Senior Email Development Lead

Overview

Email Development Manager job t Chicago, IL.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager – Email Developer to lead and manage a portion of our tenured and seasoned email development team. This is a hands‑on, in‑office role requiring a balance of technical leadership, team management, and direct development work. You’ll supervise a team of four developers (two leads and two mid‑level developers) while actively contributing to the coding, testing, and optimization of email campaigns.

The ideal candidate will be detail oriented, highly organized, and passionate about developing engaging, high‑performing emails that support our digital marketing strategy. This is a working manager role.

• Provide day‑to‑day leadership and mentoring to a team of 4 email developers.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development planning.
• Lead all aspects of workload distribution, project prioritization, and timely delivery of assets.
• Cultivate a collaborative, accountable, and productive team environment.
• Serve as the go‑to person for addressing customer concerns related to technical or process issues within the team.
• Craft and develop adaptable, accessible, and visually compelling HTML emails.
• Write clean, reusable, and optimized code across ESPs (Epsilon People Cloud Messaging, Exact Target/SFMC, Braze, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, etc.).
• Implement personalization and dynamic content using scripting tools such as AMPscript, Handlebars, Ruby/Liquid and Freemarker.
• QA and test emails across devices, browsers, and clients to ensure compatibility and deliverability.
• Maintain and improve modular code libraries and design systems.
• Work closely with marketing managers, designers, and CRM strategists to turn concepts into effective email experiences.
• Participate in campaign planning, calendar reviews, and performance evaluations.
• Ensure adherence to email marketing legal standards such as CAN‑SPAM and GDPR.
• Lead vendor/partner relationships where applicable.

• What You’ll Bring With You
  • 7+ years of hands‑on email development experience.
  • 3+ years of people management or team leadership experience in a development environment.
  • Deep knowledge of HTML, CSS, and adaptable email frameworks.
  • Proficiency in one or more enterprise ESPs (e.g., Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Campaign, Epsilon PCM, etc.).
  • Experience with dynamic content languages such as Freemarker, Ruby/Liquid, AMPscript or Handlebars.
  • Expertise in Litmus, Email on Acid, or similar testing platforms.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Must be available to work on‑site 3-5 days per week (this is not a remote position).
• Why you might stand out from other talent
  • Proven understanding of multiple scripting languages such as AMPscript, Handlebars, and Freemarker.
  • Experience with Agile workflows and tools (e.g., Jira, Asana).
  • Understanding of CRM segmentation, A/B testing, and analytics.
  • Familiarity with email deliverability tools and practices.

Base Salary: $93,948 - $156,581

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon, but not limited to the individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location and application employment laws. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.

Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we’ve provided marketers from the world’s leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels.

Epsilon’s comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real‑time modeling…