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Please note this role is a one year long contract, with the ability to be remote.

Position Summary:
The NBA is seeking an Email Marketing Strategist, as part of the NBA’s CRM Strategy Team within our Global Marketing Department. This is a contract role scheduled through April 2023. The role will function as a strategic consultant servicing NBA teams throughout the league. The role's focus will be to help NBA teams leverage the email channel to drive revenue (tickets, merchandise, etc.) using data-driven analytics and compelling, personalized content, as well as to deepen and maintain fan engagement. The Email Marketing Strategist will partner with key stakeholders on NBA teams to understand their individual organizational goals, help identify opportunities for growth, and optimize their email programs to better achieve business objectives. Focus areas will include: developing and sharing strategies aimed at growing the email subscriber base, increasing click traffic to drive ticket sales and site traffic, helping teams with email projects that may include understanding data flows and marketing tech vendor structure, and building an email “best practice” center of excellence. The level of engagement with NBA teams will vary based on each individual team’s needs.

Major Responsibilities

Create an individualized, strategic roadmap for participating NBA teams’ marketing/email stakeholders
Execute against the roadmap and continue to evolve it
Establish relationship with teams by meeting regularly and leading discussions
Build a library of email best practices and learnings
Provide training on email best practices, industry trends, proposed strategies, tools and platforms
Help teams manage various email service providers and vendors
Advise on the data handling and business logic for key projects
Share learnings and initiatives from the NBA to stakeholders
Bring creative feedback to the table and brainstorm with individual marketing teams on new ideas
Identify structural maintenance needs & enhancement opportunities
Help pull email performance metrics and provide insights
Partner with data engineering, creative, and global marketing teams when necessary

Required Skills/Knowledge:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
5-7 years email marketing experience
Experience working with Email Service Providers (ESPs), as well as related technology providers (eg: Movable Ink; Wunderkind; LiveIntent)
Experience in a service or consultative role is a plus
Excellent understanding of email execution concepts and metrics; deliverability; best practices
Strong understanding of data management and data exchange concepts
Expertise in email compliance and privacy legislation & practices (specifically: CAN-SPAM; GDPR; CASL; Apple MPP).
Excellent writing and presentation skills
Intermediate working knowledge of HTML
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced working environment
Strong project management and organizational skills, as well as attention to detail
Self-starter who can work independently and within a cross-functional team
Willingness to take on operations/execution as needed, in addition to strategy
Knowledge of NBA and basketball a big plus

Salary Range:
$1,442 to 1,971 weekly

We Consider Applicants For All Positions On The Basis Of Merit, Qualifications And Business Needs, And Without Regard To Race, Color, National Origin, Religion, Sex, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Alienage Or Citizenship Status, Ancestry, Marital Status, Creed, Genetic Predisposition Or Carrier Status, Sexual Orientation, Veteran Status, Familial Status, Status As A Victim Of Domestic Violence Or Any Other Status Or Characteristic Protected By Applicable Federal, State, Or Local Law.