Email Lifecycle Manager
MailerLite is one of the fastest-growing email marketing services. We help more than 1 million businesses around the world stay in touch with their customers. Today, we are a team of more than 170 dreamers, adventurers, and world travelers passionate about what we do and what we believe in. And we are ready for another talented person to join the party.
We’re on the hunt for a Email Lifecycle Manager who’s equal parts strategic thinker, data lover and compelling storyteller. You’ll take ownership of our lifecycle comms from onboarding flows and transactional emails to upsells and win-backs, across a diverse customer base. If you love building journeys that make users feel seen and understood, this is for you. 🚀
Why MailerLite?
Wondering why we think you’ll love working for MailerLite? Here are our favorite 6 reasons!
- You’ll be challenged with exciting projects
From launching new campaigns to targeting different audiences, every day brings something new.
- You’ll grow, develop and evolve
As part of a team that’s always looking for new, innovative ways to offer value to customers, you’ll constantly be experimenting, learning, and trying out new things.
- You’ll take ownership
We expect you to take full responsibility and ownership of your tasks. Team leads avoid micromanaging and minimize interruptions so you can stay focused on your assignments.
- You’ll have experts on hand
Whenever you’re stuck, your teammates with a wide range of expertise are ready to help you grow. And they’d love for you to share your knowledge too!
- You’ll pick where you work, every day
We embrace the remote culture. Every day you get to choose the environment that makes you most productive.
- You’ll have stability
We value a stable workplace! MailerLite has been thriving for over 10 years and our year-over-year growth continues to increase.
What you’ll work on
- Manage the development and execution of our lifecycle campaigns from start to finish, aimed at improving key metrics like activation, conversion, and retention
- Design, build, and optimize automated email journeys, including onboarding sequences, feature announcements, win-back campaigns, and critical transactional emails
- Manage and maintain our email lists through strategic segmentation and best practices to ensure good deliverability and relevance
- Write clear, engaging copy that reflects our brand voice and drives action
- Proactively run A/B tests and experiments on everything from subject lines and CTAs to send times and personalization to consistently improve performance
- Regularly dig into campaign and user data, reporting clearly on performance, insights, and concrete next steps for optimization
- Work closely with product, marketing, and support teams to ensure messaging is aligned and the customer experience is consistent across touchpoints
Team Achievements
We’re incredibly proud of our team and love celebrating their accomplishments. At MailerLite, we believe in recognizing hard work, creativity, and collaboration.
Here, we share some of the standout achievements that highlight the passion and talent within our team.
- Revamped onboarding experience
Rooted in customer research, we redesigned our onboarding flow to better support new users through targeted email journeys and in-app guidance. The result? Faster time-to-value and improved activation rates.
- Go-to-market for innovative features
We’re actively leading the GTM strategy for several new and innovative product features, collaborating across Product, Design, and Support. From positioning to lifecycle campaigns, our teamwork is driving stronger adoption and customer engagement. We’d love to go even further with your help!
What we offer
- Yearly gross salary: $35,000-$45,000
- Remote-first culture with the team working remotely from all over the world
- International health insurance provided with coverage in most countries. Monthly healthcare payout available in select countries where coverage is limited
- Company-paid retreats. Once per year we gather for a week in an exotic location to work, learn and have fun together
- 31 days of vacation per year. We encourage you to unplug and recharge!
- 12 paid sick days for your physical and mental well-being, no doctor’s note required. Parents can use them to care for their sick children
- 4 creative days. One paid day off per quarter to do something creative and fun
- 12 parental days per year. Enjoy one paid day off each month to treasure time with your children
- Parental leave. Enjoy paid bonding time at 100% of your salary when welcoming a new child into your family through birth or adoption – 3 months of maternity leave and 1 month of paternity leave
- Parenting budget of $1000. Celebrate the arrival of your little one, whether through childbirth or adoption, with a special gift from us
- Joy Budget. Annual allowance to spend on what brings you joy, starting at $1,000 per year and increasing over time.
- MacBook and other tools that’ll help you to do your job efficiently
Job requirements
- 3+ years of experience in lifecycle/email marketing, ideally within a SaaS environment
- Strong proficiency with modern email marketing platforms is essential. Direct experience with MailerLite is a plus
- Skilled in crafting effective automated journeys and managing the logic and content of transactional emails
- You have excellent copywriting skills with a sharp eye for tone, narrative, and brand voice
- You are confident working with data to analyze campaign performance and inform your decisions, using tools like Google Analytics (GA4), Looker, and PostHog
- You have a solid understanding of customer segmentation, user behavior, and what drives engagement
- You have strong organizational skills and a proven ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- As a self-starter, you work effectively and manage your time well in our async-friendly, remote environment
- You have excellent written and spoken English skills
- 4 hour overlap required with CET time zone
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