About the job
Boardroom is looking for a full-time Director of Newsletter Strategy and Growth!
The Role
Boardroom is where sports, business, and culture collide.
We’re looking for a Director of Newsletter Strategy and Growth to own the strategy and execution for Boardroom's newsletter products. This role will report to the General Manager of Boardroom, and will primarily be responsible for managing the production, marketing, growth, and customer acquisition strategy. The ideal product lead will be growth focused, a hard worker, and have a deep rooted knowledge of the newsletter business and passion for sports business.
Location: New York, NY
Term: Full Time
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building a growth strategy for at least one email newsletter, preferably multiple newsletters and / or a podcast network
- Experience driving marketing initiatives and subscriber growth through creating custom promotions and assets for email campaigns
- Demonstrated experience with analytics and the ability to analyze reports
- Demonstrated experience managing a a custom email CMS. Experience with MailChimp a plus
- Excellent editorial skills: understanding of how to work with writers to translate sports, business, and finance news into thoughtful analysis.
- Extreme attention to detail and editorial acumen
- Deep knowledge of basketball (NBA, WNBA, & NCAAB, NCAAW), football (NFL, NCAAF), & baseball (MLB)
Responsibilities
- Drive newsletter creation process for Boardroom’s 3 newsletters from start to finish
- Identify new opportunities for increasing newsletter open rates and growing subscribers
- Drive subscriber growth through marketing initiatives
- Manage A/B testing campaigns to improve open-rates & click-thru rates
About Boardroom
Boardroom , a Thirty Five Ventures company owned by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, brings the best of the sports business – and beyond – directly to fans. Our media network showcases how athletes, tech moguls, and sports executives move the world of sports and culture forward.
From video series to podcasts to incisive written analysis and commentary, Boardroom is designed to drive conversations that bring fans and executives alike into the spaces where the deals, the investments, and the creativity really happen.
