Roger Foisy
Email Marketing Expert

Roger Foisy

Former head of email marketing at Airbnb.

About

Roger Foisy is a creative marketing leader with over 15 years' experience in all aspects of digital marketing, including email, PPC, UX, brand strategy, CRM and lifecycle automation, partnerships and offline marketing, creative direction, social media content creation, content marketing, and copywriting. Specializing in email marketing, he has worked in senior marketing roles for large companies such as TripAdvisor, Carnival Cruise Lines, Harry & David, and Airbnb.

Employment

7 roles
Mar 2019 - Present 7 years 2 months
Marketing, CRM & Brand Consultant
Independent
  • Provided marketing services including email, PPC, UX, brand strategy, CRM and lifecycle automation, partnerships and offline marketing, creative direction, social media content creation, content marketing, and copywriting.
  • Strategized and executed innovative brand marketing experiences that drive engagement, conversion, and retention across multiple channels for B2C and B2B companies.
Jan 2018 - Feb 2019 1 year 1 month
Director, Brand Marketing
HomeWorksEnergy.com

HomeWorks Energy is a home performance contractor performing residential energy assessments and installing energy efficiency retrofits in Massachusetts and New York.

  • Worked on program awareness and community activation via prospecting and acquisition marketing.
  • Oversaw brand, communications, and content and managed a budget of $4MM annually.
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017 1 year 5 months
Director of Marketing
The Appalachian Mountain Club

Appalachian Mountain Club is a conservation and recreation group in the United States.

  • Worked as part of the leadership team, responsibilities included board presentations, budget development, and reporting and marketing strategy.
  • Handled email, print, PPC, media and paid social buys, site content and UX, partnerships, events, and analytics.
  • Elated to have driven record-high lodging revenue for three consecutive months in summer and fall, 2017.
Mar 2015 - Jul 2016 1 year 4 months
Director, Lifecycle Marketing
Doctor On Demand

Doctor On Demand is a video telemedicine company, offering on-demand and scheduled visits with US-licensed healthcare providers via any smartphone, tablet, or computer. 

  • Managed both DTC and B2B2C email marketing, CRM and lifecycle, brand guidelines and creative, copy, web layouts and page builds, all blog content, app push notifications as well as micro sites for health plan and corporate partners.
  • Handled marketing strategy, vendor and agency management, and budgeting.
  • Liaised with medical and mental health clinical directors, product team, enterprise sales, CSX, and B2B activation groups.
Mar 2014 - Dec 2014 9 months
Head of Email Marketing
Airbnb
  • Developed international team of four marketing professionals plus two outside contractors.
  • Engaged the Airbnb community of guests, prospective travelers, and hosts with a global cadence of regular email marketing communications.
  • Managed email notifications, lifecycle series, automated and dynamic content in more than 20 languages, with a consistent global open rate of more than 30%.
  • Supported localized email in collaboration with several field marketing offices in Europe, APAC, North and Latin America.
  • Worked on the top goal of email program; engagement from open and click through booking conversion. CRM controls, brand and style consistency across all markets worldwide.
  • Localized, personalized, relevant content within every email piece being deployed.
Nov 2012 - Feb 2014 1 year 3 months
Senior Email Marketing Manager
Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Directed a team of four marketing, coding, and design professionals.
  • Managed strategy, creative direction, budget, and forecasting.
  • Provided full P&L responsibility for Carnival's email marketing programs, as well as trigger, automated, brand, product and sales related email programs.
  • Performed list management and CRM direction and analysis.
  • Integrated email channel with online initiatives and social media.
Aug 2011 - Aug 2012 1 year
Senior Email & Social Marketing Manager
Harry & David
  • Managed and collaborated daily with a team of four marketing professionals, including an email manager and social media manager.
  • Developed and managed email marketing programs, including strategy and concept through to daily execution oversight on all transactional, triggered, and marketing emails, tests and multivariate offers.
  • Oversaw CRM and segmentation, surveys, Facebook integration, and social media marketing. Handled advertising and brand engagement/interaction across email and social channels.
  • Provided P&L responsibility for email and social budget as highest contributors to online sales.

Education

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 11 months
Bachelor's Program, Interactive Media Design
Art Institute of Portland

Portfolio

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