Analysis: Last 50 Jobs Posted #5

50 new jobs have met the criteria and been featured on the Email Marketing Jobs blog. Featured jobs were all pitched to me by recruiters. In order to be eligible, they had to include pay and be at least $50/hr or $100k/yr.

FULL-TIME

54%
REMOTE

80%
HOURLY

$80
MEDIAN
ANNUALLY

$145k
MEDIAN
 
Full-Time Roles
  • 27 out of 50 roles pitched were full-time roles. 
  • The minimum rate was $100k/yr (Cisco)
  • The maximum rate was $255k/yr (an SFMC Lead/Architect offered through NLB)
  • The range ($100k/yr to $255k/yr) is up from the last report (February 2022), but the average was down to $149k/yr and with a median of $145k/yr compared to February's $163k/yr average and $160k/yr median.
 
Contract Roles
  • Contract roles ranged from $50/hr (two undisclosed roles) to $120/hr (undisclosed).  In February the range was $50/hr to $110/hr.
  • The average was $83/hr (up from $75/hr in February) and the median was $80/hr (up from $73/hr)
 
Where the Work is Done
  • Onsite and hybrid was up this time, with 5 roles in California, and 1 each in Georgia, Texas, Washington and Paris, France. (Again, this are just what recruiters are pitching me.) 
 
Work for Us!
  • 21 of the 50 roles were named companies this time around. A growing trend with agencies seems to be a willingness to indicate which client you'd be working with if you went to work for them.
    • Abbvie
    • Bounteous
    • Cisco 
    • Cognizant
    • College Board
    • Cox Automotive
    • Crowd Cow
    • Deloitte Digital
    • Facet Wealth
    • Gspann for Rodan + Fields
    • Hirect
    • Holiday Inn Club Vacations (2x)
    • KPMG
    • Mphasis for AFLAC
    • Robert Half
    • Smart Solutions, Inc.
    • TCS for Microsoft
    • Uber
    • Visionsoft Consulting
    • World Travel Holdings
 
Recommendations
-- How can you stand out in a crowded field?
  • MENTION PAY. Include the budgeted compensation range, at the very least the base salary.
     
  • RAISE YOUR RATES. These are the competition who are struggling to find candidates, the companies that aren't struggling are paying more and filling quickly.
     
  • GO FULL-TIME. If you're looking for a professional with years of experience, is a 6-month contract really your best offer? 
     
  • BE SPECIFIC. Be specific about what you need, if necessary ask someone like me to help you refine your job description. The field attracts introverts with imposter syndrome. A poorly worded job description that asks for the moon is just asking to be dismissed.
     
  • UNDERSTAND THE FIELD. There's a lot of work involved in email marketing. Email Marketers who are also Web Developers, Copywriters or Designers are rare.  You can try to find them, or set more reasonable expectations.
     
  • SOURCE INSTEAD OF SPAM. Instead of indiscriminately sending the job to everyone, practice sourcing - identify specific people and go after them. And if they're not interested, ask them for 2-3 people they'd recommend.
 
Reading List
-- Some materials I like to share.
 
The Fine Print
  • This site does not post roles under $100k/yr or $50/hr and when a range was offered, the highest number was used here for the calculations as we're in a very tight labor market and rates still lagging compared the value an email marketing professional will generate for your organization.
  • Only base salaries were used here for even comparisons. Bonuses, restricted stock and other benefits should be evaluated when choosing between two otherwise similar offers.
  • Because all these jobs have been pitched to me personally, they tend to skew towards SFMC.
  • Not all jobs are created equal.  There's a lot of similarities, but when pricing your opening, it's good to review other roles for similarities that go beyond quick averages like this.
 
Past Issues:

Analysis: Last 50 Jobs Posted #4

Newer data: April 2022

50 new jobs have met the criteria and been featured on the Email Marketing Jobs blog. Featured jobs were all pitched to me by recruiters. In order to be eligible, they had to include pay and be at least $50/hr or $100k/yr.

