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Cold Email Operations Specialist

Elevate Clients Inc
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 4/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2026

Cold Email Operations Specialist

Full Time 9am to 5pm (Virtual Office)


We’re hiring a full time cold email operations person who knows Smartlead, Instantly, and Clay.com at a high level. If you don’t have real experience with all three, do not apply.


What you must already know

• Smartlead setup, warmup logic, routing, rules, inbox rotation, and troubleshooting

• Instantly infrastructure and campaign building

• Clay.com at an advanced level

• Scraping data from multiple sources

• Building targeted lead lists from scratch

• Building custom Clay tables and automations

• Managing multiple inboxes daily

• Monitoring deliverability and keeping campaigns healthy

• Enrichment, verification, and list prep for outbound

• Operating in a fast moving outbound environment


Role Responsibilities

• Full inbox manager for multiple domains and sending accounts

• Monitor all inboxes daily, tag replies, clear spam, keep inboxes healthy

• Manage cold email operations inside our virtual office 9am to 5pm CST

• Build, clean, and maintain targeted lead lists

• Create Clay workflows, automations, and enrichment flows

• Stand up Smartlead and Instantly campaigns

• Troubleshoot issues quickly and keep everything sending

• Support ongoing outbound tests, experiments, and workflow builds


Requirements

• Hands on Smartlead experience

• Hands on Instantly experience

• Advanced Clay.com experience

• Strong understanding of scraping, enrichment, and verification

• Available full time 9am to 5pm CST in our virtual office

• Strong English and high attention to detail

• Fast worker who can manage multiple projects


How to apply


Send a brief message with:

  1. Your experience with Smartlead, Instantly, Clay
  2. Examples of Clay tables, workflows, or lead lists you have built
  3. Your experience managing inboxes
  4. Your availability and expected monthly rate

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