Content Marketing Specialist

Bettendorf, IA (Unknown)

$59K/yr – $88K/yrMid Level3+ years exp

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own brand voice and cross-channel content execution for member education and engagement, with primary ownership of organic social, email marketing, and broad content across website, blogs, and campaigns.

  • Brand steward: ensure consistent member-focused voice and messaging across channels
  • Content engine: translate strategies into clear, compelling content that supports campaigns and education
  • Channel ownership: align social, email, and website content with campaigns and launches to move metrics

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the voice and brand steward of the credit union, ensuring all content reflects a consistent member-focused voice, tone, and messaging across all channels and aligns with overall creative direction and brand.
  • Lead organic social media strategy and management including: a. Developing and maintaining the social media content calendar b. Creating and publishing content aligned with campaigns, community partnerships, financial education, and strategic objectives c. Monitoring engagement and responding to comments and messages in a timely, professional manner d. Managing online reputation, including reviews and ratings across platforms
  • Own and manage email marketing channel end to end, including: a. Writing and editing all email communications b. Designing and building email layouts and templates c. Managing scheduling and deployment of email campaigns d. Conducting A/B testing on subject lines, content, and layouts to optimize performance e. Ensuring emails are visually engaging on-brand, and member-focused
  • Develop and manage, content across all marketing channels, including website, blogs, print materials, digital advertising, and member communications, ensuring consistent messaging and brand alignment across touchpoints.
  • Plan and maintain a comprehensive content calendar, aligned with marketing campaigns, financial education initiatives, community involvement, and organizational priorities.
  • Translate marketing strategies and business objectives into clear, compelling, and member-friendly content that supports campaign goals, product promotion, and financial education initiatives.
  • Collaborate closely with digital marketing staff to support website content development and optimization, including writing and updating web pages and blog content to enhance clarity, usability, and search visibility.
  • Collaborate with marketing and internal stakeholders to ensure content is accurate and effectively supports organization initiatives.
  • Monitor and analyze content performance across channels, including email and organic social media, and apply insights to improve engagement and effectiveness.
  • Stay current on industry trends, content best practices, and social media developments, incorporating new ideas and approaches to continuously improve content quality and performance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • Three to five years’ experience in content marketing, copywriting, or social media management, preferably within financial services or a regulated industry.
  • Three to five years’ experience managing organic social media platforms, including content planning, publishing, engagement, and reputation management.
  • Three to five years’ experience developing and executing email marketing campaigns, including writing, designing, and deployment.
  • One to three years\' experience utilizing marketing analytics.
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Ascentra Credit Union

Founded in 1950, Ascentra Credit Union, is Iowa's premier credit union with more than $575 million in assets and 9 branches serving the communities of Bettendorf, Clinton, Davenport, Muscatine, Iowa and Moline, Ill. Learn more about Ascentra Credit Union at ascentra.org. Follow us:Facebook @ascentraTwitter @ascentra Instagram @ascentracuYouTube

Founded in 1950
Bettendorf, Iowa, USA
128 employees (10 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
55.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$18.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.5%
Direct
54.8%
Referral
0.8%
Social
3.7%
Paid
4.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~128

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8 (6% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2