Manager Editorial Content

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$95K/yr – $163K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 9 days ago

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Job Summary

Own and execute Alliant's editorial strategy across channels, supervise content from draft to publication, and drive AI-assisted workflows with cross-functional partners to boost quality, speed, and impact.

  • Own editorial calendar and intake prioritization aligned to business goals
  • Collaborate with marketing, analytics, and compliance to improve performance

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Oversee Alliant’s editorial strategy, including audience segmentation, content pillars, channel approach, and editorial standards
  • Lead thought leadership development in partnership with subject matter experts to shape topics, story angles, and messaging to strengthen perspective and credibility
  • Own the editorial calendar and govern intake and prioritization, aligning content and campaigns to business goals, audience moments, and stakeholder needs
  • Write, edit, and supervise high-impact cross-channel content (e.g., articles, campaign messaging, web copy, email nurtures, video scripts, and social copy), ensuring clarity, consistency, and brand voice. Translate topics into clear narratives for members and prospective members
  • Partner with campaign and channel owners to create integrated content journeys optimized for distribution, engagement, and conversion
  • Apply editorial standards, including fact-checking, consistent writing style and tone, accessibility, and quality control from draft to final publication.
  • Guide stakeholders through feedback cycles with diplomacy and editorial judgment
  • Use performance insights (e.g., engagement, traffic, leads, stakeholder feedback) to improve content performance, define and report on KPIs for key initiatives.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, communications, creative, digital, and compliance partners to deliver on-time, on-brand work.
  • Use approved AI writing tools for first drafts, outlines, headline and subject line options, and content variations while maintaining Alliant’s brand voice, accuracy, and quality standards.

Requirements

  • Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, English or related
  • Minimum - 6 Years of Editorial, leading content programs and shaping messaging for audiences in regulated industries or related
  • Minimum - 2 Years of AI-assisted writing and editing tools to scale content production
  • In Lieu of Education
  • 10 Years of Editorial, leading content programs and shaping messaging for audiences in regulated industries or related. AI-assisted writing and editing tools to scale content production including people management

Preferred

  • Preferred - 2 Years of People Management

Benefits

  • Health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match
  • Annual performance bonus
  • Work from home up to 3 days a week
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee discount programs
  • Time off including paid personal and sick days
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Education reimbursement
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Alliant Credit Union

Alliant is unlike any other financial institution — a digital credit union that wows our members. We’re boldly disrupting banking norms to do good for our members, employees and communities. With over 85 years of history and more than $19 billion in assets, Alliant Credit Union is the largest credit union in Illinois and one of the largest in the U.S. Our industry-leading financial products, seamless digital experiences and exceptional customer service make banking simpler for our 900,000+ members.Fully digital, fully human and full of possibility, we work to provide our members with experiences that redefine the financial industry, challenge the status quo and unleash brilliance.

Founded in 1935
Chicago, Illinois, USA
811 employees (35 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$959.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27%
Direct
64.9%
Referral
6.5%
Social
0.5%
Paid
1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~811

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
22 (3% of company)
Median Career Experience
16 years
Median Tenure
4.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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