Copywriter - Communications Specialist WintrustMarketing is looking for a copywriter and communications specialist tojoin our creative team! This specialist will provide copywriting, PR and socialmedia support and will assist with day-to-day writing requests, social mediapost content creation, fielding post requests and additional miscellaneouswriting tasks. Wintrust Marketing facilities themarketing needs for Wintrust, a financial company with more than $29 billion inassets. Our internal creative team executes corporate, Wintrust Community Bank,and business unit collateral requests. These include, but are not limited to,print ads, large format signage, logos, brochures/flyers, event promotionalmaterials, web content, social media content, radio scripts and spots, pressreleases, internal/external video, murals, and local/corporate advertisingcampaigns. Wintrust is actively involved with many of the organizations thatmake this area unique, including the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, ChicagoRed Stars, Schuamburg Boomers, Bernies Book Bank, The Chicago Writers Museum,Race the Mackinac, and Habitat for Humanity Chicago, to name a few. Jobresponsibilities include: * Assisting lead copywriter withwriting-related tasks including * Ad copy * Customer post card and letter copy * Long-form content * Articles * Website content * Drafting day-to-day social media postsbased on requests from Wintrusts various banks and divisions * Coming up with ideas and content foradditional social media posts * Engaging with customers and otherbusinesses via social media * Monitoring accounts for potential postsand/or necessary responses * Scheduling posts through a social mediamanagement system * Other duties may be assigned based onskills, knowledge, and proficiencies WintrustFinancial Corporation (Wintrust) is a financial services company based inRosemont, Illinois, with approximately $27 billion in assets. We engage in thebusiness of providing traditional community banking services, commercialbanking, wealth management services, commercial insurance premium financing,life insurance premium financing, mortgage origination, short-term accountsreceivable financing, and certain administrative services, such as dataprocessing of payrolls, billing and treasury management services. We providecommunity-oriented, personal and commercial banking services to customerslocated in the greater Chicago, Illinois and southern Wisconsin areas throughour 15 wholly-owned banking subsidiaries. * Bachelors degree in journalism,English, communications, PR or a related field * Must have a good sense of grammar andknowledge of the AP Styleguide * Must have the ability to altermessaging based on audience and platform * Solid communication skills * Ability to handle multiple projects ina fast-paced environment * Detail-oriented * Proficiency in MS Office (Word,PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) * One year of related work experiencewith writing experience is a plus If you are creative and enjoythe challenge of working in a quick-paced environment, this may be the rightcompany for you. In return, we provide an engaging, dynamic workenvironment and an excellent compensation package including a 401k, an employeestock purchase plan, medical/dental, life insurance and more! We provide an engaging, dynamic workenvironment, an excellent compensation package including 401k, employee stockpurchase plan, medical/dental, life insurance and more! _ _ Wintrust Financial Corporation, includingcommunity banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Allqualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regardto race, color, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, genderidentity, national origin, veteran status, or disability. **Primary Location: **US-IL-Rosemont **Work Locations: ** **Job: **Marketing **Organization: **Wintrust Financial Corporation **Job Posting: **Dec 14, 2018