Retention Marketing & Copy For 7-8 Figure Health Brands

Looking for someone who can reliably own retention as a revenue line? Having managed email/SMS lists from 20,000 to over one million subscribers and increased revenue through creative and strategic leadership, I love to serve as a key contributor within marketing teams.

What I Can Manage For You

Campaign strategy

  • Plan your monthly content calendars

  • Events, education, launches, loyalty, offers

Email production & execution

  • Creative direction and copywriting

  • Asset briefs for your designer

  • Email building, QA and scheduling

Optimising flows and automations

  • Improving performance of existing flows

  • Building new flows, where necessary

Reporting & commercial visibility

  • Ongoing channel performance analysis

  • Monthly reporting for leadership

  • Recommendations and action plans

I do my best work in high-agency environments that value deep work, with minimal distractions and meetings.

My goal is to make this part of your business run smoothly with less hassle for the leadership team.

My workflow can adjust around your needs. Here’s what a typical work structure has often looked like:

I set the strategy for the next month/quarter and run this past the head of marketing or CEO.

I deliver all the copy and design ideas for campaigns and flows.

I provide your designer with content briefs.

I build and scheduling emails on your ESP. I can send email previews to leadership, if needed.

I monitor deliverability and segmentation, and keep track of marketing performance data.

I share reports with your leadership team, highlighting any wins and areas for improvement.

How I Work

What Clients Say

Emily McBeth, CMO at PaleoHacks

PaleoHacks are a multi-7-figure US group of brands across food, info products and supplements.

My Role: Email/SMS Marketing Manager & Copywriter

"Declan is a truly unique talent. Not only does he understand the tactical and strategic side of email marketing, but he is also a gifted health copywriter whose work converts. Generally speaking, you find someone who is good at one or the other (strategy or creative), but not both. Declan is intuitively performance-minded, and his results reflect it no matter the modality.

If you have the opportunity to work with Declan, take it. His professionalism and impact are unmatched. I would hire him again in a heartbeat."

Samuel Levinson, CEO at New Leaf Products

New Leaf Products are a multi-7-figure UK vitamins and supplements brand.

My Role: Retention Marketing Manager & Copywriter.

“We’ve worked with Declan for over a year and have been extremely pleased with both his work and the results. He is highly responsive, understands the industry well, and has helped us achieve significant growth. I would highly recommend Declan.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ryan Carey, Senior Marketing Manager at Homeward Health

Homeward Health is a US Series B healthcare company serving rural America.

Role: Senior Copywriter

“Declan is a phenomenal copywriter and teammate. He is not only a good writer but also a strong strategist when it comes to healthcare campaigns, which makes him an invaluable part of the team. He handles all requests with great attention to detail and works very quickly. Declan meets all deadlines, manages ad hoc requests, and provides multiple options when relevant.

He frequently thinks one step beyond the initial request to ensure that the project meets not only the immediate needs but also the future strategy for the campaign. I highly recommend Declan for any copywriting needs.”

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ideal Partners

Though I’ve consulted and freelanced for businesses ranging from startups to billion-dollar healthcare enterprises, my main focus over the years has been health & wellness e-commerce brands doing £1M-£10M in annual revenue who want:

  • A channel owner, not an agency

  • Reduced founder and team dependency

  • Stronger email and lifecycle performance

  • Faster execution, lower internal overhead

    Pricing

Day Rate: Prefer to trial a flexible, short-term arrangement such as a 30-day email revenue sprint? My day rate ranges from £500-£600 or $675-$815.

Retainer contracts: Pricing depends on the scale of responsibilities and time demand. For example, do you need account management, creative direction, copywriting, email building, performance analysis and reporting? Or only some of these? My preferred way of working is part-time (20-30 hours a week) over a longer-term partnership, but happy to discuss.

Performance bonus (optional, TBD): 4-6% of incremental attributed email/SMS revenue above your rolling 3-month baseline. Attribution based on your platform's source of truth, for example your ESP dashboard.

Next Steps

I’d love to hear about your brand.

Who do you help? What’s working and what’s not? How would you like to work together?

Reach out below with a quick email intro and I’ll get back to you ASAP.