Email Marketing Systems Architect (Contract)

Kindredventures; United States; On-site; USD 96,432 - 165,312; Part time

Job summary

Atlas is seeking a hands-on Email Marketing Operations Consultant to own the backend of our email program, including ESP configuration, data/segmentation, and templates. You will optimize existing tooling, implement new systems, and train the marketing team to execute campaigns across brand and lifecycle emails.

This contract role focuses on building scalable processes, ensuring reliable data flows from databases and BI tools to the ESP, and delivering measurable email performance.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in marketing operations focused on email.
• Hands-on experience with ESPs and automation platforms.
• SendGrid / Twilio experience required.
• Experience connecting data sources to ESPs.
• Strong segmentation and targeting skills.
• Excellent cross-functional communication.
• Self-directed with proactive documentation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the marketing function.
• Link database/BI tools with ESP for data flow.
• Build segmentation and targeting logic.
• Configure template system for dynamic templates.
• Build automated lifecycle flows.
• Configure reporting on email metrics.
• Set up QA and deliverability.
• Document the system and train the marketing team.

Skills

Email marketing operations

ESP / marketing automation

Data integration

Segmentation & targeting

Cross-functional communication

QA / deliverability

Documentation / training

Tools

SendGrid

Twilio

Mailgun

Postmark

Amazon SES

Braze

Iterable

Klaviyo

Customer.io

Liquid templating

SQL

Job description

Atlas is seeking a hands-on Email Marketing Operations Consultant to own the backend of our email program, including ESP configuration, data/segmentation, and templates. You will optimize existing tooling, implement new systems, and train the marketing team to execute campaigns across brand and lifecycle emails.

This contract role focuses on building scalable processes, ensuring reliable data flows from databases and BI tools to the ESP, and delivering measurable email performance.