Marketing & Communications Specialist

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$58K/yr – $62K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the organization’s integrated marketing and communications program, turning stories into fundraising, audience engagement, and program awareness through content, social, and events.

  • Content engine: Develop and govern storytelling across campaigns, donor materials, and website, aligning with branding and impact goals.
  • Channel orchestration: Lead social, email, and event communications, measuring KPIs and optimizing for reach, engagement, and conversions.
  • Asset production and events support: Create design assets, print/digital collateral, and marketing materials, including fundraising events and donor communications.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Developing, producing, and managing compelling content that tells the organization’s story, elevates its mission, and supports fundraising, advocacy, and program awareness.
  • Lead and execute all social media initiatives to ensure robust/relevant content is shared.
  • Supports media inquiries, press releases, and requests from reporters, in partnership with the Director of Marketing and Communications.
  • Produces standard graphic design assets (e.g. flyers, social graphics, digital ads, reports), ensuring branding alignment.
  • Collaborates with colleagues to create and disseminate print and digital marcomm pieces, including but not limited to e-newsletters, fundraising, and program collateral, etc.
  • Maintains and manages editorial content calendar and communication workflows (internal/external).
  • Coordinates marketing intake and intake workflow management, supporting the Director of Marketing and Communications with prioritizing projects.
  • Conceptualizes and develops creative content across several focused and overlapping campaigns, including social media, video scripts, web copy, and email campaigns (internal & external), and more.
  • Collects, analyzes, and reports on KPIs, including email performance, web traffic, social engagement, and campaign results.
  • Creates and optimizes landing pages for campaigns, events, and programs (copy, layout, SEO, A/B tests).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field (e.g., Journalism, Graphic Design, Creative Writing) with a minimum of 3 years of relevant, hands-on experience, OR minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Demonstrated experience managing social media platforms, executing marketing campaigns, and utilizing basic graphic design tools (e.g., WordPress, Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite).
  • Strong writing skills with the ability to communicate clearly, professionally, and on time.

Preferred

  • Project management experience preferred, including the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
  • Experience supporting events and/or fundraising initiatives preferred.
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Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

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Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center (ChicagoCAC) and our public partners are the front-line responders in Chicago to reports of child sexual abuse, as well as reports of child physical abuse, witness to violence, risk of harm, and sex trafficking. Our mission is uniting public, private and community partners to ensure the safety, health and well-being of abused children and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.ChicagoCAC is the city’s only not-for-profit organization that coordinates the efforts of child protection staff, law enforcement professionals, family advocates, medical experts and mental health clinicians under one roof. Our staff arranges a family’s visit to the center, conducts forensic interviews, and provides family advocacy and mental health services aimed at reducing trauma so that children and families may begin the healing process. All of our services are free of charge to every client.Since opening in 2001, we have served more than 50,000 children and their families. ChicagoCAC is among the largest of more than 900 CACs nationwide and is one of only a few at which all partner agencies are co-located.For open positions, check https://bit.ly/chicacwork.

Founded in 1999
Chicago, Illinois, USA
118 employees (2 in marketing)
61% recommend to a friend
57% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.7%
Direct
46.9%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.1%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~118

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
2 (2% of company)

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