VP Marketing

Moline, IL (On-site)

$98K/yr – $148K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the enterprise marketing function and member communications strategy, leading brand, lifecycle communications, and data-driven optimization across channels to drive awareness, engagement, and alignment with business priorities.

  • Own the marketing function and member communications lifecycle
  • Align initiatives with business-line priorities
  • Lead data-driven marketing operations and technology roadmap

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic marketing partner to business owners, service leaders, sales leaders, and internal stakeholders.
  • Translate business priorities into clear marketing plans, communication strategies, creative briefs, and execution roadmaps.
  • Ensure marketing capacity is prioritized against the work that best supports organizational goals and member needs.
  • Build a support-oriented marketing culture where the team wins when its business partners and members win.
  • Develop and maintain a clear, differentiated market position for Vibrant and its key business lines.
  • Ensure consistent brand representation across all channels and member touchpoints.
  • Lead marketing efforts that increase awareness, understanding, relevance, and preference among target audiences in support of approved business-line and organizational priorities.
  • Monitor market trends, competitive positioning, and member needs to inform marketing strategy.
  • Own the enterprise-wide member communication lifecycle strategy, ensuring communication touchpoints across business lines, service areas, and channels are integrated, coordinated, and aligned to Vibrant’s brand, member experience, and organizational priorities.
  • Partner with business and service leaders to understand the member needs, product priorities, service expectations, and lifecycle moments within each area, while ensuring those efforts work together as part of a cohesive member communication experience.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of progressive marketing leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated success leading integrated marketing functions that support business objectives.
  • Experience managing brand strategy, digital marketing, campaign development, member/customer communications, content production, and marketing analytics.
  • Experience leading teams, agencies, contractors, vendors, and cross-functional initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of marketing technology platforms, CRM systems, marketing automation, website tools, and performance measurement.
  • Ability to manage creative production, operational workflows, stakeholder requests, and competing priorities with discipline and clarity.
  • Exceptional leadership, communication, judgment, and relationship-building skills.

Preferred

  • Financial services, banking, credit union, fintech, or highly regulated industry experience.
  • Sales, business development, or revenue-support experience.
  • Experience implementing and optimizing marketing technology platforms such as HubSpot or similar tools.
  • Experience leading brand transformation, digital marketing modernization, or marketing operations improvements.
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled marketing tools, customer data strategy, and emerging marketing technologies.
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Vibrant Credit Union

3.3 Glassdoor

We’re not your typical credit union, and that’s exactly the point.Named one of the 2026 Best Credit Unions by The Wall Street Journal Buy Side Awards, Vibrant is redefining what modern banking can look like: digital-first, people-assisted, and relentlessly focused on delivering more value to our members.➡️ No hoops. No hassle. Always great rates.Sure, you won’t find us on every corner. Instead, we invest in what matters most—better rates, fewer fees, smarter technology, and experiences designed around real life.As we celebrate 90 Years Bold, our mission remains simple:✔️ Put the highest possible rates in your pocket.✔️ Make banking effortless, human, and on your schedule.✔️ Build careers where great people do meaningful work—and thrive doing it.✔️ Create stronger communities by helping people make the most of their money.Banking shouldn’t slow you down. It should push you forward.We’re not here to blend in.We’re here to build something better. For your money. For your life. For your community.

Founded in 1935
Moline, Illinois, USA
215 employees (4 in marketing)
0% recommend to a friend
1% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
59K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$471
Traffic Source Mix
Search
14.6%
Direct
80.9%
Referral
0.5%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~215

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