We’re looking for a highly skilled marketing director to help us expand our user base and promote our brand new platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive marketing experience and comprehensive knowledge of branding and digital advertising. This person must be able to lead a team of writers, designers, and content creators to interact with our target audiences. The role also requires a use of various mediums such as social media, blog, and email marketing to create effective campaigns that increase traffic and sign ups.
Responsibilities include:
- Overseeing marketing team including freelancers and interns.
- Planning, directing, and coordinating marketing efforts.
- Researching demand for our service and competitor research.
- Understanding and developing budgets for marketing strategies, including cost of campaign, return-on-investment and profit-loss projections.
- Developing and managing advertising campaigns.
- Organizing and/or attending company conferences, trade shows, and major events to recruit more users.
- Overseeing social media marketing strategy and content marketing.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in digital marketing, ads, content marketing, and social media marketing.
- Proven ability to plan budgets and manage teams.
What We Do
The story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 isn’t really about the fire. It’s about what happened next: A remarkable moment when the most brilliant engineers, architects and inventors came together to build a new city. Their innovations – born of passion and practical ingenuity – shaped not just Chicago, but the modern world. What started 140 years ago continues to this day. Chicago’s brightest digital designers, engineers and entrepreneurs are shaping new technologies, disrupting old business models, and resetting the boundaries of what’s possible.
1871 is Chicago’s innovation hub and the #1 ranked private business incubator in the world. It exists to inspire, equip, and support early stage, growth stage and corporate innovators in building extraordinary businesses. 1871 is home to ~400 technology startups, ~200 growth stage companies, and ~1,500 members, and is supported by an entire ecosystem focused on accelerating their growth and creating jobs in the Chicagoland area. The member experience includes virtual and in person access to workshops, events, mentorship, and more. The nonprofit organization has 350 mentors available to its members, alongside access to more than 200 partner corporations, universities, education programs, accelerators, venture funds and others. Since its inception in 2012, more than 850 alumni companies are currently still active, have created over 14,500 jobs, and have raised more than $3.5 billion in follow-on capital.
Come to a place where you can share ideas, take initiative, work hard, grow professionally and, with a little luck, change the world. If that sounds like you, come join us.
Welcome to 1871.
**Please note, the jobs on our job page are positions with our startups.
