Senior Direct Marketing Strategist

About Us

Scorpion is the leading provider of technology and services helping local businesses thrive. We do this by helping customers understand local market dynamics, make the most of their marketing, and deliver experiences their customers will love. We offer tools to know what’s going on with marketing, competitors, and customers. We offer a unique blend of AI support and teams of real human people with local expertise committed to customer success. At Scorpion, we are ready to do whatever it takes to help our clients reach their goals. Our technology and personalized tools bring everything together to help local businesses easily understand their unique business, market, and customer needs. We put SEO, Reviews, Advertising, Email Marketing, Chat and Messaging, Social Media, Website, Lead Management, Appointment Scheduling, and more to work for local businesses. We’re a technology-led service with a human touch.

About the Role

As a Senior Direct Marketing Strategist, you will onboard and support clients using our Direct Marketing Services (DMS) while also serving as a strategic expert in lifecycle marketing, email marketing, and direct response. Your responsibilities span onboarding, post-launch client support, proactive engagement, and fostering client satisfaction through clear processes and collaborative efforts. 

In this role, you will elevate the sophistication of campaign planning and testing methodologies, guide performance analysis, and introduce best practices and optimization frameworks to enhance a team already strong in execution and client service. Through exceptional communication, expert guidance, and advanced marketing strategy, you will ensure clients maximize their ROI and that team metrics remain strong and consistent.

What Your Success Will Look Like

• Lead the strategy, development, and optimization of multi-channel campaigns (email, SMS, direct mail) —including segmentation, A/B testing roadmap, and performance best practices for clients.
• Partner with internal creative, technical and client teams to guide messaging, targeting, and design overall campaign structures, ensuring email, SMS, and direct mail campaigns align with client objectives.
• Define and maintain campaign standards—including deliverability, compliance, and design guidelines.
• Track and analyze campaign performance metrics (open rates, unsubscribes, etc) and provide timely reporting and insights to leadership.
• Identify opportunities by using internal data, external research, and competitor benchmarking to enhance campaign effectiveness and the client experience, and provide insights and feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Review and refine campaign content through editing, proofreading, and occasional copywriting to ensure accuracy and message alignment.
• Provide coordinated direction to offshore partners and serve as a knowledgeable resource for junior team members (without formal leadership responsibilities) to contribute to overall team skill building and operational excellence.
• Serve as the go-to expert for complex lifecycle marketing challenges, troubleshooting issues with segmentation, deliverability, workflows, and advanced campaign logic.
• Build and maintain audiences in ServiceTitan and develop expertise in ServiceTitan Marketing Pro to support advanced campaign needs.

Who You Are And What You Bring

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field — or equivalent experience.
• Experience
  • 4+ years of experience in direct or lifecycle marketing, with proven ability to build and maintain multi-channel campaigns (email, SMS, reputation, direct mail) and contribute to strategy, messaging, testing, and optimization.
• Skills
  • Strong proficiency with marketing automation tools, including ServiceTitan Marketing Pro or similar platforms, with the adaptability to learn new features and guide clients through evolving best practices.
  • Analytical, data-driven approach with experience using performance metrics to identify trends, diagnose issues, and recommend improvements.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including strong writing and editing capabilities in direct response and client-facing contexts.
  • Client-centric mindset with proactive engagement, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to tailor solutions to meet client needs.
  • Ability to operate independently, make informed recommendations, and serve as a knowledgeable resource for teammates (without formal leadership duties).

Our Scorpion Values

• Winning Mindset:  When our clients win, we win.
• Genuine Care:  We only succeed when we are truly invested in our clients and each other.
• Unmatched Results:  We deliver more than expected–and then some–driving the best results and impacting lives.
• Constant Improvement:  We believe there is always a better way. We learn we ask “What if?” we build and then do it again.
• Unbeatable Teamwork:  We come from different backgrounds but have the same vision. We only get there by doing it together, as a team.

Compensation  

We acknowledge that states have passed legislation promoting pay transparency. As a national employer, Scorpion has made the decision to post our expected pay rate or pay range (as applicable) in all our job postings, regardless of geographic location.

• The base salary range is $75,000 (entry-level) - $85,000 (highly experienced), exclusive of fringe benefits. If you are hired at Scorpion, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience. Additionally, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider the internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the total salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. 
• The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary bonuses or commissions.

Our Benefits

We invest in our employees by offering them diverse benefits from best-in-class carriers. These benefits provide enough choice and flexibility to keep our employees and their families healthy and happy—today and tomorrow.

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible paid time off, so you can rest, relax, and recharge away from work
• Paid parental leave
• Paid cell phone and service
• Remote office allowance
• Professional development and development courses
• Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth through Lattice

Work Location & Flexibility

Scorpion supports a range of work arrangements, including in-office, hybrid, and remote roles. For positions designated as remote, employees who live within commuting distance of a Scorpion office may be asked to work from the office based on team needs, collaboration opportunities, or business priorities. Specific expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Scorpion is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion. Reasonable Accommodations Scorpion participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov