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Tiaa Marketing

To provide financial well-being for those who serve others by becoming their trusted lifetime financial partner with dignity and confidence

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To provide financial well-being for those who serve others by becoming their trusted lifetime financial partner with dignity and confidence

Strengths

  • BRAND: 100+ year heritage of serving non-profit sector with 97% trust
  • PRODUCTS: Industry-leading guaranteed lifetime income solutions
  • RETENTION: 97% client retention rate across institutional clients
  • EXPERTISE: Deep domain knowledge of non-profit financial needs
  • STABILITY: Strong financial foundation with $1.3T assets under management

Weaknesses

  • AWARENESS: Limited brand recognition outside core education market
  • DIGITAL: Outdated digital customer experience lags industry standards
  • DEMOGRAPHICS: Aging customer base with average client age of 58
  • ACQUISITION: High cost of customer acquisition at $950 per new client
  • INTEGRATION: Siloed marketing operations across business units

Opportunities

  • EXPANSION: Healthcare and research sectors growth potential of 28%
  • MILLENNIALS: Capture 2.1M mission-driven young professionals
  • PERSONALIZATION: Leverage data analytics for hyper-personalization
  • ESG: Growing demand for responsible investment options (32% CAGR)
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Strategic alliances with professional associations

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Fintechs targeting younger non-profit professionals
  • REGULATIONS: Changing retirement legislation impacts product design
  • TECHNOLOGY: Rapid pace of innovation requires significant investment
  • RELEVANCE: Risk of brand obsolescence among next generation
  • ECONOMIC: Market volatility affecting guaranteed income products

Key Priorities

  • DIGITAL: Modernize customer experience to engage younger audience
  • AWARENESS: Expand brand beyond education into healthcare/research
  • DATA: Implement data-driven personalization across customer journey
  • ESG: Position TIAA as leader in responsible investment solutions
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To provide financial well-being for those who serve others by becoming their trusted lifetime financial partner with dignity and confidence

DIGITAL REVOLUTION

Create best-in-class digital experience for next generation

  • PLATFORM: Launch redesigned mobile-first digital platform with 99% uptime and +40 NPS by Q3
  • ADOPTION: Increase digital engagement by 35% among users under 45 years of age
  • AUTOMATION: Implement AI chatbot handling 50% of routine customer service inquiries
  • EXPERIENCE: Reduce average digital transaction completion time from 7.2 to 3.5 minutes
MARKET EXPANSION

Extend brand leadership beyond education sector

  • HEALTHCARE: Increase healthcare sector AUM by $15B through targeted marketing campaigns
  • AWARENESS: Achieve 40% brand recognition in healthcare/research professionals (up from 22%)
  • CONVERSION: Implement targeted lead nurturing driving 15% higher conversion in new sectors
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Establish strategic marketing alliances with 10 major healthcare associations
DATA MASTERY

Transform customer experience through data intelligence

  • PERSONALIZATION: Deploy AI-driven content personalization engine with 85% relevance score
  • INSIGHTS: Create unified customer data platform integrating 100% of touchpoints by Q4
  • PREDICTION: Implement life-event prediction models with 75% accuracy for key milestones
  • OPTIMIZATION: Increase marketing campaign efficiency by 25% through AI-driven testing
ESG LEADERSHIP

Position TIAA as the premier responsible investment partner

  • POSITIONING: Launch integrated campaign positioning TIAA as ESG leader with 25M impressions
  • EDUCATION: Create educational content driving 150k unique engagements on ESG capabilities
  • ACTIVATION: Generate $8B in new ESG-focused investments through targeted marketing
  • MEASUREMENT: Implement ESG impact dashboard for clients with 45% adoption rate
METRICS
  • Customer lifetime value (CLV): $210,000
  • Brand consideration among healthcare/research professionals: 40%
  • Digital engagement rate among customers <45 years: 68%
VALUES
  • Put the customer first
  • Deliver excellence
  • Take personal accountability
  • Value our people
  • Act with integrity
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Align the learnings

Tiaa Marketing Retrospective

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To provide financial well-being for those who serve others by becoming their trusted lifetime financial partner with dignity and confidence

What Went Well

  • PERFORMANCE: 15% YoY growth in institutional client AUM to $895 billion
  • RETENTION: Achieved record 97% client retention rate across all segments
  • SOCIAL: ESG campaign generated 3.2M impressions and 28k new leads
  • DIGITAL: 22% increase in mobile app engagement with 1.8M monthly users

Not So Well

  • ACQUISITION: New client acquisition missed target by 18% in healthcare
  • DEMOGRAPHICS: Failed to reduce average new customer age below 52 years
  • ENGAGEMENT: Email campaign performance declined 12% in open rates YoY
  • EFFICIENCY: Marketing cost per acquisition increased 8% to $950

Learnings

  • CHANNELS: Video content outperformed all other formats with 3.2x ROI
  • MESSAGING: Financial security resonates more than returns with <40 age
  • TARGETING: Affinity partnerships yielded 2.3x higher conversion rates
  • ANALYTICS: Predictive models improved campaign targeting efficiency 18%

Action Items

  • DIGITAL: Accelerate development of next-gen mobile/web experience by Q3
  • CONTENT: Develop video-first content strategy for millennial engagement
  • PARTNERSHIPS: Expand healthcare association relationships by 25%
  • AUTOMATION: Implement AI-driven lead scoring across all segments
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To provide financial well-being for those who serve others by becoming their trusted lifetime financial partner with dignity and confidence

Strengths

  • DATA: Extensive proprietary financial behavior data from 6M+ clients
  • INVESTMENT: Established AI Center of Excellence with 45+ specialists
  • ADOPTION: Successfully deployed robo-advisory service for 125K users
  • SECURITY: Robust security infrastructure for AI implementation
  • ANALYTICS: Advanced analytics capabilities for risk assessment

Weaknesses

  • INTEGRATION: Fragmented AI initiatives across business units
  • TALENT: Limited specialized AI marketing talent with 7 open positions
  • LEGACY: Technical debt in core systems limiting AI implementation
  • PROCESS: Slow approval processes for AI-driven marketing campaigns
  • SCALE: Inability to scale successful AI pilots enterprise-wide

Opportunities

  • PERSONALIZATION: AI-driven hyper-personalized financial guidance
  • EFFICIENCY: Automation of routine customer service queries (65%)
  • INSIGHTS: Predictive analytics for life event financial planning
  • ENGAGEMENT: AI-powered content optimization boosting conversion 3X
  • RETENTION: Early intervention using predictive churn models

Threats

  • COMPETITION: Fintech competitors with AI-native platforms
  • PRIVACY: Evolving regulations on AI usage in financial services
  • BIAS: Risk of algorithmic bias affecting financial recommendations
  • ADOPTION: Customer resistance to AI-powered financial advice
  • EXPERTISE: Shortage of AI talent with financial services knowledge

Key Priorities

  • PERSONALIZATION: Develop AI-driven customer journey orchestration
  • INTEGRATION: Create unified AI roadmap across marketing operations
  • TALENT: Strategic hiring and upskilling for AI marketing expertise
  • ETHICS: Establish robust governance for ethical AI implementation