Email & Lifecycle Marketing Manager

Also called: CRM Marketing Manager, Retention Marketer

Designs the emails and app notifications that keep customers engaged after they sign up.

A day in the life

You set up an automatic email series welcoming new members, test two subject lines, and figure out why people stop opening emails after week three.

Pay over a career

Starting
$55k
Typical
$88k
High
$135k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's in marketing or communications, plus a few years running email campaigns as a coordinator or specialist.

Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Marketing, Communications.

Outlook

Growing about average. Steady.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI writes and personalizes emails and picks send times; strategy and testing remain, but teams need fewer people.

Start now, in high school

Classes: English Language Arts, AP Statistics, Computer applications, Marketing CTE class.

Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1161.

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