Job Description

The Cato Institute is seeking a skilled and dynamic Email Marketing Manager to join our Marketing team. This individual will play a critical role in shaping our email marketing strategy, ensuring seamless communication with our audience, and enhancing engagement through thoughtful, data-driven campaigns. Reporting to the Associate Marketing Director, the ideal candidate will bring creativity, attention to detail, and expertise in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Pardot) to manage multi-faceted campaigns aligned with the Institute's mission and objectives.

This position is a hybrid role located in Washington, DC, with up to 3 days in the office based on the department’s needs

The projected salary range for this role is $75,000 - $85,000 per year. Compensation is based on the successful candidate's educational background, experience, and skills.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION, YOU MUST SUBMIT THE TALENT MARKET APPLICATION.

About the Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization – a think tank – dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.

Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato’s Letters, a series of essays published in 18th-century England that presented a vision of a society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the architects of the American Revolution. And the simple, timeless principles of that revolution – individual liberty, limited government, and free markets – turn out to be even more powerful in today’s world of global markets and unprecedented access to information than Jefferson or Madison could have imagined. Social and economic freedom is not just the best policy for a free people, it is the indispensable framework for the future.

Cato Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and manage newsletters, drip campaigns, and complex multi-stage email campaigns to engage diverse audiences.
• Collaborate with creative and content teams to translate briefs into actionable email marketing initiatives, providing clear direction and constructive feedback.
• Work with website and creative teams to create campaign-specific landing pages, ensuring alignment with overall marketing goals.
• Design and implement testing plans for email campaigns and landing pages, analyzing results to continuously optimize performance.
• Partner with marketing and communications team members to support broader campaigns and programs.
• Manage intake of email and CRM-related requests from departments outside marketing, ensuring proper quality control and alignment with objectives.
• Leverage audience segmentation and persona data to inform email strategy, tailoring messaging to maximize impact.
• Stay up-to-date on industry best practices in email marketing, thought leadership, and demand generation strategies.
• Handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high-quality standards.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in email marketing and CRM management.
• A bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Proficiency in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Pardot) is required.
• Proven experience building newsletters, drip campaigns, and multi-stage email strategies.
• Strong understanding of creative briefs, with the ability to ask clarifying questions and provide actionable feedback.
• Experience collaborating with web teams to create landing pages that align with marketing campaigns.
• Demonstrated success in developing and executing testing plans for emails and landing pages.
• Strong familiarity with libertarian or classical liberal ideas and public policy perspectives.

Skills

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to balance multiple initiatives and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills for cross-departmental collaboration, including intake of requests and gathering project assets.
• Deep knowledge of audience segmentation and incorporation of persona insights into email strategies.
• Expertise in thought leadership and demand generation best practices for email marketing.

Benefits

All Cato employees are provided with:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Employer contribution to a Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Generous vacation and sick days
• Paid parental leave
• Employer-provided life and disability insurance
• 401(k) employer match
• Transit/ Parking benefits
• Pet discount plan

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position does not offer visa sponsorship.

To Apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application materials (in order) in one PDF document:

• Cover letter including:
• An introductory paragraph describing three distinct reasons you are drawn to the Cato Institute’s mission
• Salary requirements
• Resume

Applications should be submitted to Talent Market via this link: talentmarket.org/apply-for-your-dream-job/

Questions can be directed to Bailey Drouant, Project Manager at Talent Market, who is managing the search process: bailey@talentmarket.org

There is no application deadline for this position. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. This job will remain posted on our site until it is filled.

While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position, we are only able to contact those to whom we can offer an interview. Only direct applications will be considered. No phone calls, please.

Talent Market is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting liberty by helping free-market nonprofits identify talent for critical roles. We provide consulting and recruiting services at no cost to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that clearly and directly focus on advancing the principles of economic freedom, free enterprise, free trade, free speech, property rights, rule of law and limited regulation.