Groupon is an experiences marketplace that brings people more ways to get the most out of their city or wherever they may be. By enabling real-time mobile commerce across local businesses, live events and travel destinations, Groupon helps people find and discover experiences––big and small, new and familiar––that make for a full, fun and rewarding life. Groupon helps local businesses grow and strengthen customer relationships––resulting in strong, vibrant communities. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success.
We are seeking exceptional individuals to join Groupon’s growing Coupons division to drive revenue through our merchant pages, curate the customer experience, and increase the quality of the content we show consumers. A keen intelligence, unparalleled writing skills, and the ability to self-start are necessities for this role.
The role requires an understanding of affiliate marketing, our competitive set (Retail Me Not, Coupons.com etc.), and of the various ways retailers drive consumer behavior through incentives. Essentially, the perfect candidate is a guardian of the consumer experience, ensuring that we have all of the offers in the universe, that our brand voice and writing are engaging, and that those offers are properly communicated to consumers to maximize clicks and conversions. Through intensive brainstorming, testing, collaboration, and data analysis, Coupon Content Managers ensure Coupons pages are maximizing performance and potential revenue.
The ideal candidate for this role is someone who is able to use the view of the consumer, plus a knack for numbers, to push the business and our practices to maximize revenue and growth.We are seeking exceptional individuals to join Groupon’s growing Coupons division to drive revenue through our merchant pages, curate the customer experience, and increase the quality of the content we show consumers. A keen intelligence, unparalleled writing skills, and the ability to self-start are necessities for this role.
We’re a “best of both worlds” kind of company. We’re big enough to have resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact. We’re curious, fun, a little intense, and kind of obsessed with helping local businesses thrive. Does that sound like a great way to grow your career? Let’s get into the details:
You’ll spend time on the following:
- Develop, test, and implement strategies to improve click-through and conversion rates, SEO, customer engagement, and ultimately revenue
- Manage 30+ merchant pages with revenue exceeding millions annually, by adding new coupon content daily, monitoring auto-published content, and leveraging SEO practices
- Serve as point person and owner of placements on merchant pages, which receive an average of 50 million views per week
- Continuously monitor and adapt messaging strategy to increase KPIs, including writing effective titles, descriptions, and other copy for all instances where your offer displays
- Analyze how past and current campaign performance impact consumer behavior, by collaborating with Merchandising, Sales, and B.I. teams on deal strategies that increase revenue, consumer loyalty, and engagement
- Understand customer mindsets and write for an array of audience need states
- Stay up to date on marketing trends and follow industry best-practices
- Take direction and work both collaboratively and autonomously
- Analyze data and provide weekly updates regarding click-through rate, traffic, average order value, and commissions earned for each merchant; leverage analytics to recommend and execute business decisions
- Work with engineering team to identify key admin and user-facing improvements to bolster productivity, clicks, and profit
- Partner with Coupons sales team to strategize campaign and paid placement execution on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis
- Collaborate and communicate with teams across the company (Merchandising, Design, Product, etc.) to integrate Coupons and build strategies for further integration
We’re excited if you have:
- 4+ years of experience
- Motivated self-starter with an acute attention to detail
- Capacity for creative problem solving and strategic thinking
- Ability to positively respond and adapt to quick-paced, ever-changing work environment
- Willingness to participate in merchant-facing communications
- Strong writing skills to clearly communicate through leverage channels, emails, blogs, etc.
- Ability to decipher spreadsheet and other analytical data and speak to findings
- Understanding of SEO industry standards and keywords
- Understanding of Teradata; Tableau; Google Search Console, Analytics, AdWords; and Excel a plus
