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Principal Email Communication Strategist

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About This Role
Discover. A brighter future.
With us, you'll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it - we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.
Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.
Job Description
Responsible for developing, owning, and advancing the strategic vision and road map to grow Discover's market share of e-commerce and emerging payments volume. Responsibilities include defining the product features, positioning, business terms, and user experience.
Responsibilities
• Maintains in-depth expertise in the fast evolving marketing technology landscape. Anticipates and responds to evolving industry and digital marketing trends and technologies.
• Partners with product owners, business partners and sourcing teams for new solution REPs, vendor evaluations, POCs, and technology updates.
• Leverages DMS best practices to drive improvement and innovation for Campaign Reform (barometer, standard work, huddles, etc.).
• Manages marketing platform vendors to unlock full capabilities of the platform and execute per plan.
• Develops comprehensive understanding of current end-to-end digital marketing technology stack spanning internal and external capabilities. Undertakes opportunity analysis of digital platform functionality gaps and under-utilized capabilities.
• Develops, prioritizes, and implements roadmap for digital platform enhancements, especially focused on cross-platform integration, real-time decisions and processes efficiency to drive speed to market and increased relevance.
• Manages marketing platform vendors to unlock full capabilities of the platform and execute per plan.
• Develops comprehensive understanding of current end-to-end digital marketing technology stack spanning internal and external capabilities. Undertakes opportunity analysis of digital platform functionality gaps and under-utilized capabilities.
• Develops, prioritizes, and implements roadmap for digital platform enhancements, especially focused on cross-platform integration, real-time decisions and processes efficiency to drive speed to market and increased relevance.
• Lead email campaign strategy development with internal business partners.
• Facilitate the execution of these email campaigns with downstream platform.
• Lead and/or assist in the strategic development of mapping out card member product/service touchpoints that will get translated into multichannel digital communications.
• Manage schedules and adhere to processes to ensure each email communication is deployed on time.
• Report on email communication performance.
• Implement new technologies to drive future capabilities.
• Use campaign results to recommend and implement new initiatives to improve campaign performance.
• Leverage data to incorporate personalization and dynamic content that drives response and business benefits.
• Collaborate with business partners, internal and external creative agencies to create a consistent brand feel and ensure channel best practices are implemented across all email communications.
• Monitor competitive environment & best practices and report on trends and opportunities.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here's what we need from you:
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Marketing, Communications, Business, Computer Technology, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in Marketing, Digital Marketing, Technology, Project Management, Marketing Operations, Communications, Digital Communications, Digital Content Publishing, Web Development and Design, or related field
• In lieu of a degree, 6+ years of experience in Product Development, Mobile & Digital Payments, eCommerce, Digital Wallets, Cloud Wallets, or related field
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we'd also look for:
• Master's Degree in Finance, Marketing, Communications, Business, Computer Technology, or related field
• 6+ years of experience in Product Development, Mobile & Digital Payments, eCommerce, Digital Wallets, Cloud Wallets, or related field
What are you waiting for? Apply today!
All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.
Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

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What are Discover Perks + Benefits

Discover Benefits Overview

Start enjoying great benefits Day 1 — We support you with the same dedication we bring to all of our customers. Our comprehensive benefits package features first-class insurance, financial planning support and excellent perks designed to help you reach your goals and live a rich, healthy life.

Check out more of our amazing employee benefits at mydiscoverbenefits.com

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Discover’s business is built on helping people, and we invest in the community (Blessing Backpacks, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Sisters) to demonstrate our commitment to a brighter future.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
You can open a separate Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and contribute up to $2,650 tax-free from your paycheck to reimburse yourself for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
Disability insurance
Employees receive Short-Term Disability Insurance at no cost.
Dental insurance
Discover offers two dental plan options — Standard and Premier — both are administered by MetLife.
Vision insurance
Discover offers two vision plan options — Standard and Premier through VSP.
Health insurance
Discover offers a variety of medical plans for you and eligible family members, so that you can choose the benefit plan that suits your needs.
Life insurance
As a Discover employee, you receive Basic Life Insurance of one times your HWEE (up to $500,000) at no cost to you.
Pet insurance
Purchase medical coverage at a discounted rate for your beloved family pet. The more pets you insure, the greater the discount.
Wellness programs
Help balance your work and personal life with a wide variety of free and discounted resource and referral services including family and relationship counseling and financial guidance.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
You may elect to contribute 1% to 30% of your eligible base salary, commissions and bonus on a pre-tax basis, up to IRS limits every year.
401(K) matching
Discover matches up to 6% of the pre-tax contributions you make to the 401(k) Plan.
Employee stock purchase plan
The ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Discover common stock through payroll deductions at a 5% discount.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Discover helps eligible employees and their families with the costs of adoption by reimbursing certain expenses.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Discover has a Paid Time Off of 4 to 5 Weeks of paid time per year.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Discover provides 7 paid holidays.
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
When you enroll in the Commuter Benefits Program at WageWorks, you’ll save on taxes on mass-transit passes, parking and other eligible expenses.
Company-sponsored outings
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Discover has fitness centers and Weight Watchers® programs at all five major locations.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Discover provides tuition reimbursement and a full-ride bachelor's degree program for select online degree programs.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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