Director, Email Marketing

Job Category: Email Marketing
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: New York - NY

Cohen & Steers

Reports To: Vice President, Digital Marketing

FLSA Code: Exempt

Estimated Salary: $165,000 – $180,000

Job Summary:

The Director, Email Marketing will be responsible for leading email marketing, marketing automation and lead management initiatives while supporting Cohen & Steers integrated digital marketing efforts (social & website).
The role will involve identifying, planning, executing and reporting on all email marketing and related efforts and making recommendations for enhancements in this area of outreach. This is a collaborative position involving engagement with the distribution channels and internal marketing partners along with other key stakeholders across the firm. Cohen & Steers is committed to an inclusive culture, valuing diversity in support of our people and clients.

Major Responsibilities/Activities:

  • Drive enhancements to the email marketing strategy and advocate for successful best practices within the organization
  • Serve as primary point of contact with CRM team
  • Lead ESP strategy work with the CRM team and Data team to align with overall firm Martech roadmap and strategy
  • Work with other members of Marketing teams and Distribution to define, plan and execute email campaigns on time
  • Continuously identify opportunities to improve email marketing and lead generation including automation, trigger marketing, drip campaigns, segmentation, link tracking (custom redirects), A/B testing, template designs, content, calls to action, etc.
  • Monitor performance and produce standardized reports along with recommendations on an ongoing basis
  • Conduct deep dive analysis to understand customer touch points and success across different client segments
  • Stay abreast of latest trends and industry tools to optimize and innovate in this space

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Provide strategic counsel to internal and external stakeholders on digital marketing best practices.
  • Drive development of new and strengthening existing high impact digital campaigns to increase engagement and drive sales.
  • Work alongside a team to develop social and digital media campaigns and monitor performance
  • Work to support website strategy for Cohen & Steers and help integrate online platforms with other digital asets

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field with minimum 10 years of experience
  • Superior knowledge of email creation tools and HTML/CSS
  • Fluency in google analytics, marketing and/or business intelligence tools
  • Deep knowledge with email and automation platforms such as Pardot, Marketo, MailChimp, HubSpot, etc; as well as CRM tools like Salesforce
  • Experience with Adobe photoshop or graphic design tools a plus
  • Experience in the Financial Services industry preferred but not required
  • A natural self-starter and problem solver with a data-driven mentality to identify key avenues for growth and report digital data insights
  • Scrappy, highly motivated team player ready to hustle and drive change
  • Excellent written and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate persuasively
  • Demonstrates inclusive behaviors in support of a culture that values diverse perspectives
  • Is able to abide by the firm’s hybrid work arrangement policy in New York City office (4 days in-office/1 day remote)