VP Head of Digital Marketing

Naperville, IL (On-site)

$175K/yr – $225K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 20 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end digital marketing ecosystem, shaping UX, executing campaigns, and driving analytics-driven improvements across Calamos’ digital properties and cross-functional initiatives.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Digital Property Management: Manage Calamos’ digital properties, including website, intranet, and marketing engagement platforms. Design user experience (UX) and apply optimizations to enhance functionality and user satisfaction.
  • IT Partnership: Collaborate closely with IT teams on marketing tech stack selection, systems integrations and performance. Take ownership of UX design and functionality to ensure seamless user experiences.
  • Campaign Execution and Lead Scoring: Partner with Client Marketing and Data Science partners to implement tools, dashboards and platforms to execute and measure automated, integrated digital marketing campaigns, and trigger campaigns. Leverage a range of strategies to drive specific campaign, and “always on” visibility and engagement across paid and earned strategies, such as advertising and social media, to increase Calamos’ visibility. Develop and implement a lead scoring strategy and lead generation protocol aligned with overall Distribution and Client Marketing goals and strategy.
  • SEO and SEM: Utilize SEO analytics and SEM techniques to increase website traffic and convert leads effectively.
  • Digital Content Development and Deployment: Partner with Content and Product teams to help develop, curate, and deploy content to attract, engage, and retain customers. Ensure content is aligned with the overall digital marketing strategy.
  • Data Analysis and Optimization: Utilize data and analytics to measure engagement across platforms and to inform the development, execution, and measurement of digital marketing initiatives. Continuously optimize campaigns based on performance metrics.
  • Budget Management: Ensure strategic alignment of budget allocations to achieve maximum return on investment (ROI) for digital marketing initiatives.
  • Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Lead cross-departmental initiatives to integrate digital strategies with overall marketing and business goals. Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment and maximize impact.
  • Technology Evaluation and Adoption: Evaluate and champion emerging technologies and digital marketing trends. Introduce tools and platforms that provide a competitive edge and enhance digital marketing capabilities.
  • Reporting and Insights: Develop data-driven reports and presentations for senior stakeholders, providing clear and actionable insights to support decision-making.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Marketing or Digital Marketing.
  • 10 + years’ experience in digital marketing with a strong preference of experience within the financial sector.
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills required.
  • Must be able to evaluate changing organizational requirements and adjust marketing strategies as appropriate.
  • PC skills in Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Marketing or Digital Marketing.
  • PC skills in Microsoft Office applications.

Benefits

  • Calamos offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, and employer-paid short and long-term disability), as well as retirement benefits (401(k) and profit sharing), paid time off, paid parental leave, and other wellness benefits.
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Calamos Investments

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Calamos is a diversified, global asset and wealth management firm offering a wide range of innovative investment strategies. As one of the top liquid alternative asset managers in the world, Calamos maintains dedicated investment teams across all asset classes, with global research capabilities and access to specialized private and public markets. Calamos offers investment strategies and personal wealth management solutions through separately managed portfolios, mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS funds. Clients include major corporations, pension funds, endowments, foundations, and individuals, as well as the financial advisors and consultants who serve them. Headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area (with offices in both Naperville and Fulton Market in Chicago), the firm also maintains offices in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, and the Miami area.

Founded in 1977
Naperville, Illinois, USA
453 employees (16 in marketing)
89% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
71.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$41.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
44.9%
Direct
44.1%
Referral
7.8%
Social
2.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~453

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (4% of company)
Median Career Experience
10 years
Median Tenure
9.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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