Strategist, Financial Advisor Client Marketing

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$115K/yr – $195K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own multi-channel advisor marketing by shaping campaigns, translating market needs into focused messaging, and driving measurable lead generation with cross-functional pull across Sales, Content, and Product.

  • Own integrated campaigns across paid and owned media to hit revenue and advisor engagement goals.
  • Translate client insights into multi-channel strategies and data-driven messaging.
  • Coordinate cross-functional delivery and measure ROI to optimize plans.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Acts as a functional team lead for financial advisor marketing, providing strategic direction, prioritization recommendations, guidance and partnering with the Head of Client Marketing to mentor team member development of these skills, encourage effective cross-team collaboration and efficiencies in plan execution.
  • Create and lead integrated marketing campaigns that support revenue and business goals for the financial advisor channels, ensuring alignment with business and sales priorities.
  • Writes campaign briefs and manages development of campaign tactics across paid and owned media promotion to support campaign awareness, consideration and lead generation goals, optimizing based on results.
  • Translate client and market insights/needs into actionable strategies across multi-channel platforms, using data/feedback to tailor messaging and prioritize outreach.
  • Partner with the content team to execute thought leadership strategy in close collaboration with sales, product and investment stakeholders, ensuring all messaging supports advisor engagement and business development goals.
  • Maintain sales enablement collateral targeting key advisors, ensuring relevance and strategy alignment.
  • Build and manage email and webinar campaigns in marketing platforms (i.e., Marketo, On24) and coordinate dissemination across relevant platforms to ensure timely and effective campaign delivery to target audiences.
  • Execute project planning, milestone tracking, and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely and efficient delivery of marketing initiatives on time.
  • Deliver campaign performance reporting and data-driven analysis to optimize strategy, drive accountability, and demonstrate ROI.
  • Manage projects end-to-end, ensuring timely execution, cross-functional alignment, and clear communication across stakeholders.

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of experience with a focus on financial advisor marketing.
  • Strong understanding of financial markets, investment solutions, and the needs of high-net-worth/ultra-high-net-worth individuals and financial advisors.
  • Strong understanding of the advisor sales process and nuances of intermediary third party distribution channels including Wealth advisors, RIAs, wire house, regional broker dealer, independent and bank channels.
  • Proven experience managing or supporting cross-functional marketing projects, which provide measurable results, from planning through execution, with a strong attention to timelines and detail.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills. Superior promotional and technical writing skills, with the proven ability to write thought provoking headlines and compelling promotional copy that drives engagement, which can be applied flexibly to promotional asset, collateral development or advertising headline copy writing as needed.
  • Experience managing and optimizing content across professional social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn), with a strong understanding of tone, timing, and audience engagement strategies.
  • Proficiency with marketing technology such as Salesforce, Eloqua, Marketo, On24, and content management platforms is highly desirable.
  • Successful experience working in a fast-paced, results-driven environment, with a proven ability to think strategically, analytically and creatively.
  • Superior people skills - including the ability to work effectively in a matrixed organization across various marketing and business functional teams, with the ability to influence senior partners being critical.
  • Results-driven individual with excellent organizational and planning skills

Benefits

  • comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.
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As a global leader in innovative wealth management, asset servicing and investment solutions, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) is proud to guide the world’s most successful individuals, families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise and integrity.A globally recognized Fortune 500 Company in continuous operation since 1889, we’ve built a legacy of empowering clients to reach their goals with confidence.Since our roots as a trust bank, we’ve grown to a global presence with more than 24,000 employees in more than 20 countries and across five core business units:Wealth ManagementAsset ManagementAsset ServicingTechnologyCorporate FunctionsJoin a Team That’s Made for GreaterAt Northern Trust, we refer to our employees as partners – with good reason. We understand that relationships are the key to our success. Here you’ll join a diverse and inclusive team of innovators with the drive to challenge the way things have always been done. Instead of choosing between a dynamic career and work-life balance, enjoy working with a team that supports your goals in the office and at home. We’ll help you get where you want to go without sacrificing what matters most to you.As of December 31 2024, Northern Trust had: $16.8trillion assets under custody/administration $13.3trillion in assets under custody $1.6trillion in assets under management $156billion in banking assetsStay connected with us:NT Careers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ntcareers Northern Trust Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/northerntrustcompany/

Chicago, Illinois, USA
30K employees (423 in marketing)
73% recommend to a friend
85% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
300.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$238.9K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.7%
Direct
57%
Referral
5.2%
Social
0.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~30.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
267 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
18 years
Median Tenure
5.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
4

Funding

Total Funding
$1.3B
Last Raise
$1.3B
Post IPO Debt, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.3B

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