Marketing Strategist

Our client is an established mortgage lender is seeking a Marketing Strategist to lead and evolve their digital marketing strategy across SEO, Online Reputation Management (ORM), and marketing automation, with Salesforce CRM as the foundational platform.

This role is designed for a strategic marketer who thrives in structured environments but brings an entrepreneurial mindset, someone who takes ownership, identifies opportunities for improvement, and modernizes systems while
respecting regulatory, brand, and operational standards. You will set direction, manage execution, and lead a small team or external partners to deliver measurable, sustainable results.

This will be a hybrid role with in-office days in Irvine, CA on Tues./Thurs.

Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & Leadership
* Own the strategic roadmap for SEO, ORM, and marketing automation
* Proactively identify opportunities to improve performance, efficiency, and scalability
* Translate business objectives into clear priorities, KPIs, and execution plans
* Lead, mentor, and hold accountable internal team members and external partners

SEO Strategy
* Develop and oversee enterprise-grade SEO strategy including technical, on-page, off-page, and content
* Guide keyword and competitive research aligned with mortgage borrower intent
* Improve organic visibility through site optimization, content strategy, and governance
* Monitor algorithm changes and industry trends; recommend data-driven adjustments
* Own SEO reporting, insights, and continuous optimization

Online Reputation Management (ORM)
* Lead ORM strategy to protect and strengthen brand credibility at scale
* Establish structured monitoring, response, and review-generation processes
* Ensure ORM efforts align with compliance, brand, and governance standards
* Address reputational risks through ethical, sustainable visibility strategies

Marketing Automation & Salesforce CRM
* Serve as the marketing owner of marketing automation systems & platforms
* Ensure data integrity, reporting accuracy, and clear lifecycle visibility
* Design and optimize marketing automation workflows integrated with Salesforce
* Evaluate, select, and manage marketing automation platforms as business needs
  evolve
* Build scalable frameworks for segmentation, nurturing, and performance
  tracking

Mortgage Industry & Compliance
* Apply strong knowledge of mortgage products, borrower journeys, and
  regulations
* Ensure all marketing strategy and execution meet regulatory and compliance
  requirements
* Balance innovation with risk management and operational discipline

Required Qualifications
* 5 years of experience in digital marketing strategy
* Demonstrated expertise in SEO, ORM, and marketing automation
* Strong hands-on experience with Salesforce CRM
* Experience integrating marketing automation platforms with Salesforce
* Mortgage or financial services industry experience is required
* Experience managing people and/or external partners
* Analytical, structured, and metrics-driven approach
* Comfortable operating in regulated, enterprise environments

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including financial information. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Benefits include Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance, company-paid life insurance, 401K with a generous employer match and additional benefits such as Free Legal Services and an Employee Loan Program.

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Shannon Robinson - Senior Recruiter

For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.



This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 03/12/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.

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