Marketing Manager

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the “HAVE IT ALL” model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 9 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
• Family-friendly work hours
• With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We have a culture that encourages an entrepreneurial spirit
• We offer multiple opportunities for development and upward mobility

What You’ll Do

A Marketing Manager at Wintrust manages routine marketing tasks and executes ad-hoc and local marketing initiatives for our community bank charter, commercial banking, and/or niche banking groups. They are the internal face of the client, interfacing directly with key executive stakeholders to ensure local goal alignment with overarching Wintrust-wide growth strategies while providing best-in-class customer service. Marketing Managers must review inbound marketing requests in a timely manner, proactively suggest the best possible marketing solution to meet stakeholder objectives, and oversee project execution from start to finish.

• Building successful relationships with internal customers to build and grow the business as a key senior stakeholder-facing member of the corporate marketing team.
• Using innovative marketing strategies to create and execute integrated marketing plans – utilizing a diverse marketing mix of digital and traditional channels.
• Managing and coordinating marketing initiatives from start to finish with results-driven approach to attain growth goals.
• Analyzing and presenting results of promotions/campaigns to internal stakeholders with recommended optimizations.
• Conducting and evaluating market and industry research, and collaborating with internal clients, to effectively identify new potential business opportunities and to upsell products and services.
• Creating, managing, and reforecasting marketing budgets (P&L management experience preferred).

Qualifications

• 2-4 years marketing manager experience with agency consulting experience
• Proven history of building and executing integrated, holistic marketing plans and identifying market opportunities.
• Working knowledge of evaluating campaign reporting and testing/optimization processes.
• Digital marketing experience (need someone with familiarity, but doesn’t have to have a digital-focused background).
• Experience working in project management software (such as Workfront) is a plus. as well as experience working with a Sales Enablement platform (such as Seismic) is a plus
• Experience managing budgets, P&Ls, etc.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin’s Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.

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