Job Description

• Partner with Account Executives and/or Client Marketing leadership to identify business development opportunities for marketing services; responsible for delivering strategic thought leadership and proposals including scoping projects, timelines, and deliverables.
• Identify and develop scalable marketing services templates to improve speed to market, ensure work product is consistent and can be used by teams to execute seamlessly.
• Ingest and synthesize past projects to lead development of standardized marketing materials, including creation of content within PowerPoint.
• Apply data-driven approach to marketing recommendations leveraging data and industry research tools to capture/communicate marketing best practices and customer insights and present to clients.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of marketing projects; manage the day-to-day prioritization of work across multiple projects, deliverables, and stakeholders.
• Programs may utilize Proprietary Consumer Marketing platforms/initiatives and sponsorship assets, as appropriate.
• Actively manage performance of third-party partners that may supplement creative, strategy, or go-to market activities.
• Partner with peers and leaders in other functional areas (analytics, technology, sales, product, and marketing) and across regions to execute projects in ways that leverage the breadth and depth of client resources.
• Demonstrate innovation and creativity on a day-to-day basis through effective problem solving, recommending new ideas and solutions to drive better client engagements.
• Manage ad hoc requests from key stakeholders, e.g., clients, senior leadership, finance, audit, etc.
• Support budget forecasting and contract management.

Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree or equivalent, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience
• 10+ years of marketing experience within the financial services industry – i.e., direct response, performance marketing, advertising, and/or consulting
• Experienced lifecycle marketing strategist with a successful track record of identifying, designing and leading lifecycle marketing advisory engagements targeting consumers and/or small businesses.
• Proficient in identifying, scoping, pitching, and advising clients on data-driven marketing strategies including segmentation, targeting, messaging/positioning, multi-channel delivery, creative briefings, and reporting/insights.
• Self-motivated, highly energized, detail-oriented individual who will deliver strategic thought leadership, diagnose key issues, and develop high impact scalable solutions
• Adept leader who can operate in ambiguity and white space; drive business development for marketing services and creation of sell-in materials
• Comfortable working cross-functionally to execute on client engagements (e.g., consulting, marketing, decision science, product, legal, compliance, sales, creative)
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Desired Qualifications:

• 10-15 years of work experience, with majority in roles that have involved B2C and B2B product or payments marketing, go-to-market strategy development, market research, or payments consulting.
• Accomplished in designing, executing, and analyzing the success of comprehensive multichannel marketing engagements required (i.e., acquisition marketing, lifecycle marketing, offers and campaigns, research, digital/media campaigns, experiential marketing, etc.)
• Ability to structure, manage and coordinate complex projects across multiple internal/external stakeholders
• Skilled in building client relationships and establishing self as subject-matter expert and leader with internal stakeholders and clients.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills, comfortable translating data and insights into marketing strategies, campaigns, and annual plans.

Additional Information

This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

The starting pay range for this role is $55/ph- $70/ph. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent on several factors including but not limited to relevant experience, skills, certifications, training, and location. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range and determining factors for compensation are considered for each individual circumstance. BLEND360 also offers a competitive benefits program to meet the health and financial well-being of our team and their families. You can look forward to a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K, PTO, commuter benefits, spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, and EAPs.

A diverse workforce is a strong workforce. To deliver growth at BLEND360 and for our clients, we believe we have a responsibility and unique opportunity to positively impact the workforce. Diversity has played a critical role in our history, our growth, and continues to have a profound impact on our success. We are determined to have equality in the workplace, within our team and as an extension of our clients’ team.

This is not the work of the moment, and this requires continued learning and purposeful actions. We are investing resources to understand and improve the sourcing, selection, and retention of the talent we hire, and ultimately the workforce we provide for our clients. We will communicate our journey in the spirit of transparency and shared learning.

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