FULL-TIME

48%
REMOTE

94%
HOURLY

$73
MEDIAN
ANNUALLY

$160k
MEDIAN
 
Full-Time Roles
  • 24 out of 50 roles pitched were full-time roles. 
  • The minimum rate was $100k/yr (Stride)
  • The maximum rate was $250k/yr (a Director role offered through HAYS Recruiting)
  • The range ($100k/yr to $250k/yr) is up from January, and the the average was up to $163k/yr and with a median of $160k/yr compared to January's $154k/yr average and $153k/yr median.
 
Contract Roles
  • Contract roles ranged from $50/hr (Newell Brands and two undisclosed roles) to $110/hr (undisclosed).  In January the range was $52/hr to $150/hr.
  • The average was $75/hr (down from $80/hr in December) and the median was $73/hr (down from $78/hr)
 
Where the Work is Done
  • Only 3 roles were required to take place in an office (though most were temporarily quarantined until COVID is over, whenever that will be) -- 1 offered Dallas, Texas or Atlanta and there was 1 each for California and Washington state.
 
Work for Us!
  • 22 of the 50 roles were named companies this time around:
    • AGCO
    • Auction . com
    • Audible
    • Bed Bath & Beyond
    • E&Y
    • Google
    • IBM
    • Identity and Access Solutions
    • Marrina Decisions
    • Mindtree for Google
    • MPower Consulting for GREY Midwest
    • Newell Brands
    • Platform 6
    • Playable
    • Real Chemistry
    • rockITdata
    • Salesforce
    • Stride
    • Technuf
    • Traction on Demand
    • Vertisystem
    • Virtusa
 
Recommendations
-- How can you stand out in a crowded field?
  • MENTION PAY. Include the budgeted compensation range, at the very least the base salary.
     
  • RAISE YOUR RATES. These are the competition who are struggling to find candidates, the companies that aren't struggling are paying more and filling quickly.
     
  • GO FULL-TIME. If you're looking for a professional with years of experience, is a 6-month contract really your best offer? 
     
  • BE SPECIFIC. Be specific about what you need, if necessary ask someone like me to help you refine your job description. The field attracts introverts with imposter syndrome. A poorly worded job description that asks for the moon is just asking to be dismissed.
     
  • UNDERSTAND THE FIELD. There's a lot of work involved in email marketing. Email Marketers who are also Web Developers, Copywriters or Designers are rare.  You can try to find them, or set more reasonable expectations.
     
  • SOURCE INSTEAD OF SPAM. Instead of indiscriminately sending the job to everyone, practice sourcing - identify specific people and go after them. And if they're not interested, ask them for 2-3 people they'd recommend.
 
Reading List
-- Some materials I like to share.
 
The Fine Print
  • This site does not post roles under $100k/yr or $50/hr and when a range was offered, the highest number was used here for the calculations as we're in a very tight labor market and rates still lagging compared the value an email marketing professional will generate for your organization.
  • Only base salaries were used here for even comparisons. Bonuses, restricted stock and other benefits should be evaluated when choosing between two otherwise similar offers.
  • Because all these jobs have been pitched to me personally, they tend to skew towards SFMC.
  • Not all jobs are created equal.  There's a lot of similarities, but when pricing your opening, it's good to review other roles for similarities that go beyond quick averages like this.
 
Past Issues:

Analysis: Last 50 Jobs Posted #3

Newer data: February 2022

50 new jobs have met the criteria and been featured on the Email Marketing Jobs blog. Featured jobs were all pitched to me by recruiters. In order to be eligible, they had to include pay and be at least $50/hr or $100k/yr.

