Email Marketing Specialist
🏢 Pavago · all Pavago jobs
📍 South Africa
📅 Posted 2026-08-16 · via Himalayas
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Email Campaigns, Automation, Deliverability & Lifecycle Marketing | Remote
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Client Business Hours, with flexibility for campaign launches and reporting deadlines
About the Role
At Pavago , one of our clients is hiring an Email Marketing Specialist to build, launch, and optimize high-performing email campaigns that drive engagement, nurture leads, and generate measurable business results.
This is a hands-on email marketing role combining:
- Email campaign execution
- Copywriting
- Audience segmentation
- Marketing automation
- Lifecycle and nurture workflows
- Email deliverability
- A/B testing
- Performance analytics
You’ll own the full email campaign lifecycle — from planning and segmentation through launch, deliverability monitoring, optimization, and reporting.
If you understand both the creative and technical sides of email marketing and enjoy using data to continuously improve performance, this role is built for you.
What You’ll Own
Email Campaign Development & Execution
Build, launch, and manage campaigns using platforms such as:
- HubSpot
- Klaviyo
- Marketo
- Mailchimp
- ActiveCampaign
You’ll:
- Write compelling subject lines, email copy, and calls-to-action
- Develop campaigns tailored to different audience segments and lifecycle stages
- Build and optimize responsive email templates
- Maintain consistency with brand guidelines and messaging
- Perform basic HTML/CSS edits when needed
- QA campaigns before launch to ensure links, formatting, personalization, and tracking work correctly
Audience Segmentation & List Management
Manage and maintain email databases ranging from 20,000 to 200,000+ contacts .
You’ll:
- Segment audiences based on:
- Lifecycle stage
- Engagement
- Persona
- Geography
- Behavioral data
- Customer activity
- Maintain clean and organized contact databases
- Identify and remove:
- Hard bounces
- Inactive contacts
- Duplicates
- Spam traps
- Improve personalization and targeting strategies
- Maintain strong list hygiene to protect sender reputation and campaign performance
Marketing Automation & Nurture Workflows
Build and optimize automated email journeys including:
- Lead nurture sequences
- Drip campaigns
- Onboarding workflows
- Behavioral automations
- Abandoned cart flows
- Re-engagement campaigns
- Lifecycle sequences
You’ll also:
- Configure triggers, conditions, and branching logic
- Test workflows before launch
- Troubleshoot automation issues
- Analyze performance across different stages of the journey
- Continuously optimize sequences for engagement and conversion
Email Deliverability & Compliance
Monitor and improve:
- Sender reputation
- Inbox placement
- Bounce rates
- Spam complaints
- Domain and email authentication
- Overall deliverability
Work with configurations including:
- SPF
- DKIM
- DNS
- Suppression lists
Use tools such as:
- Litmus
- GlockApps
- Postmark
Ensure email programs follow:
- CAN-SPAM
- GDPR
- CCPA
- Email marketing and permission best practices
Troubleshoot deliverability problems and implement solutions to protect long-term sender health.
A/B Testing & Performance Optimization
Develop structured tests across:
- Subject lines
- Email copy
- CTAs
- Send times
- Layouts
- Offers
- Messaging
- Audience segments
Use campaign data to identify opportunities to improve:
- Engagement
- Click-through rates
- Conversions
- Lead nurturing
- Retention
- Revenue contribution
Analytics & Reporting
Track email marketing KPIs including:
- Open rates
- Click-through rates
- Conversion rates
- Bounce rates
- Unsubscribe rates
- Engagement
- Revenue attribution
Build and maintain reports using:
- ESP analytics
- Google Analytics
- CRM reporting
- Looker
- Excel / Google Sheets
Translate campaign data into clear insights and optimization recommendations for leaders