Corporate Board - Director of Marketing

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Position Summary
The Director of Marketing & Communications is responsible for all aspects of communications, marketing to the ILS community of alumni, donors and supporters. Our goal is to raise the visibility of Illinois Leadership Seminars among key audiences to help us become the charity of choice for those wanting to support, volunteer or donate to our cause.

This position will be an active member on the Illinois Leadership Seminar Board. Being an active member of our board will include attending monthly meetings and ensuring support and engagement throughout the calendar year. This is a volunteer, unpaid position.

ILS is a small, working board of leaders passionate about youth leadership supported by a large and mighty alumni network. This is a newly created board position. In time, we feel this position would grow to have additional support through a committee including members with expertise and/or interest in communications, social media, website management and email marketing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Digital Marketing
• Communications
• Brand Management
• Partnership with Director of Fundraising for outreach initiatives
• Manage third-party relationships and access for website development and maintenance, email newsletter program, social media accounts, etc.
• Create and maintain any print collaterals such as flyers and brochures to be distributed during fundraising and seminar events.

Key Priorities:

• Managing the ILS Website at illinoisleadershipseminars.org. Ensure website is up to date, accurate and clear.
• Overseeing social media marketing tools and execution
• Managing an ongoing ILS Email program (Newsletter, Thank You Emails, Updates, etc)
• Provide communications to key audiences (corporate donors, individual donors, potential leaders, leader alumni, schools and other non-profit partners)

Preferred Skills:

• Marketing or Communications experience(2+years)
• Non-Profit experience
• Event Management experience a plus
• Working knowledge of digital marketing, social media, graphic design, web development a plus
• Project management and organizational skills with the ability to create systems for tracking marketing calendar, timelines, budgets and progress to goals, while measuring outcomes and results
• Strong writing skills, clear and effective communicator, professional, detail-oriented