.
• Collaborating closely with other consultants and colleagues to understand our prospects' and clients' needs, as well as the details of each assigned task.
• Ability to understand and analyze email marketing KPIs and provide actionable next steps based on findings
• Communicating on live projects with all involved team members to ensure clarity and adherence to deadlines.
• Ensuring that everything we deliver is in-line with the client's expectations and meets our internal standards for quality.
• Ability to analyze data and communicate it to clients in a friendly and educational manner.
• Assisting other team members with information synthesis, formatting, and report proofing, as directed by the Manager, Email Marketing.

Additionally, this role may work toward :

• Exploring and developing new service offerings, with the support of managers and senior colleagues.
• Working to understand and gain insights into industry trends and standards around data analysis and reporting, email marketing, lead generation, design best practice and content marketing in general.
• Collaborating with senior members of staff to develop strong in-house knowledge stores, policies and processes.
• Working closely with Brafton's development team, CMS, production teams and other departments, as is helpful, toward the timely and successful completion of these tasks.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS :

• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant work experience preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of the evolving email marketing landscape
• Technical knowledge of multiple email marketing platforms

Preferred, but not required :

• Certified Pardot Specialist

TIME BREAKOUT :

• 70 percent independent contributor email marketing work
• 20 percent internal or client-facing communications

Contractors must provide their own industry hardware and a stable internet connection.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY : Brafton is an Equal Opportunity employer. In addition to federal law requirements, Brafton complies with applicable state, provincial and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfers, leave of absence, compensation and training.