Email Marketing Specialist

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South Africa remote Until 8/21/2026 First posted February 3, 2026 Last posted February 3, 2026
Job description

Department: Marketing Operations
Reports to: Senior Media Buyer

About the Role

Own, operate, and continuously improve the agency’s email marketing system as a revenue, retention, and activation channel. This role is accountable for strategy, copy, automation architecture, deliverability health, and performance optimization across the full funnel.

This is not a task-based execution role. This is a system ownership role.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and maintain full-funnel automated email systems across lead, buyer, and customer lifecycles
  • Write, deploy, and optimize all email copy across automation and broadcast campaigns
  • Own CRM configuration and hygiene including segmentation logic, tagging standards, and lifecycle stages
  • Manage deliverability infrastructure including authentication, reputation monitoring, and inbox placement
  • Plan and execute promotional and informational broadcasts aligned with campaign calendars
  • Continuously test and optimize subject lines, offers, sequencing logic, and send timing
  • Monitor performance metrics and surface insights, risks, and opportunities proactively
  • Ensure email systems integrate cleanly with paid media, funnels, and sales workflows
  • Maintain documentation and SOPs for all email systems and processes

Outcomes 

System Coverage & Reliability

  • 100% of core funnel stages supported by live automation (lead nurture, buyer onboarding, fulfillment, reactivation)
  • Zero broken automations, misfires, or sequencing conflicts per month
  • New offers or funnels supported by email automation within 5 business days of launch readiness

Revenue & Engagement Performance

  • Achieve and maintain:
    • ≥25% average open rate across active lists
    • ≥2.5% average click-through rate on non-promotional emails
    • ≥5% click-through rate on promotional broadcasts
  • Email channel contributes a minimum of 20–30% of total attributable backend revenue (where applicable)
  • 7 Broadcast Email campaigns launched for each assigned clients  on-time with zero copy or technical errors
    • Conduct at least 2 A/B testing cadence per month

Deliverability & List Health

  • Domain reputation maintained at “healthy” status with no blacklisting events
  • Spam complaint rate ≤0.1%
  • Bounce rate ≤2% across all sends
  • Inactive subscribers suppressed or reactivated quarterly according to hygiene rules

Operational Excellence

  • CRM segmentation and tagging accuracy ≥99% (no misrouted or mis-tagged subscribers)
  • All email systems documented and auditable
  • Weekly performance snapshot delivered with clear insights and next actions

Requirements

  • Proven experience owning email marketing systems for info products, coaching, or digital education businesses
  • Strong direct-response copywriting background with performance-driven thinking
  • Hands-on expertise in platforms such as HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of deliverability mechanics (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, warming, reputation management)
  • Ability to think in systems, not one-off campaigns
  • Comfort working autonomously with minimal oversight

Disqualifiers (Read This Carefully)

  • You only write emails but don’t touch automation or CRM architecture
  • You rely on templates without testing or optimization logic
  • You cannot explain why an email sequence is structured the way it is
  • You need daily direction to execute

How to Apply

Submit:

  • Examples of full email systems or sequences you’ve built
  • Performance metrics tied to those systems (opens, clicks, revenue, or conversions)
  • A brief explanation of how you approach full-funnel email strategy and ongoing optimization

Benefits

  • Work with world-class performance marketers
  • Exposure to comprehensive trainings
  • Unlimited PTO
About this role

Summary

Manage and optimize full-funnel email systems for revenue and engagement.

Job title

Email Marketing Specialist

Experience level

proven experience

Industry

marketing

Location requirements

South Africa, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

email marketing systemscopywritingHubSpotActiveCampaigndeliverability mechanics

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

email marketingautomationCRMdeliverabilitycopywriting
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

South Africa

Remote Country