At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools. The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater. We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew
About CoverflyCoverfly is dedicated to making screenwriting talent-discovery more accessible and meritocratic. By aggregating and analyzing data on emerging talent from across the industry’s most respected talent-discovery programs, Coverfly is launching hundreds of new screenwriting careers each year. Behind the scenes, Coverfly powers discovery programs, coverage services, and reader management allowing partners to streamline their operations and expand their audience.
Backstage Holdings’ mission is to empower creative talent and streamline the content creation process for projects in film, television, commercials/branded content, social media, theater, music video, video games, and more. At our core is a strong belief in breaking down barriers and providing direct access to the best talent in the creative industry. We’re a team of customer centric, analytical and creative problem solvers with a passion for helping our customers make amazing projects together. Our mission: to empower creative talent and streamline the content creation process for projects in film, television, commercials/branded content, social media, theater, music video, video games, and more. Backstage provides solutions that manage the entire project lifecycle, including talent discovery and staffing, production, post production, and distribution. Our brands include Backstage, Coverfly, FilmFreeway, Final Draft, ShareGrid, Sonicbids, and Voice123. Visit our website for more information.
Backstage Holdings is part of Cast & Crew, a family of individually innovative companies modernizing the ways in which content is created.
The Role:
We are looking for a marketing automation expert with strong copywriting skills to be our Email Marketing Associate. You will be responsible for driving consumer awareness and engagement for our consumer audience through effective, innovative and inspiring email marketing campaigns for Industry Arts (including Coverfly, Screencraft, WeScreenplay, The Script Lab, Launch Pad, and The Tracking Board) and Final Draft. Our current team consists of 7 creative marketers specializing in growth, branding, design, content marketing, and marketing analytics. We value innovation, experimentation, and data-supported decisions in a supportive, democratic, open, and respectful environment.
As our Email Marketing Associate, you’ll be driving email campaigns while supporting cross-channel marketing campaigns through content, social, and customer acquisition. You will be working closely with our product, content, design, engineering, and writer development teams to achieve growth goals and cultivate meaningful member experiences.
The Email Marketing Associate will report to our Senior Director of Marketing.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and maintain an email calendar that aligns with competition, sales, and other deadlines across multiple brands to achieve sales objectives
- Own the email marketing process end-to-end
- Schedule emails in Asana
- Leverage content from Brand Managers and Content Manager, writing compelling copy and subject lines, to create high-performing newsletters, product updates, sales emails, drip campaigns, and more
- Use and modify templates in HubSpot with the help of the Senior Graphic Designer to implement and deploy attractive and effective email campaigns
- Create and monitor workflows
- Define segmentation and targeting strategies through data analysis
- In partnership with the Performance Marketing and Analytics Manager, implement and monitor testing initiatives that employ A/B and multivariate testing models to targeting, creative, and other campaign elements in order to maximize KPIs
- Deliver weekly reporting and create dashboards to monitor the health and performance of our email operations
- Support re-engagement campaigns to increase number of active participants and optimize our conversion rate
- Strategize new channels for acquisition/engagement opportunities
- Own the overall health of our email marketing channels, including actively managing privacy and subscription controls and monitoring our sender reputation
What we’re looking for from you:
- 3+ years of experience in email marketing
- Deep proficiency with HubSpot marketing tools, including email creation, list segmentation, workflow optimization, campaign organization, and reports and dashboard building and maintenance
- Excellent copywriting and communication skills, with a focus on effective email copy and subject lines
- Light design skills, such as ability to resize graphics to work effectively in email
- Proven track record of delivering measurable results through email marketing
- Attention to detail and ability to multitask
- Entrepreneurial; a self-starter who loves to own projects and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
- Empathetic and customer obsessed; you are able to put yourself in the shoes of our target audience
- Strong aptitude with data with programs/applications such as Excel and Google Analytics and proficiency with HTML, CSS, and Javascript a plus
- Familiarity with the entertainment industry, especially screenwriting, not necessary but preferred
Compensation is commensurate with various factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, skills, training, licensure, certifications, geographic cost of labor, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation range for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location.
The compensation range for this position is:
$70,000—$80,000 USD
Benefits
Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and more! Note: Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.
Due to the high volume of applicants, it is likely that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
CA residents: Your personal information may be collected in connection with certain services provided by Cast & Crew or its affiliated companies. A summary of your California privacy rights can be found at: https://www.castandcrew.com/privacy-policy/
Cast & Crew is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.
