Oversee content strategy and execution to strengthens Alliant’s brand, elevate communications and thought leadership, and support marketing campaigns for member acquisition and product conversion. Partner with marketing, product, and internal stakeholders to translate business priorities into clear, compelling narratives across channels. Responsible for editorial excellence, audience-first storytelling, and measurable impact.
Essential Responsibilities
- Oversee Alliant’s editorial strategy, including audience segmentation, content pillars, channel approach, and editorial standards
- Lead thought leadership development in partnership with subject matter experts to shape topics, story angles, and messaging to strengthen perspective and credibility
- Own the editorial calendar and govern intake and prioritization, aligning content and campaigns to business goals, audience moments, and stakeholder needs
- Write, edit, and supervise high-impact cross-channel content (e.g., articles, campaign messaging, web copy, email nurtures, video scripts, and social copy), ensuring clarity, consistency, and brand voice. Translate topics into clear narratives for members and prospective members
- Partner with campaign and channel owners to create integrated content journeys optimized for distribution, engagement, and conversion
- Apply editorial standards, including fact-checking, consistent writing style and tone, accessibility, and quality control from draft to final publication.
- Guide stakeholders through feedback cycles with diplomacy and editorial judgment
- Use performance insights (e.g., engagement, traffic, leads, stakeholder feedback) to improve content performance, define and report on KPIs for key initiatives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, communications, creative, digital, and compliance partners to deliver on-time, on-brand work.
- Use approved AI writing tools for first drafts, outlines, headline and subject line options, and content variations while maintaining Alliant’s brand voice, accuracy, and quality standards.
- Establish a repeatable, human-in-the-loop workflow for AI-assisted content (prompting, drafting, editing, factchecking, approvals, and final QA).
- Partner with marketing, digital, and analytics teams to test and refine AI-enabled workflows that improve speed, quality, and performance.
Education & Years of Experience
- Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, English or related
- Minimum - 6 Years of Editorial, leading content programs and shaping messaging for audiences in regulated industries or related
- Minimum - 2 Years of AI-assisted writing and editing tools to scale content production
- Preferred - 2 Years of People Management
In Lieu of Education
- 10 Years of Editorial, leading content programs and shaping messaging for audiences in regulated industries or related. AI-assisted writing and editing tools to scale content production including people management
Compensation & Benefits:
Typical hiring range: $95,100.00 to $163,100.00 Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge.
Benefits: Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match including:
- Annual performance bonus
- Work from home up to 3 days a week
- Paid parental leave
- Employee discount programs
- Time off including paid personal and sick days
- 11 paid holidays
- Education reimbursement
*Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.
Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.
The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, English or related
- 6+ years editorial experience leading content programs and shaping messaging (regulated industries preferred)
- 2+ years using AI-assisted writing and editing tools to scale content production
- Experience leading thought leadership development with subject-matter experts
- Proven writing, editing, and content production across channels (articles, web copy, email, video scripts, social)
- Experience owning editorial calendar, intake governance, and content prioritization aligned to business goals
- Ability to define and report on content performance KPIs and use analytics to iterate
- Familiarity with editorial standards: fact-checking, consistent voice, accessibility, quality control
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with marketing, digital, creative, and compliance teams
- 2 years people management experience
- Alternate pathway: 10 years editorial experience (in lieu of degree), including AI-assisted tooling and people management
Alliant Credit Union Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as robust, including a 401(k) plan with a 100% match on the first 5% of pay and immediate vesting through Fidelity. Feedback suggests this structure provides strong long-term savings support from day one.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is characterized as generous, with 21–31 days of PTO by tenure, 11 paid U.S. bank holidays, and dedicated volunteer time. Senior leaders may also have Flexible Time Off (unlimited), adding further flexibility at higher levels.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes two medical plan options and dental, with company‑paid vision benefits and employer HSA contributions when a medical plan is elected. Feedback suggests the breadth of core health coverage is comprehensive for a midsize financial employer.
Alliant Credit Union Insights
What We Do
Alliant is unlike any other financial institution — a digital credit union that wows our members. We’re boldly disrupting banking norms to do good for our members, employees and communities. With 90 years of history and more than $19 billion in assets, Alliant Credit Union is the largest credit union in Illinois and one of the largest in the U.S. Our industry-leading financial products, seamless digital experiences and exceptional customer service make banking simpler for our 900,000+ members. Fully digital, fully human and full of possibility, we work to provide our members with experiences that redefine the financial industry, challenge the status quo and unleash brilliance.
Why Work With Us
Our employees enjoy a hybrid schedule, allowing for flexible remote work and purpose-driven, outcome-focused onsite opportunities. Driven by Alliant's guiding principles and values, employees across all teams build together to provide our members with industry-leading financial products, seamless digital experiences & exceptional customer service.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Alliant offers a purpose-driven, outcome-focused hybrid workplace model.





