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Email Marketing Manager - 2025322

World Relief

Towson, MD
Full Time
Senior
73k-80k
4 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. The position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability. The role involves driving email marketing strategies to support fundraising, advocacy, and engagement efforts, managing a team of Email Specialists, and collaborating with content, design, and data specialists to optimize campaigns.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supervise and monitor daily work activities of the email marketing team, including tracking and approving timesheets, managing performance, and documenting staff transitions in HRIS.
  • Lead and develop effective email marketing strategies to nurture, engage, and convert audiences to higher levels of engagement.
  • Manage and build email campaigns throughout their lifecycle, including planning, targeting, scheduling, testing, execution, and reporting.
  • Collaborate with content, design, and data specialists to ensure campaigns are audience-specific, timely, and optimized for performance.
  • Create and optimize automated email workflows such as onboarding series, event-triggered emails, and donation appeals.
  • Monitor email deliverability and ensure compliance with CAN-SPAM Act and GDPR regulations.
  • Analyze and report on email campaign performance, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Stay informed on industry trends and best practices in email marketing and suggest innovative ideas to maximize campaign effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with the digital marketing team to integrate email campaigns with other marketing channels for cohesive messaging.

Requirements

  • Mature and personal Christian faith.
  • Commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
  • Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities.
  • Ability to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief's Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity, and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document.
  • Expertise in marketing and digital engagement strategies.
  • Data-driven and curious mindset.
  • Strong team orientation, collaboration skills, and adaptability to fast-paced, changing environments.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
  • Experience with email marketing platforms such as MailChimp and HubSpot (HubSpot experience preferred).
  • Strong understanding of email marketing best practices, including list management, segmentation, A/B testing, automation, and deliverability optimization.
  • Familiarity with HTML/CSS for email template customization is a plus.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and derive actionable insights.
  • Knowledge of key email marketing metrics and KPIs, such as Open Rates, Click-Through Rates, Click Rates, Unsubscribe Rates, and donation conversions.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of CAN-SPAM Act and GDPR regulations.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have

  • 5 years of email marketing experience in mass email marketing, preferably in a nonprofit or donation-based organization.
  • Experience managing an email marketing team.
  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing or related field (preferred).
  • Previous supervisory experience (preferred).

Benefits & Perks

  • $73,000 - $80,000 a year
  • World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
  • Recognition with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding well-being program components.
  • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.
  • Proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
  • Workplace is drug-free with pre-employment substance abuse testing.

Working at World Relief

The organization emphasizes Christian values, including leading staff in a manner consistent with these values, fostering a Christian environment, and integrating faith into leadership and team interactions.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 8, 2025
Job CategoryEmail Marketing
Salary73k-80k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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About World Relief

Website

wr.org

Location

Towson, MD

Industry

Emergency and Other Relief Services

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