Marketing Associate
Lincolnshire, IL
Contract - Hybrid / Full time
smartdept.inc. is searching for a Marketing Associate for a credit card and banking institution client of ours located in Riverwoods, IL. The ideal candidate will come with 3-5+ years of experience in direct marketing, campaign or agency management. This is a full-time, hybrid contract opportunity in Riverwoods IL, that will require coming into the office 3 times a week. The contract duration is 6 months with the possibility of extension and/or conversion to an FTE. Pay for this position is expected to be $30-$36/hr depending on experience level and fit.
This position is responsible for impacting the primary business goal of driving originations through the support of the Personal Loan Campaign Management team’s acquisition of direct marketing strategies by working with creative agencies, marketing operations, compliance, and legal. The role requires direct response marketing experience.
What You'll Do:
- The key responsibility will be a primary reviewer of direct mail and email creative for copy and data accuracy (Proofing/ executional excellence)
- Day-to-day work includes supporting direct mail and email creative development
- Includes the review of marketing materials, compiling and distributing feedback and information to internal and external business partners, managing the internal copy approval process for the business, post validation of creative, review of weekly campaign grids, file management, and assisting with internal campaign schedule.
- Often working on multiple deliverables at once supporting the day-to-day direct marketing campaign management process as requested to deliver the final creative product
- Providing agency management support for execution and managing creative feedback
- Ability to recap and communicate team feedback to agency and internal creative partners
- Regular communication with our internal and external production partners for direct mail
- Work daily with external and internal partners through written emails and verbal communication via weekly status calls and ad hoc phone conversations
- Stakeholder management will be very important in this role. It will be essential to the success of their projects and everyday work.
- Overall creative and campaign development support
- Production timeline support
What You'll Need:
- Minimum of 3-5 years experience in marketing with a strong understanding of marketing campaigns
- 3-5 years experience working in direct marketing, campaign, or agency management
- Candidate must be detail-oriented, have excellent written and oral communications
- Works independently with minimal supervision while relying on analytical decision-making, consultative aptitude, and professional written and verbal skills.
- Agency experience (desired not required)
- Experience with proofreading marketing content (preferred)
- Experience in the financial services or credit card industry, as well as knowledge of credit data (preferred)
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