Home Chef is building new ways to provide meal solutions that meet a wide variety of customer needs, and shipping locations both online and in store. Our team is a unique mix of creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and trailblazers and we’re growing quickly. Our customer-first mentality, combined with a zest for supporting our peers, helped us bring home Built in Chicago’s Startup of the Year Moxie award in 2017. If you’re ready to be part of the action, we’re ready to connect with you. There are no limits to where we can go together.

The Email Marketing Specialist is responsible for facilitating new creative efforts within lifecycle marketing channels. Additionally, you will manage the end-to-end process for launching weekly marketing campaigns, participating with conception through to reporting/analysis. This role includes both planning and hands-on execution and responsibilities will expand as expertise is developed, with the opportunity for growth within the broader Lifecycle Marketing team.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end execution for email campaigns and automations by participating in the development of the creative and testing strategies and owning the deployment of the email (including coding, QA, send and post-send performance reporting)
• Manage a cross-channel campaign launch and promotional calendar
• Report on the performance of campaigns, providing insight on the results that can inform iterative testing and campaign strategy 
• Project manage and act as the primary liaison between the brand marketing/creative and lifecycle marketing teams: develop creative briefs, provide feedback based on email best practices, leveraging insights from prior campaigns and general knowledge of the Home Chef product, and communicating deadlines to stakeholders as appropriate
• Assist in developing the A/B testing roadmap for all user cohorts, leveraging insights from customer data, testing results and competitive/industry trends
• Routinely audit creative to ensure the content remains evergreen and that the Home Chef product is being accurately and effectively messaged
• Provide recommendations and insights to facilitate the ongoing optimization of creative assets and strategies within the lifecycle marketing portfolio
• Help build the strategy and execute in all lifecycle marketing channels (e.g. email, push, FB, display, direct mail, and other developing channels)
• Be a resource for other internal stakeholders to assist them in: creating briefs for cross-functional efforts in lifecycle-owned channels, working within the campaign processes, and ensuring all deliverables are accounted for and on-time 

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability and/or other characteristics needed for this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• 1+ years of experience in email marketing, digital marketing or a related field
• 2+ years experience in HTML/CSS (responsive coding a plus)
• Strong project management skills
• Familiarity with email best practices preferred
• Experience with enterprise level ESPs (Salesforce/ExactTarget preferred)
• Process oriented with strong attention to detail
• Exhibit curiosity and be strongly self motivated to better understand new technology, new products, the Home Chef customer, and competitive trends
• Ability to be a creative problem solver
• Familiarity with or desire to work with customer data through identifying engagement or purchasing trends in subsets of customer cohorts is preferred

Perks/Benefits:

- Direct access to senior management – our leadership team works alongside our team members every day

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance – benefits start the 1st day of the month following your start date 

- Company paid life insurance, short term disability and long term disability

- Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

- 401k program

- Flexible paid time off (PTO) policy, plus sick days 

- Quarterly company-wide “Town Hall” meetings 

- Ongoing professional development opportunities by level and function

- Your choice of Windows or Mac laptop

- Onsite gym 

- Free water taxi for Wrigley Building employees (seasonal) 

- Catered lunch every Friday plus snacks and beverages on hand every day

- Employee discounts through Perkspot

- Discounts on Home Chef meal kits and at Kroger stores

- Casual dress in a fun, friendly and collaborative work environment

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Home Chef is an equal employment opportunity employer