We're looking for someone who has:
- A positive, "can do" attitude
- A natural curiosity and desire to find creative solutions to problems
- Intense attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- An eye for design, and dedication to modern user experience principles
- The ability to effectively manage multiple projects/tasks of varying complexities and meet deadlines
- The ability to work well under pressure
Daily responsibilities:
- Collaborate with client teams to develop email marketing strategy for ongoing nurture campaigns as well as complex trigger-based campaigns for promotions
- Understand client marketing goals and develop copy and targeted CTAs to meet those objectives
- Produce effective and flawless interactive emails that meet industry standards, campaign objectives, and strict deadlines
- Perform objective quality assurance testing across a variety of email marketing platforms, devices, and settings (ie. dark mode) to ensure optimal user experience across the board
- Proofread emails for clarity, spelling, and grammar
- Evaluate end-to-end email performance by analyzing in-platform send data (ie. opens, clicks) and Google Analytics (destination site engagement using UTMs & Google Analytics).
- Compile reports for client teams summarizing performance and providing suggestions for ongoing improvements
- Stay up-to-date on new email marketing trends to identify ways to upgrade email templates for improved conversion rates and retention
Proven work experience as an email marketing specialist or digital marketing specialist and experience in the following applications is required:
- Email marketing systems (Marketo preferred)
- HTML, CSS (with responsive design principles)
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Google Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets
- Google Analytics, Google Data Studio
Work experience in the following areas gets bonus points:
- Experience with design software to create images, including Canva
Please include creative samples with your resume or provide a link to your creative portfolio
- Enterprise-level content management systems (IBM Websphere, MS SharePoint, Sitecore)
What we offer full-time employees:
- Challenging projects — never a dull day on the job
- Friendly, hard-working team
- Focused work environment
- Open, collaborative working environment
After 90-day introductory period, we offer:
- Competitive employee health insurance plan that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employer matching IRA contributions up to 3%
- One week of paid time off accrued in the first year and two weeks each subsequent year
* This position is not remote. Please do not apply if you are not able to work out of our office in Aurora, IL.
If you are interested in applying for this position and meeting our team, send your resume to careers@spidr.design and tell us why you would be a good fit for Spidr Design.
