Manager, Retention & Lifecycle Marketing
At a glance
Mid-level Email Marketing role at Book of the Month. New York · full-time · $100,000–$140,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Analyze retention efforts and develop new churn-reduction tests, with extra attention to newer members
- Build project plans for churn initiatives and report on lifetime value, churn, and related decision-making metrics
- Coordinate canceled-member reactivation across email, the site, the app, and other channels
- Turn survey, social listening, and customer-service feedback into member insights and practical next steps
- Manage lifecycle email timing and work across teams to improve the monthly box and digital experience
What you bring
- At least five years in retention, CRM, or loyalty marketing at a direct-to-consumer brand, preferably subscription-based
- Strong analytical ability, including work with retention or lifetime value
- A solid grasp of customer lifecycle stages and the platforms used to manage them
- Experience guiding and mentoring junior employees
Who this fits
This manager role suits someone who combines detailed analysis with strategic thinking and hands-on execution. You'll work across channels and teams, with particular focus on retaining newer members and re-engaging people who have canceled.
From the employer
Book of the Month is looking for an ambitious Manager of Retention & Lifecycle Marketing to help us reduce churn. This is an opportunity to manage, design and implement programs and features that improve our members' experience to keep them engaged and retained with our brand. A successful candidate will have the ability and desire to get their hands dirty with a deep level of analytical iteration, while being able to think at a strategic level and execute operationally with a high degree of accuracy.
What you will do…
You will support our retention initiatives by:
- Reduce churn by analyzing past and current initiatives and strategizing new tests, with a particular focus on newer members.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans for churn reduction initiatives.
- Embrace an analytical mindset to create reports for lifetime value, churn, and other important metrics to help make key business decisions.
- Coordinate campaigns to re-activate canceled members across channels like email, site, app, and more.
- Compile and share out member insights through surveys, social listening, customer service contacts, and other channels to create actionable learnings and next steps.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to optimize the member experience across channels like the monthly box and the site/app.
- Manage the email calendar for existing and cancelled members to engage the right audience at the right time.
About you…
- 5+ years of experience in retention marketing, CRM, or loyalty marketing at a DTC brand, ideally a subscription service.
- Strong analytical skills, with experience in retention or lifetime value.
- Deep understanding of the customer lifecycle and platforms that manage it.
- Thrives working in a fast-paced, iterative environment, and ready to work hard.
- Creative and interested in coming up with new ideas.
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Experience managing and mentoring junior employees.
- A love of reading and contemporary fiction. Current or past experience as a member of BOTM is a strong plus.
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