Marketing Automation Specialist, Salesforce Marketing Cloud (12M Fixed-Term Contract)

We're REA
REA Group (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-rea-group/) is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne's east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to be named in Australia's “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
The Marketing Automation Specialist sits within the Marketing Automation and Enablement team - which is a part of the broader Audience & Marketing team.
The Marketing Automation and Enablement team is focused on creating the capability to enable relevancy and personalisation of experiences enterprise-wide, through the development of people, processes and martech.
This role will support the enablement and delivery of customer lifecycle marketing programs in Salesforce Marketing Cloud for the purpose of driving awareness of products, reach revenue targets and maintain customer sentiment through best practice campaign and journey development/execution.
What the role is all about
The Marketing Automation Specialist supports REA's success in the following ways:
Campaign management and builds:

• Work with the Lifecycle Marketing team and broader Marketing Automation Enablement team to define and refine business requirements for complex campaign and personalisation use cases across all customer products and lines of business

Build and development of sophisticated and personalised marketing campaigns and programs
Configure and customise Salesforce Marketing Cloud applications (Email Studio, Mobile Connect, Contact Builder, Automation Studio, Journey Builder & Web Studio) as per marketing campaign requirements.
Development of thorough QA test plans and effective bug/issue resolution
Maintenance and optimisation of programs and journeys to ensure optimal performance
Data management:

• Working with Campaign Managers, Specialists and the Audience & Insights team to refine new data or integration requirements

List management and maintenance
Reporting:

• Support with enabling business reporting solutions

Monitoring channel health and message volumes
Operational excellence:

• Participate in sprint planning and support with delivery management

Identify, optimise and develop efficiencies in operational ways of working - support the development of new frameworks, guidelines or process improvements
Maintain thorough documentation practices for all areas of work - ensure technical and campaign documentation is discoverable/accessible for key stakeholders.
Solution design:

• Provide support to Marketing Automation, Product, Data and Tech stakeholders to ensure we implement marketing and automation best practices

Platform management:

• Email & SMS deliverability management and maintenance

Spam and privacy compliance
Support with platform software updates and business system health reviews
Manage user account creation and deletion requests
Who we're looking for

• Great attention to detail and technically strong in all aspects of Marketing Automation, data integration, campaign creation and production.

Has extensive experience building out sophisticated dynamic content and personalisation logic in email campaigns and programs
Experienced and confident in SFMC (or another omni-channel platform) where you have been the go-to for anything technical.
Has experience using various programming/templating languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Liquid etc
Proven experience with all Marketing Cloud Studios, incl. Email Studio, Automation Studio, Journey Builder, Contact Builder, MobileStudio & WebStudio.
Proficiency in AMPscript, SQL, data architecture and data management is essential (Marketing Cloud Consultant and Developer Certification is highly desirable).
Experienced in CRM integrations and implementation projects for Salesforce Marketing Cloud, e.g. integration between Marketing Cloud and Sales Cloud.
Perseverance in solving problems, good at thinking on your feet and would happily troubleshoot HTML, campaign or data issues
Someone who is confident managing multiple priorities and effective at communicating out to stakeholders to manage expectations.
Forward thinking mindset - always thinking of the bigger picture and factoring how decisions made today will impact longer term ways of working.
Willing to question or challenge when you can see a better way of doing things! Always looking to continuously improve
Has a desire and willingness to help others - will happily share any knowledge and learnings within the marketing team and cross-functionally.
Passionate about all things martech; a willingness to learn and embrace new challenges.
Work productively in a fast paced environment - #gsd (urban dictionary will help on this one!
Wants to work in a super engaged team that is committed to doing great work, without taking themselves too seriously
The REA experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We're committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.
We offer:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working - https://rea.to/hybrid-working

Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers
Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life
Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
If you like the sound of us, then we think you should apply today. We're proud to be Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. While we're looking at your application, and preparing to come back to you with an update, why not get to know us a bit more through our various social channels?