Marketing & Communications Associate

Naperville, IL (On-site)

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Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Campaign & Content Delivery and cross‑functional communications ownership set the pace for campaigns across digital, social, email, and events.

  • Own planning and prioritization of integrated campaigns to meet business objectives.
  • Control content publishing, asset libraries, and intranet updates to ensure consistent messaging.
  • Turn trackers and dashboards into recommendations for marketing and internal communications decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Assist in planning, coordinating, and executing integrated marketing campaigns across digital, social, email, and events, exercising independent judgment in prioritizing tactics, messaging, and timing to support business objectives.
  • Manage content publishing across platforms, including the website, social media, email marketing tools, and campaign assets.
  • Analyze campaign trackers, timelines, and reporting dashboards to identify trends, evaluate performance, and provide recommendations that inform marketing and communications decisions.
  • Consult with marketing, digital, brand, and operational stakeholders to align initiatives, resolve competing priorities, and ensure deliverables support broader organizational goals.
  • Develop and refine content for blogs, social posts, graphics, newsletters, and internal communications, tailoring messaging to target audiences and communication objectives.
  • Ensure all communications and marketing materials align with established brand standards and messaging guidelines.
  • Maintain and organize content libraries, templates, and creative assets to support efficient execution across projects.
  • Develop, distribute, and assess internal communications, including announcements, newsletters, and employee updates, recommending adjustments to improve reach, clarity, and engagement.
  • Manage and enhance the company's intranet site, Connect, by evaluating content needs, organizing information architecture, and prioritizing updates that improve communication effectiveness.
  • Support the design and execution of employee engagement communications and culture-focused initiatives by recommending messaging approaches and coordinating cross-functional input.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or related field
  • Up to two (2) years of relevant internship or professional experience
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills (AP style familiarity preferred)
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and multiple stakeholders within a fast-paced environment
  • Collaborative, proactive, and eager to learn

Preferred

  • Familiarity with marketing and communications tools (e.g., social media platforms, CMS, email marketing tools)
  • Basic analytics/reporting skills (campaign tracking, social/media metrics)
  • Event support experience

Benefits

  • Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
  • Sikich will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
  • Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
  • HSA employer contribution
  • Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
  • A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
  • 401(k) with employer contributions
  • CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Generous employee referral bonus program
  • Client referral bonus program
  • Pet insurance
  • FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.
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Sikich

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Sikich offers the public and private sectors a diverse platform of professional services across consulting, technology, and compliance. Highly specialized and hands-on teams deliver integrated solutions rooted in deep industry experience. Our approach is strategically and thoughtfully designed to help our clients, teams and communities accelerate success. Sikich has approximately 2,000 team members and operates across North America, the UK, and EMEA. Sikich practices in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Sikich CPA LLC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and attest services to its clients, and Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries provide tax and business advisory services to its clients. Sikich CPA LLC has a contractual arrangement with Sikich LLC under which Sikich LLC supports Sikich CPA LLC’s performance of its professional services. Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries are not licensed CPA firms. “Sikich” is the brand name under which Sikich CPA LLC and Sikich LLC provide professional services. The entities under the Sikich brand are independently owned and are not liable for the services provided by any other entity providing services under the Sikich brand. The use of the terms “our company”, “we” and “us” and other similar terms denote the alternative practice structure of Sikich CPA LLC and Sikich LLC. Securities offered through Sikich Corporate Finance LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Sikich Financial, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Copyright © 2025 Sikich LLC. All rights reserved.

Founded in 1982
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.2K employees (48 in marketing)
59% recommend to a friend
77% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
73.2K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$61.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
46.1%
Direct
42.2%
Referral
8.5%
Social
2.1%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.3K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
35 (2% of company)

Funding

Total Funding
$250M
Last Raise
$250M
Private Equity, 2 years ago

Funding History

  • May 2024
    Private Equity • $250M

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