Lifecycle Marketing Strategist

Cellular Sales; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cellular Sales is seeking a Lifecycle Marketing Strategist to plan and execute customer lifecycle campaigns across email, SMS, and digital signage. This role partners with the Lifecycle Marketing Technologist to translate objectives into journeys, manage content, and coordinate cross-functional workflows that enhance customer experience and drive engagement and revenue.

The ideal candidate combines strategy, content expertise, and strong project management to deliver integrated campaigns for

Qualifications

• 4-year degree requirement and a bachelor’s in marketing, communications, business or related field.
• 5+ years of lifecycle marketing, campaign management, content strategy, or customer communications.
• Experience developing multi-channel marketing campaigns across B2C and B2B.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Experience with email marketing, SMS, CRM platforms, or marketing automation.
• Proven ability to translate business objectives into campaign briefs and communications.
• Excellent written, analytical, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute lifecycle marketing campaigns across multiple channels (email, SMS, digital signage).
• Develop campaign briefs and audience definitions with cross-functional teams.
• Translate objectives into customer communications and journeys.
• Coordinate timelines, approvals, and stakeholder engagement.
• QA promotional elements and ensure brand and regulatory compliance.
• Measure performance and optimize for engagement, retention, and revenue.

Skills

Project management

Organizational skills

Written communication

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Education

4-year degree

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/communications/business

Tools

Email marketing

SMS marketing

CRM platforms

Marketing automation tools

Job description

Cellular Sales

Lifecycle Marketing Strategist

Classification

Exempt

Reports to

Head of Marketing

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

Lifecycle Marketing Strategist is responsible for planning and executing customer lifecycle marketing campaigns that drive engagement, retention, and revenue across both B2C and B2B customer segments. This role partners closely with the Lifecycle Marketing Technologist to develop campaign strategies, translate customer journey objectives into customer communications, manage content and messaging, coordinate cross-functional workflows, and optimize customer touchpoints across email, SMS, digital signage, and other communication channels. The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, content expertise, and strong project management skills to deliver integrated campaigns that enhance the customer experience and support business objectives.

Essential Functions

Campaign Strategy & Planning

• Develop strategic creative briefs that guide campaign development and ensure consistent messaging across channels and teams


• Plan and execute integrated lifecycle marketing campaigns across email, SMS, digital signage, and other customer communication channels


• Partner with the Lifecycle Marketing Technologist to translate campaign objectives into audience definitions, customer segments, and communication requirements that support successful technical execution


• Support the development and optimization of customer journey strategies across key lifecycle stages, including onboarding, engagement, cross-sell, retention, and win-back initiatives


• Monitor marketing trends, channel best practices, and competitive activity to identify opportunities for improved customer engagement


• Coordinate campaign calendars and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution

Content Strategy & Customer Communications

• Own content strategy and messaging for lifecycle marketing campaigns


• Own the digital signage content strategy and calendar, partnering with Customer Acquisition, Market Activation, and Lifecycle Marketing teams to deliver relevant, timely, and consistent messaging that supports business objectives and enhances the in-store customer experience


• Partner with creative teams to develop customer-focused messaging that aligns with brand standards and business objectives


• Coordinate legal, regulatory, and brand compliance reviews to ensure customer communications meet promotional, disclosure, and brand requirements prior to deployment


• Ensure messaging consistency across lifecycle touchpoints while adapting content to channel-specific best practices

Project Management & Quality Assurance

• Manage campaign workflows, timelines, approvals, and stakeholder coordination to ensure timely delivery.


• Manage the intake and prioritization of lifecycle marketing requests, ensuring alignment with business objectives and campaign calendars.


• Partner with the Lifecycle Marketing Technologist to coordinate campaign testing and launch readiness across customer communication channels.


• Conduct quality assurance reviews to ensure promotional accuracy, brand consistency, and a seamless customer experience.


• Validate customer-facing campaign elements, including messaging, personalization, links, offers, and customer experience flows prior to deployment

Email, SMS & Campaign Optimization

• Partner with the Lifecycle Marketing Technologist to execute and optimize email and SMS campaigns


• Ensure messaging, audience segmentation, and campaign execution align with lifecycle marketing strategies


• Analyze campaign performance metrics and apply insights to improve engagement, conversion, retention, and customer lifetime value


• Evaluate campaign performance using both engagement metrics and business outcomes, including conversion, retention, and revenue impact


• Support testing and optimization initiatives to continuously improve lifecycle marketing performance

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Competencies

• Teamwork: Working as a productive member of a cohesive group toward a common goal, and contributing to team development and effective team dynamics.


• Written Communication: Expressing ideas and opinions clearly in properly structured, well-organized, and grammatically correct reports or documents; utilizing language and terminology.


• Initiative: Spotting opportunities within a circle of influence; anticipating threats and acting on them; self-starting rather than waiting passively until the situation demands action.


• Accountability: Accepting responsibility that results in anticipation/prevention of problem areas from actions, and problem solving inside and outside the department/organization.


• Customer Focus: Knowing the (internal and external) customer business needs and acting accordingly; anticipating customer needs, and giving high priority to customer satisfaction and customer service.


• Results Orientation: Being persistent and showing perseverance on achieving concrete and tangible results out of personal responsibility; getting optimum results from situations and being ready to take action and show tenacity in case of obstacles or resistance.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work EnvironmentThis job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely involves standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical DemandsMust be able to sit for long periods of time.The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Position Type/Expected Hours of WorkThis is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Travel0-10%

Required Education and Experience

• 4-year degree


• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field


• 5+ years of experience in lifecycle marketing, campaign management, content strategy, CRM marketing, or customer communications


• Experience developing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns


• Experience supporting customer journey programs, audience segmentation, and lifecycle marketing initiatives across B2C and/or B2B audiences


• Strong project management and organizational skills


• Experience with email marketing, SMS marketing, CRM platforms, or marketing automation tools


• Proven ability to translate business objectives into campaign briefs, customer communications, and actionable marketing requirements


• Excellent written communication, analytical, and collaboration skills

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field


• 5+ years of experience in lifecycle marketing, campaign management, content strategy, CRM marketing, or customer communications


• Experience developing and executing multi-channel marketing campaigns


• Experience supporting customer journey programs, audience segmentation, and lifecycle marketing initiatives across B2C and/or B2B audiences


• Strong project management and organizational skills


• Experience with email marketing, SMS marketing, CRM platforms, or marketing automation tools


• Proven ability to translate business objectives into campaign briefs, customer communications, and actionable marketing requirements


• Excellent written communication, analytical, and collaboration skills

AAP/EEO StatementReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other DutiesPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.