Senior Marketing Strategist
Apply DigitalΒ·about 13 hours ago
LOCATION: This is a hybrid position. The preferred candidate should be based in (or within a location commutable to) New York, NY, working in hours that align with the Eastern Time Zone.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Marketing Strategist, you'll play a critical role in providing strategic direction and growth marketing support for our top-tier clients. Reporting into the Marketing Services team, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing cross-channel marketing strategies across email, web, push, social, and SMS, with a primary focus on lifecycle and retention programs. You will help translate complex client objectives into measurable, high-impact marketing programs that drive growth and long-term engagement.
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Work directly with clients to provide strategic planning, ideation, and optimization of new cross-channel (email, web, push, social, SMS, etc.) campaign programs, personalization initiatives, and overall marketing calendar planning, primarily for lifecycle and retention programs.
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Write briefs and approve all created assets.
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Ensure all recommendations have a clear and concise methodology, are appropriately sized to maximize impact and ease of execution, and instill confidence in the results.
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Provide ongoing analytics and optimization support, creating dashboards and reports that show metrics and solutions for continued growth or strategic pivots.
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Continually track and develop a clear record of incremental revenue sourced from owned initiatives.
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Develop strong relationships and rapport with clients, instilling confidence in agency work and fostering advocacy and referrals.
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Participate in sales pitches and scoping conversations as a multi-channel growth subject matter expert.
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Help identify the appropriate level of effort required to support new projects, extensions, renewals, and expanded scopes.
Strategic Planning & Ideation
Analytics & Optimization
Client Relationship Management
Sales & Growth Support
REQUIREMENTS
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8+ years of experience providing lifecycle or retention marketing strategy (direct agency experience preferred).
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Extensive knowledge of email, SMS, and push channels, as well as top-of-funnel marketing.
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Solid track record of growth marketing successes, with hands-on platform experience in automation tools such as Iterable, Braze, Segment, Klaviyo, or Customer.io.
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Direct experience leveraging data for complex personalization marketing programs.
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Direct experience providing marketing campaign and program analysis using BI tools (Looker, Tableau) or analytics tools (Mixpanel, Amplitude).
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Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and stakeholders simultaneously.
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Hands-on approach that delivers sharp strategic insights for clients.
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Strong technical edge with current knowledge of consumer behavior trends, cross-channel marketing, and digital growth strategies.
Nice to Have
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Understanding of AI decisioning tools with current practical application.
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Superior written and communication skills with strong organizational abilities.
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Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to synthesize information from emails and documents into actionable tasks.
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Experience with project management tools.
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Great intuition and a proactive nature.
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Ability to manage multiple projects and clients simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
Market context
Measured from remote postings we have tracked ourselves β not self-reported survey data.
What Senior Marketing roles in Americas pay
- 25th
- $106k
- Median
- $135k
- 75th
- $164k
Based on 1,889 comparable postings with disclosed salaries, last 12 months.
How Apply Digital is hiring
- Last 90 days
- 37 roles
- Total tracked
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- Hiring across
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