Kristy Schaaf
CoBrand Partnership Group Marketing Manager - Nordstrom @ TD
About
Accomplished marketing and program management leader with 20+ years of experience driving transformative portfolio growth across financial services and technology sectors. Expert in co-brand and private-label credit card marketing, lifecycle and acquisition campaign strategy, partnership management, and data-driven optimization. Recognized for leading high-performing teams, delivering compliant and scalable marketing programs, and strengthening partner relationships through strategic planning, insightful analytics, and operational rigor. Adept at managing complex stakeholder environments including Product, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Legal, and external partners to execute marketing initiatives that accelerate engagement, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
United States
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Internet
Salesforce.com, Online Marketing, Business Strategy, Business Development, Online Advertising, Analytics, Vendor Management, Social Media Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Credit Cards, Strategic Planning, Management, Product Management, E-commerce, Direct Mail, Strategy
Experience

Product Marketing Manager
United States
• Lead cross-functional marketing and product collaboration across Product, Commercial, Analytics, Operations, Risk, and Compliance to drive adoption and portfolio growth for PayPal Credit and PayPal Cashback Mastercard®. • Design and execute go-to-market strategies for new feature launches, product enhancements, and partner initiatives, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business objectives. • Manage multichannel customer marketing campaigns (email, app, web, direct communications) that increase acquisition, engagement, and lifetime value. • Direct A/B and multivariate testing frameworks to improve campaign efficiency, response rates, and customer outcomes. • Analyze customer and performance data to refine value propositions, messaging, segmentation, and targeting strategies. • Drive adoption and market share through targeted acquisition campaigns, partnering closely with internal creative, external agencies, and program execution teams. • Collaborate with analytics and finance to establish performance KPIs, forecast results, and optimize marketing spend. • Provide mentorship and leadership to junior marketers, elevating best practices in campaign execution, compliance, and customer communication. • Support rebranding, repositioning, and product differentiation initiatives to strengthen brand perception in competitive markets. • Ensure full compliance with PayPal policies and regulatory requirements (AML, KYC, Fair Lending, Risk Management), partnering with legal and risk teams to validate all marketing communications.

Senior Program Manager
Timonium, MD
- Successfully managed web, email optimization and project management teams that supported PayPal Credit, PayPal Cash Card, PayPal Cobrand products, Xoom and legal - Facilitated multi-channel campaigns across email, online, paid media and print channels - Developed and implemented a campaign planning process across products to find synergies to consolidate campaign efforts and maintain a positive customer contact strategy - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline the process to enhance platforms to launch new products - Updated all creative, email communications and legal webpages for rebranding initiative. - Worked closely with internal marketing partners to create profitable marketing campaigns within brand standards to drive results and meet TPV and new account goals - Trained team members across all products and processes to insure a flawless execution adaptation - Participated as campaign program lead for internal “tiger” team to get fast track campaigns to market compliantly i.e. emergency disaster relief, legal and other executive requests

Senior Campaign Manager
Baltimore, MD
- Managed monthly cross-channel acquisition and engagement campaign strategy and execution for eBay, Synchrony and Bill Me Later products via onsite, email and web channels - Managed and trained a team of contractors on campaign and web campaign production process - Ensured that all marketing materials followed brand guidelines and seasonal style guides. - Conducted monthly quality assurance and testing across channels to confirm the accuracy of presentment to meet CFPB regulations - Appointed as legal subject matter expert for credit products and required to review all creative prior to legal submission - Executed monthly cross-channel campaigns for eBay and Bill Me Later products - Resolved time-sensitive issues with an intense sense of urgency with the ability to pivot as needed to remove obstacles and meet timelines within compliance - Streamlined existing campaign execution process by implementing new creative and execution strategies - Managed content of legal web pages across multiple platforms - Worked closely with internal design and legal teams to develop quality creative that meet brand standards

VP of Marketing
Citi Retail Services
- Managed relationships with top clients via monthly communications on campaign analysis, budgets and project status. - Provided marketing support to global sales and internal operations teams. - Maintained vendor relationships and negotiated pricing for development and production of creative across channels - Created and implemented collaborative marketing campaigns for a corporate client including over 200 franchised locations to minimize individual costs and increase participation in global direct marketing campaigns - Regulated franchisee creative concepts to ensure they met brand standards and followed seasonal style guides - Managed the creation and development of a website for clients to customize and order online collateral and direct marketing packages. - Coordinated tradeshows and presented at seminars for our existing clients on current and future marketing initiatives - Composed monthly communications containing industry tips, marketing promotions and affiliate program results - Executed cross-sell efforts, pre-approved and customer lifecycle campaigns across company products for North America - Developed in house creative for direct mail campaigns to support 200+ franchised clients - Managed production off direct mail, POS and other collateral materials - Liaison between legal counsel, the sales team and client to obtain legal approval on all marketing efforts - Cross-trained team members on all marketing campaigns for employee development and advancement.
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