[Remote] Retention & Lifecycle Marketing Strategist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Flight Performance is a performance-led agency that partners with ambitious DTC brands to accelerate profitable growth. The Retention & Lifecycle Marketing Strategist is responsible for designing and evolving client retention and lifecycle strategies across various channels, ensuring acquisition efforts lead to long-term customer loyalty and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end retention and lifecycle strategy for assigned clients
• Develop retention roadmaps aligned to the broader Growth Strategy and Flight Plan
• Define lifecycle priorities across flows, campaigns, segmentation, and loyalty
• Act as the strategic lead for retention initiatives, guiding execution teams with clarity and intent
• Partner closely with Growth Strategists to ensure acquisition and retention strategies compound
• Design and optimize core lifecycle flows (welcome, post-purchase, replenishment, winback, browse/cart abandonment)
• Own email and SMS campaign strategy, including cadence, segmentation, and messaging frameworks
• Define offer logic and promotional strategy across retention channels in alignment with margin and inventory constraints
• Ensure email and SMS are used as profit centers, not just communication tools
• Monitor and analyze retention performance across repeat purchase rate, purchase frequency, AOV, and LTV
• Evaluate flow and campaign performance to identify leverage points for incremental revenue
• Partner with analytics resources to understand cohort behavior and retention velocity
• Tie retention performance back to contribution margin and overall business health
• Partner with Creative Strategists to develop lifecycle-specific creative, messaging, and offers
• Ensure brand voice and creative systems are consistently applied across email and SMS
• Guide testing roadmaps for subject lines, hooks, offers, and formats
• Recommend CRO and onsite retention optimizations where they materially impact LTV
• Collaborate closely with Media Buyers to align acquisition promises with post-purchase experience
• Work with Client Success to ensure retention strategy is clearly communicated and well understood by clients
• Identify upsell opportunities where retention programs (email, SMS, loyalty) can drive incremental value
• Stay ahead of lifecycle marketing trends, platform changes, and consumer behavior shifts, sharing insights with clients and the broader team

Skills

• 4–6+ years experience in DTC retention or lifecycle marketing, ideally within fashion, apparel, or lifestyle
• Deep expertise in email and SMS platforms (e.g. Klaviyo, Attentive) and lifecycle best practices
• Strong analytical fluency across repeat purchase rate, LTV, cohort analysis, and contribution margin
• Proven experience building and scaling lifecycle flows and campaign programs
• Ability to balance promotional performance with long-term brand health
• Confident communicator with strong client-facing presence
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-ownership environments
• Strong async communication skills using Slack and project management tools

Benefits

• Work directly with ambitious, high-growth DTC brands.
• Own strategy end-to-end, from planning through execution.
• High-impact role with visibility and influence across the business.
• Join a performance-obsessed team where your thinking materially shapes outcomes.

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