Podium Education
Part-Time Marketing QA Specialist
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Part-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Marketing
🗓️ November 11th, 2025
CRM
Salesforce
Edtech.com's Summary
Podium Education is hiring a Part-Time Marketing QA Specialist. The role requires testing and validating marketing automation workflows and student communication journeys to ensure accurate messaging and flawless campaign logic. The specialist will collaborate with system and growth teams to maintain high quality and consistency in marketing systems.
Highlights
- Test marketing automation workflows for triggers, timing, and content accuracy
- Review email sends and lifecycle pathways for segmentation and logic errors
- Document QA findings clearly and report issues for resolution
- Run structured testing based on various student profiles and enrollment scenarios
- Verify conditional paths, dynamic content, and personalization function as intended
- Work closely with Head of System Operations and Head of Growth on QA processes
- Required skills include attention to detail, independent work, organization, and structured testing methods
- Preferred experience with Salesforce, marketing automation platforms like Iterable or Mailchimp, and interest in data or marketing operations
- Role ideal for college students or early career professionals interested in technical marketing systems
- Part-time, averaging 10–20 hours per week with flexible scheduling and occasional morning availability
Part-Time Marketing QA Specialist Full Description
Part-Time Marketing QA Specialist
Part time
Austin | Remote
Part-Time Marketing QA Specialist
Who We Are
At Podium Education, we combine the reach of top universities with the real-world impact of global brands. We partner with schools like Georgetown, UNC, Harvard, ASU, and Texas A&M to deliver programs that put students inside projects for companies such as Spotify, Netflix, Uber, and Airbnb. With over 1 million students engaged across 70+ universities, we’re redefining what career-ready education looks like; blending skills, experience, and opportunity at scale. Podium is a privately held Series B company based in Austin with prominent investors who believe in the mission, including Sequoia Capital, Owl Ventures, Lumos Capital Group, Learn Capital, Lachy Groom, Goldcrest Capital, and Album VC!
Job Description
We are looking for a detail-oriented Marketing QA Specialist to support our Head of System Operations. This role focuses on reviewing, testing, and validating how our marketing systems and automated student journeys perform. You will help ensure that messaging reaches the right students at the right time, and that technical logic behind campaigns functions exactly as intended.
We are looking for a detail-oriented Marketing QA Specialist to support our Head of System Operations. This role focuses on reviewing, testing, and validating how our marketing systems and automated student journeys perform. You will help ensure that messaging reaches the right students at the right time, and that technical logic behind campaigns functions exactly as intended.
This role is consistent, process-driven, and highly important to the accuracy of our student experience.
What You’ll Do
Quality Assurance and System Accuracy
Quality Assurance and System Accuracy
- Test marketing automation workflows to confirm triggers, timing, and content are accurate
- Review email sends and lifecycle pathways for segmentation and logic errors
- Document findings clearly and thoroughly in structured logs
- Flag issues and collaborate to resolve them, then test again to confirm fixes
- Maintain consistency and accuracy across multiple concurrent QA checks
- Run structured testing sequences based on different student profiles and enrollment scenarios
- Verify that conditional paths, dynamic content, and personalization display as expected
- Identify unexpected behavior or edge cases and document clear reproduction steps
- Work closely with the Head of System Operations and Head of Growth to align on QA processes and timelines
What You Bring
- Careful attention to detail and a high level of precision
- Comfort with structured tasks, documentation, and repeatable testing methods
- Ability to work independently and stay organized
- Interest in how systems and logic operate beneath the surface
Nice to Have (Not Required)
- Experience with Salesforce or similar CRM tools
- Experience with email or marketing automation platforms (such as Iterable, Klaviyo, Mailchimp)
- Coursework or interest in data, systems, analytics, marketing operations, or lifecycle marketing
Who This Role Is Ideal For
This is a great role for a current college student or early career professional who wants exposure to technical marketing systems. Students studying Information Systems, Data Science, Marketing Analytics, Business Technology, Applied Math, or Engineering may find this role particularly relevant, but any major is welcome.
What You Will Gain
- Hands-on experience inside technical marketing systems
- A clear understanding of how automated lifecycle marketing operates at scale
- Direct mentorship from an experienced system and tech operations leader
- A strong foundation for future roles in marketing operations, CRM management, lifecycle marketing, or RevOps
Schedule and Expectation:
- Availability: Must be available for occasional morning work and/or projects as needed.
- Hours: Part-time role averaging 10–20 hours per week, with flexibility depending on workload and business needs.
