Director of Marketing

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$125K/yr – $150K/yrDirector/Executive10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and drive Scale Marketing's growth engine across strategy, content, thought leadership, demand generation, and performance measurement.

  • Partner with BD to define audiences and pipeline
  • Develop scalable marketing processes and reporting
  • Lead executive thought leadership and brand initiatives

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with business development to build an integrated growth engine, from defining priority audiences and accounts through awareness, engagement, lead generation and pipeline creation
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive marketing strategy aligned with company growth objectives
  • Create and lead a best-in-class content marketing strategy that positions Scale Marketing as an industry thought leader
  • Build executive thought leadership through speaking engagements, conference participation, webinars, podcasts, LinkedIn and media opportunities
  • Lead award submission strategies that increase agency recognition and credibility
  • Grow brand awareness and social media audiences across multiple channels
  • Drive SEO initiatives to increase website traffic, organic visibility and lead generation
  • Develop AI-driven marketing strategies that improve efficiency, content creation, campaign performance and customer engagement
  • Evaluate, implement and optimize marketing technology platforms and CRM systems
  • Stay ahead of emerging marketing trends, AI technologies and agency best practices

Requirements

  • 10+ years of progressive marketing leadership experience
  • Previous experience working within a marketing, advertising or media agency environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Business or a related field.
  • Proven success developing and executing content marketing strategies that drive measurable business growth
  • Understanding of, and practical experience driving, sales and marketing alignment within an organization
  • Deep expertise in SEO, organic growth strategies and digital marketing
  • Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies within modern marketing organizations
  • Demonstrated success building teams, departments or marketing functions from the ground up
  • Strong executive presence with exceptional communication and presentation skills
  • Experience developing thought leadership campaigns and executive branding initiatives, including on LinkedIn

Preferred

  • Experience marketing complex B2B services, media, advertising, technology or agency offerings (strong B2C applicants will be considered)
  • Experience growing social audiences and increasing website traffic through content-first strategies
  • Background supporting business development and agency growth initiatives
  • Experience planning industry events, speaking engagements or award programs

Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance with generous employer contribution
  • 401(k) with employer contribution
  • Ongoing education and training
  • Company-sponsored events and team building
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Scale Marketing

Scale is a marketing laboratory. We’re businessmen and entrepreneurs guided by 20+ years of marketing and business success yet grounded enough to stay agile in today’s dynamic marketing arena. We combine passions in media, creativity, technology and data -- along with a healthy dose of common sense -- to achieve what our partners want most — business results. Scale Marketing doesn't want to be your agency. Agencies are a thing of the past. We want to be your nimble, tech savvy, open and collaborative marketing partner.

Founded in 2014
Chicago, Illinois, USA
74 employees (24 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$125K/yr – $150K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

The middle of this range ($138K) is 15% above the median base salary for Marketing Director roles in the United States ($120K).

Marketing Director median pay in the United States

$120K/yr

Most earn $90K to $153K. Based on 300 salaries, including bonus and equity.

See all Scale Marketing salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
21 (28% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
5.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.3K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$40
Traffic Source Mix
Search
34.2%
Direct
43.4%
Referral
6%
Social
14.8%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~74
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Director of Marketing

Scale Marketing · Chicago, IL · Hybrid