Event Marketing Coordinator-1 at Wintrust Financial

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 10 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

Job Description Summary

The Event Marketing Coordinator role is responsible for all marketing requests for events hosted by banks, events team, and loyalty programs. This role is responsible for ensuring all event marketing requests move seamlessly through the marketing workflows and processes. Coordinator will project manage targeted marketing programs designed to maximize engagement at events. Candidate must be a motivated self-starter, extremely detail oriented, and comfortable working on a variety of projects at any given time. This role will be heavily involved in the use of and refinement of our Project Management tool: Workfront.

What You’ll Do

• Implementation, coordination and completion of event related marketing pieces, including but not limited to event collateral, direct marketing pieces, quarterly newsletters, email blasts, digital advertising, flyers, buck slips, poster, invitations and RSVP sites.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with internal groups [i.e.- Creative, Digital/Social, IT) and bank teams to ensure clear communication and coordination and maximize strategic planning and asset development for the events at bank, off-site, and loyalty programs.
• Onboard and project manage marketing requests from bank charter’s staff, Wintrust business line representatives, Affinity Program Managers.
• Develop and manage expectations of timelines to ensure deliverables and projects remains on track.
• Ensure standards and consistency in all communications, materials and deliverables.
• Manage the workloads of the Events Team enterprise wide projects after request intake through kickoff/job requests, maintain and monitor work schedules to track and prioritize responsibilities. Utilize project management software (Workfront) to manage incoming requests and ensure projects are completed on time and meet the requirements by skillfully setting deadlines
• Work closely and build strong, collaborative relationships with Events Team, Digital/Social, IT, Account & Creative staff to manage workload balancing to meet all project deadlines, tracking and reporting. Assemble assets for projects and version control
• Assist with various Platinum Adventures travel program communication and spreadsheets

Knowledge/Skills/Background/Experience

• 3-5 years related experience - project management experience a plus
• Excellent communication and attention to detail

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.