Email Marketing Specialist

Cornell University•Ithaca, MI

3d•$65,447 - $75,632•Remote

About The Position

Cornell University welcomes candidates for the position of Email Marketing Specialist in our Alumni Affairs and Development division, based in Ithaca, NY. This role presents an exceptional opportunity to contribute to the university's advancement efforts. We are looking for someone who enjoys executing comprehensive email marketing strategies that contribute to the division’s donor and engagement goals. This talented team player will collaborate with university and AAD college and unit partners in designing and building email campaigns for signature events and broad-base solicitations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 2 to 4 years relevant experience or equivalent combination.
Familiarity with at least one major email marketing system required.
Excellent writing, communication, and editing skills, as well as accuracy and attention to detail, are essential.
Demonstrated success in a fast-moving multi-stakeholder environment, balancing multiple projects and priorities.
Demonstrated organizational skills required, along with strong interpersonal and public relations skills.

Responsibilities

Design and build signature, solicitation, and sensitive priority email campaigns daily, especially those emails targeted to all alumni.
Be a team player and collaborate closely with our expert channel leads and marketing ops members to ensure effective integrated marketing plans.
Ensure proper coding to measure email results/ROI.
Be a consultant to partners for email best practices, strategies, and email design to increase channel effectiveness and execute plans based on timelines and deadlines. Building relationships and effective communication will be key to this role.
Contribute to marketing reports by determining return on investment for email campaigns and test campaigns designed to meet AAD engagement and donor goals. Monitor AAD audience engagement via open, click, unsubscribe rates, audience journeys, and interest-based marketing outcomes.
Oversee sending of AAD emails not built by email specialists. Ensure accuracy of the content, tracking to capture audience engagement, and accessibility requirements are fulfilled.
Assist in maintaining the AAD email calendar and developing production timelines for signature event emails, mass solicitations, and partner communications. Collaborate with partners across the division to schedule emails at appropriate times and achieve optimal results.

Benefits

Comprehensive health care options
Generous retirement contributions
Access to wellness programs
Employee discounts with local and national retail brands
Health and personal leave
Three weeks of vacation
13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1.
Two additional floating holidays
Tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program
Tuition aid for external education
Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program