FULL-TIME

46%
REMOTE

82%
HOURLY

$78
MEDIAN
ANNUALLY

$153k
MEDIAN
 
Full-Time Roles
  • 23 out of 50 roles pitched were full-time roles. 
  • The minimum rate was $100k/yr (Tata Consultancy and Avantax)
  • The maximum rate was $215k/yr (OpenText - with a low end that started at $100k, they hit both ends of the range)
  • The range ($100k/yr to $215k/yr) is unchanged from December, but the the average was up to $154k/yr and with a median of $153k/yr compared to December's $145k/yr average and $140k/yr median.
 
Contract Roles
  • Contract roles ranged from $52/hr (Gilead Sciences) to $150/hr (an undisclosed SFMC Architect role, now filled).  In December the range was $50/hr to $140/hr.
  • The average was $80/hr (up from $75/hr in December) and the median was $78/hr (up from $70/hr)
 
Where the Work is Done
  • Only 9 roles were required to take place in an office (though most were temporarily quarantined until COVID is over, whenever that will be) -- 2 offered multiple locations within the U.S., 2 were in California and 1 each for Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas and Washington.
 
Work for Us!
  • 24 of the 50 roles were named companies this time around:
    • Allstate Insurance 
    • American Heart Association
    • American Medical Association
    • Avantax
    • Blue Shield of California
    • Bubblebox
    • Capgemini
    • Capital One
    • Computer Aid
    • Epsilon
    • Gilead Sciences
    • GoDaddy
    • Merck
    • NetJets 
    • OpenText
    • Petco (x2)
    • Plative
    • ResortPass
    • TA Digital
    • Tata Consultancy Services (x2)
    • Thrilling
    • Twitter
 
Recommendations
-- How can you stand out in a crowded field?
  • MENTION PAY. Include the budgeted compensation range, at the very least the base salary.
     
  • RAISE YOUR RATES. These are the competition who are struggling to find candidates, the companies that aren't struggling are paying more and filling quickly.
     
  • GO FULL-TIME. If you're looking for a professional with years of experience, is a 6-month contract really your best offer? 
     
  • BE SPECIFIC. Be specific about what you need, if necessary ask someone like me to help you refine your job description. The field attracts introverts with imposter syndrome. A poorly worded job description that asks for the moon is just asking to be dismissed.
     
  • UNDERSTAND THE FIELD. There's a lot of work involved in email marketing. Email Marketers who are also Web Developers, Copywriters or Designers are rare.  You can try to find them, or set more reasonable expectations.
     
  • SOURCE INSTEAD OF SPAM. Instead of indiscriminately sending the job to everyone, practice sourcing - identify specific people and go after them. And if they're not interested, ask them for 2-3 people they'd recommend.
 
Reading List
-- Some materials I like to share.
 
The Fine Print
  • This site does not post roles under $100k/yr or $50/hr and when a range was offered, the highest number was used here for the calculations as we're in a very tight labor market and rates still lagging compared the value an email marketing professional will generate for your organization.
  • Only base salaries were used here for even comparisons. Bonuses, restricted stock and other benefits should be evaluated when choosing between two otherwise similar offers.
  • Because all these jobs have been pitched to me personally, they tend to skew towards SFMC.
  • Not all jobs are created equal.  There's a lot of similarities, but when pricing your opening, it's good to review other roles for similarities that go beyond quick averages like this.
 
Past Issues:

Analysis: Last 50 Jobs Posted #2


Here's a look at the last 50 roles posted to this site.

Previous 50: Oct. 2021

Newer 50: January 2022

Full-time roles (27 / 54%):

  • Lowest: $100k/yr - RentPath and The Wing
  • Highest: $215k/yr for a remote role with an unspecified agency
  • Average: $145,400/yr (up from $137,800/yr)
  • Median: $140,000/yr (up from $130,000/yr)
Contract roles:
(including contract, contract-to-hire or any other hourly arrangements):
  • Lowest: $50/hr - two companies - one unnamed, the other Big Lots!
  • Highest: $140/hr for an SFMC SME (6-month contract, will be directing others' work)
  • Average: $75.38/hr (up from $69.08/hr)
  • Median: $70.00/hr (up from $65/hr)