Description

UMG Global Audience Development is seeking a creative and collaborative Manager, Audience Development to ideate, build, and manage effective omni channel campaigns for Mercury’s artists and their music fans. You will be highly organized, detail-oriented, and great at prioritizing what needs to get done now, while managing long term strategic initiatives. Focusing on connecting music fans with the right message, at the right time, you will turn insights into a strategic position that will achieve both artist and label business goals.
You are a data-driven CRM marketing expert with a passion for customer engagement and lifecycle marketing. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a strong understanding of email and SMS marketing best practices, user journeys, and performance optimization. You are highly analytical and strategic, yet creative in your approach to personalization and audience segmentation. With an eye for detail and a proactive mindset, you enjoy collaborating cross-functionally and leveraging insights to drive measurable results.
How You’ll CREATE
Develop and execute a comprehensive email and SMS strategy, optimizing customer journeys, segmentation, and personalization to increase AOV, retention, and LTV
Own the email and SMS marketing calendar, ensuring timely execution of campaigns that support business goals
Continuously analyze performance data, implement testing strategies, and iterate on campaigns to maximize engagement and conversions.
Partner with cross-functional teams, including eCommerce, Label, Creative, Analytics and Product, to drive cohesive marketing strategies.
Drive learning and optimization through A/B testing, audience segmentation, and personalization tactics.
Stay ahead of industry trends and best practices in targeted marketing and CRM strategies to innovate and enhance retention efforts.
Provide regular reporting on email and SMS performance, delivering insights and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
Be an authority on copy and design, leveraging data to drive fan engagement, loyalty and lifetime value
Contribute meaningful reports and analyses; translate analytical findings into clear, easily understandable, actionable insights that drive strong business strategy

Requirements

Bring Your VIBE
5+ years of experience in email marketing, with a deep appreciation and understanding of pop culture and the pop/rock music genre
Expertise in email and SMS marketing best practices, including customer segmentation, journey mapping, compliance, deliverability, and performance optimization.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and translate insights into action.
Experience with personalization, customer journey building, and retention-driving strategies.
Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple campaigns and deadlines.
Strong communication skills with experience presenting data-driven insights to stakeholders and leadership.
Must have a 'can do' attitude with an entrepreneurial mindset and be comfortable working in a dynamic, unstructured environment on complex projects
Experience with ESPs and Attentive is a plus, as well as basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Experience in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign) required

Benefits & Perks

Perks Playlist
Be part of an entrepreneurial, global organization that values authenticity, drive, creativity, relationships, and a competitive spirit
Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA options, as well as:
100% coverage for out-patient mental health services
Wellbeing reimbursements for fitness classes, spa treatments, meal services, travel, and so much more (up to $720/year)
A lifetime fertility support allowance of $30,000 to plan participants
Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement
100% immediately vested 401(k) match on the first 5% of your contribution on eligible compensation
Variety of ways to prioritize much-needed time away from work including:
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) for exempt employees
3-weeks PTO for non-exempt employees
2-weeks paid Winter Break
10 Company Holidays (including Juneteenth and Wellbeing Day)
Summer Fridays (between Memorial Day and Labor Day)
Generous paid parental leave for every type of parent
Check out our full overview of benefits on the Perks Playlist page of the career site.

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Universal Music Group

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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world. Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company.

Job Details

Posted on Oct 10

New York, NY, USA

Full time

Senior