Email Marketing Coordinator at Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper and is read in print and across desktop, mobile and tablet platforms by more than 6 million readers every week. Online, thestar.com is one of the most-visited newspaper websites in Canada.

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As an Email Marketing Coordinator, you will work with cross-functional teams to support the Toronto Star’s growth initiatives through email campaign management. You’ll be responsible for the thorough execution of each email campaign, the refinement of existing templates, and the creation of new ones.

Your Role

• Manage the email calendar to monitor requests for deployments from various business units and head off any audience conflicts
• Work with internal teams to ensure strategic initiatives are reflected in an accurate and effective manner
• Stay on top of the campaign management tasks to ensure projects stay on track including collection of campaign assets and contact lists.
• Day-to-day email campaign execution, including list imports, set-up, segmentation, scheduling, and reporting
• Confirm all email components (links, personalization, images) are functioning and displaying as expected
• Support any design changes, CSS and HTML updates, and troubleshoot template, content, and images
• Optimize existing and new templates for viewing across multiple platforms and devices taking into consideration best practices for preview text, subject lines, personalization, mobile responsiveness and dark-mode support to drive overall engagement
• Run A/B test to improve and optimize campaign performance based on changing business needs.
• Other duties as required

Salary: $45,000 - $55,000

• Minimum 1-3 years email marketing or related experience
• University or college degree in marketing or related discipline
• Working knowledge of HTML and CSS for email coding and best practices
• Computer fluency of MS Office, Google Sheets and Adobe Photoshop
• Hands-on experience working directly with an email marketing platform, and deploying emails to targeted segments
• Exceptional time management, organization, and prioritization skills
• Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment, independently and as part of a team

AODA
Torstar Group of Companies is committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment process ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario Human Rights Code we will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify the hiring manager upon scheduling the interview of your requirements.