Marketing & Design Associate

Illinois Green Alliance isseeking Marketing & Design Associate to support the organizations communications marketing and storytelling efforts to strengthen brand visibility engage stakeholders and advance a healthier more sustainable built environment.

This roleis responsible forcreating compelling written and visual content across digital and print platforms supporting events and campaigns and working with the entire Illinois Green team tomaintaina consistent organizational voice and identity. The ideal candidateis a strong communicator highly organized collaborative and excited to contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on climate action and innovation in the building industry.

The Marketing & Design Associate reports to the Communications Manager and will playan important rolein helping Illinois Green Alliance foster an inclusive and supportive community of building professionals advocates policymakers and partners working toward a more sustainable future.

Key Responsibilities

• Support storytelling efforts by highlighting our programs events partners and impact in various visual content formats.
• Create graphics and visual assets for social media presentations reports event materials and marketing campaigns.
• Designdraftand edit communications materials including newsletters email campaigns event marketing blog posts annual reports and organizational updates.
• Lead the team in coordinating website design content and digital resources.
• Lead the editing and post-production work on a bi-weekly podcast focused sustainable building practices.
• Contribute toorganizeandmaintaindigital assets and visual content.
• Collaborate with staff to develop visually engaging materials that communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively.
• Collaborate with staff to effectively market our events and the organization initiatives to our growing community of industry stakeholders and partners.
• Support tracking of communications metrics and engagement analytics to improve outreach strategies.
• Support photography video and multimedia content development when needed.

Qualifications

• 1 - 3 years of experience managing social media platforms and creating digital content.
• 1 - 3 years of experience in communications marketing or related work.
• Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficiencyin website design UX and management including building andmaintainingHTML code.
• Experience with email marketing tools and website management platforms such as Neon and Duda.
• Proficiencyin graphic design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite Canva or similar platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• Passion for mission-driven work and collaborative team environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic photography video editing or multimedia production skills.
• Interestworking in nonprofit sustainability advocacy or community-focused organizations.
• Interest in green buildings clean energy climate policy or environmental education.
• Bachelors degree in communications marketing journalism public relations graphic design or a related field or equivalent professional experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• The hiring range for this role is $45000$60000commensuratewith experience and specific skill sets.
• Health and retirement benefits.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Flexible and collaborative work environment.

About Illinois Green Alliance

Illinois Green Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing buildings and communities that are healthier moreequitable and environmentally resilient. Through educationconvening advocacy and collaboration Illinois Green Alliance works to transform the built environment and empower professionals and communities to lead on climate solutions.

Illinois Green Alliance is committed to advancing innovative solutions building strong partnerships and creating meaningful impact through education engagement and collaboration. We value creativity equity and mission-driven work and areseekinganAssociate who is excited to help tell our story and grow our reach.

Our Culture & Values

Illinois Green Alliance values collaboration curiosity innovation and a commitment to creating positive impact. We believe meaningful climate solutions are built through partnerships education and inclusive engagement across communities and industries.

Our team culture is highly collaborativeandmission oriented. Staff are encouraged to bringnew ideasforward think creatively and contribute across projects and initiatives. We value professionals who are adaptable proactive relationship-driven and passionate about advancing sustainability and equity in the built environment.

Illinois Green Alliance is committed to fostering a workplace culture where team members feel supported respected and empowered to grow professionally while contributing to impactful work.