Esri

Sr. Marketing Activation Strategist

Esri$103K — $173K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in B2B digital marketing or campaign activation
  • Experience leading integrated, cross-channel marketing strategies
  • Skilled in analyzing marketing performance data
  • Proficient in paid media, email, and audience segmentation
  • Ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders
  • Proven track record managing multiple high-priority programs
  • Experience developing marketing best practices and operational frameworks
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related field

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of buyer-aligned campaign activation strategies
  • Translate objectives into integrated activation plans
  • Drive performance and optimization efforts through data analysis
  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships across marketing teams
  • Establish and evolve best practices and governance frameworks
  • Lead campaign assessments and document insights for future initiatives

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
  • 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
  • Minimum of 80 hours vacation leave
  • Twelve paid holidays throughout the year
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth
Full Job Description
Overview

Are you a strategic, performance-minded marketer who enjoys working across creative, channels, and data? In this role, you will lead cross-channel campaign activations, performance optimization efforts, and creative execution that support marketing objectives across the organization. You'll partner closely with channel strategists, creative teams, digital experience, and marketing analytics to bring buyer-aligned campaigns to market through high-quality, integrated activations.

Drawing on your experience, you'll identify opportunities for improvement by monitoring performance signals, uncovering optimization opportunities, and advancing activation best practices. Your insights will inform in-market optimizations, activation strategy, and continuous improvement efforts, helping ensure campaigns deliver strong results across channels at Esri.

Responsibilities
  • Lead development of buyer-aligned paid and owned channel activation strategies in support of awareness, engagement, and demand goals. Ensure media and creative tactics align to target personas, customer journeys, and campaign objectives.
  • Translate campaign and business objectives into integrated activation plans and execution requirements. Guide activation strategy across channels, audiences, and creative experiences to maximize campaign effectiveness and business impact.
  • Drive activation performance and optimization efforts. Analyze campaign, channel, and engagement data to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and develop actionable recommendations that improve marketing effectiveness, efficiency and strategy.
  • Build and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships with channel strategists, creative teams, digital experience, analytics, and business stakeholders. Influence alignment across teams, provide activation expertise, and communicate activation insights that support marketing strategy and decision-making.
  • Establish and evolve activation best practices, processes, and governance frameworks that improve consistency, scalability, speed to market, and overall campaign performance.
  • Lead campaign assessments and knowledge-sharing efforts. Document learnings, performance insights, and recommendations to inform future marketing programs and shape activation best practices across the organization.

Requirements
  • 8+ years of experience in B2B digital marketing, campaign activation, or performance-driven marketing roles
  • Demonstrated experience developing and leading integrated, cross-channel marketing activation strategies
  • Proven ability to analyze marketing performance data and translate findings into strategic recommendations
  • Demonstrated experience in paid media, email marketing, digital marketing channels, audience segmentation, and buyer journey activation strategies
  • Experience influencing cross-functional stakeholders and driving alignment across complex initiatives
  • Demonstrated success managing multiple high-priority programs simultaneously
  • Experience developing marketing best practices, operational frameworks, or scalable activation processes
  • Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field
  • Occasional travel may be required (up to ~20%); travel needs may vary based on business requirements.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this posting. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Recommended Qualifications
  • Master's degree in marketing, business, communications, or a related field
  • Experience supporting enterprise B2B technology marketing organizations
  • Experience developing measurement frameworks, attribution insights, and performance reporting strategies
  • Experience leading marketing process improvements and operational initiatives
  • Advanced experience with marketing technology platforms such as Marketo, HubSpot, Salesforce, or similar tools

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Total Rewards

Esri's competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is

$103,792-$173,056 USD

About Esri

Esri is a global leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Redlands, California. Esri's software is used by governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations worldwide to analyze and visualize data in order to make better decisions. The company's flagship product, ArcGIS, is a powerful mapping and analytics platform that allows users to create, manage, and share geographic information. Esri has a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, and works to promote environmental stewardship and social equity through its products and services.
Learn more about Esri
Size
11,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1969

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