The team at Ripple Foundation is looking for an Email Marketing Manager to work with PR and social media team to create email campaigns. This team member will create a ripple effect to encourage creativity and education in youth through our programs that will help to shape the leaders of tomorrow. You will be responsible for email marketing strategy, including writing email copy, managing the email database, and creating email campaigns in SendGrid to deploy the email.

What does Ripple Foundation do?

Ripple Foundation is a Canadian educational charity that is 100% volunteer-run. Ripple Foundation creates and delivers free community programs advocating creative literacy among children and youth. Current programs include:

Kids Write 4 Kids – An annual writing contest for youth in grades 4-8. The net proceeds from these book sales are donated to the winner’s charity of choice. Since 2012, nineteen young writers have become published authors serving as an inspiration for their peers.

Write It Workshops – A creative writing program for grades 4-8 that focuses on improving the writing skills of children through fun, interactive activities through which participants are encouraged to find their voice and gain confidence in their choices as a writer.

Wave Blog – Dedicated to amplifying the voices of young writers through the publication of posts written by youth in grades 8-12. Contributors get to share their experiences and thoughts on topics relevant to their peers. This platform strives to increase the public’s awareness of young authors and their voices.

You can read more about it at ripplefoundation.ca

Interested in joining the Ripple family?

Job Responsibilities:

• Write email copy and subject lines for email campaigns
  

• Manage and maintain email database to ensure the database is up to date

• Work with PR and social media team to create an email calendar

• Create and set up email campaigns in SendGrid

• Test and deploy campaigns at a high level of accuracy

• Ensure everything you produce is high-quality, consistent and on-brand

Qualifications:

•  3+ years of digital marketing or email marketing experience

• Strong written and verbal skills

• Editorial background with copy-editing skills is a plus

• Experience with HTML/CSS

• SendGrid platform knowledge preferred

• Self-starter with the ability to problem-solve

• Detail-oriented and organize

Estimated Volunteer Hours: 10 hours per month