Senior Specialist, Growth Marketing & ABM
At a glance
Senior Growth Marketing role at Hdks. Toronto · full-time · CA$73,500–CA$123,500 base.
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What you'll do
- Shape ABM and digital media plans with brand, content and broker marketing teams, including tests to learn what works
- Launch and refine digital campaigns tied to broker and brand plans, while assessing new channels and approaches
- Set campaign measures, build dashboards and share findings that guide improvements with marketing and other teams
- Recommend campaign budgets, track spending and forecast performance against business goals
- Guide ABM programs with sales, distribution and underwriting, from target selection through personalization and measurement
What you bring
- A university degree or college diploma in business, marketing, communications or a related area
- Five to seven years in B2B digital, growth and account-based marketing, including integrated campaign delivery
- Practical experience across ABM, paid search, paid social, content promotion, marketing automation and digital advertising
- Experience using digital analytics to measure results, draw insights and forecast outcomes
Who this fits
This senior role suits someone who combines campaign planning with hands-on execution, measurement and budget oversight. You’ll work across marketing, sales and distribution, underwriting, and other stakeholder groups. The role is based in Toronto.
From the employer
The Opportunity
The Senior Specialist, Growth Marketing & ABM is responsible for accelerating business growth and strengthening brand consideration through data-driven digital marketing and Account-Based Marketing (ABM) strategies. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Digital Experience & Growth, this role leads the planning, execution, optimization, and performance measurement of Definity Insurance's B2B digital marketing programs.
As a key member of the Digital Experience & Growth team, the successful candidate will drive integrated campaigns across ABM, SEM, paid social, and other digital channels, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution. The role is accountable for advancing marketing effectiveness through robust analytics and reporting, ongoing experimentation and optimization, proactive performance forecasting, and budget management. By leveraging audience insights, campaign performance data, and emerging digital marketing best practices, this individual will help shape growth strategies that drive measurable business outcomes and support Definity Insurance's broader marketing and growth objectives.
What to Expect
ABM & B2B Digital Media and Campaign Planning:
- Working with the brand, content and broker marketing teams and other stakeholders, develop and recommend ABM & digital media strategies and approaches, plans and initiatives to support desired brand/business growth and brand experience. Includes the development of test and learning plans.
Campaign Implementation and Reporting:
- Develop, implement, optimize and track digital media/advertising campaigns, aligned with broker and brand marketing plans as well as Definity Insurance’s broader business goals. Includes ongoing exploration of potential new channels and approaches.
Measurement and Analytics:
- Develop and track digital campaign and media objectives and results, aligned with Definity Insurance’s broader business goals. Includes the set-up of dashboards and reporting.
- Recommend key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics to measure the effectiveness of campaigns and media initiatives.
- Support the communication of insights and findings and collaborate with key marketing and non-marketing stakeholders to agree on progress and areas of improvement as well as optimizations.
Budget:
- Recommend and track campaign and media budgets.
ABM SME (Subject Matter Expert)
- Serve as the organization’s ABM subject matter expert, championing best practices, capabilities and strategic guidance to support business growth and account engagement.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders e.g. sales and distribution, underwriting to develop, optimize and scale ABM programs, targeting strategies, personalization approaches and measurement frameworks.
What you Bring
- University degree or college diploma in Business, Marketing, Communications, or a related discipline.
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in B2B digital marketing, growth marketing, and Account-Based Marketing (ABM), with demonstrated success planning and executing integrated digital campaigns. Experience in the insurance industry is an asset but not required.
- Hands-on expertise across digital marketing channels and platforms, including ABM, paid search (SEM), paid social, content promotion, marketing automation, and digital advertising.
- Strong understanding of experimentation frameworks, including A/B testing, audience segmentation, targeting, and campaign optimization methodologies.
- Experience leveraging digital analytics and reporting platforms to measure performance, generate insights, forecast outcomes, and make data-driven decisions.
- Proven ability to develop, manage, and optimize digital marketing and media budgets to maximize business impact and return on investment.
- Experience managing agency partners, media vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-quality digital experiences and measurable business results.
- Strong business and marketing acumen, with the ability to connect campaign performance to broader brand, growth, and organizational objectives.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex data, insights, and recommendations into clear, actionable narratives for stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and influence without direct authority.
- Proven project management capabilities, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, timelines, and resources in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to identify opportunities, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement through a test-and-learn mindset.
- Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and a high degree of accountability and ownership.
- Adaptable, collaborative, and resilient, with the ability to remain calm and effective while managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Passion for staying current on emerging digital marketing, advertising, analytics, and ABM trends, tools, and best practices.
Salary Range: $73,500 - $123,500
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