Responsibilities

• Maintain an annual marketing and communications calendar for IPRA programs, events, education, membership campaigns, sponsorship opportunities, awards, initiatives and organizational announcements.
• Design and execute integrated marketing campaigns that support membership cycle, education registration, event attendance, sponsorship visibility and member engagement.
• Coordinate marketing and graphic design support across departments to ensure IPRA communications are accurate, consistent and aligned with organizational priorities.
• Maintain consistency with IPRA’s brand standards, tone, visual identity, and messaging across digital and print communications.
• Work with IPRA department leads to confirm audience, message, timing, calls to action and deadlines. Help translate program information into clear, member-focused marketing messages.
• Elevate competing priorities, capacity issues or timing conflicts to Director.
• Manage digital communications across IPRA’s member-facing channels, including email, website, digital newsletters and other platforms.
• Draft, edit, design, schedule, and distribute content that promotes IPRA programs, services, events, and member benefits.
• Create and coordinate digital and print marketing materials, including event promotions, email graphics, magazine ads, annual report support, and special campaign materials. Photography and videography may be required occasionally.
• Manage and update website content ensuring it is accurate, current, user-friendly, ADA-compliant, and aligned with IPRA’s mission and goals. Assist with the Foundation website and related outreach, such as Unplug Illinois, as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, nonprofit management, association management, or a related field.
• Three-five years experience working for a membership association, nonprofit, professional society, or mission-driven organization in marketing, communications, digital engagement, membership or a related field.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, graphic design, and content development skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with email marketing platforms (Constant Contact), website content management systems, social media platforms, scheduling tools, and analytics dashboards.
• Website management and content management systems experience (HubSpot)
• Video editing capabilities
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Comfort working with data, audience segmentation, campaign metrics, and reporting.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, coordinate across departments, and translate program needs into clear marketing actions.

Preferred

• Experience with association management systems or customer relationship management systems.
• Experience building automated email workflows, renewal campaigns, or onboarding communications.
• Experience with Canva, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), ChatGPT, Claude AI, or similar tools.
• Photography and videography skills.
• Understanding of member engagement, retention, renewal cycles, and event marketing.