Integrated Marketing Specialist

This posting will close September 24, 2026, at 11:00 pm central time.

About the ELCA

The ELCA is one of the largest Christian denominations in the United States, with 3 million members in more than 8,700 worshipping communities across the 50 states and in the Caribbean region (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). With a vision to live in a world experiencing the difference God’s grace and love in Christ makes for all people and creation, the ELCA strives to be a welcoming, thriving, and connected church that introduces people to Jesus so they can discover community, justice, and love.

The Lutheran Center (national office) is located in Chicago, Illinois. A staff of 400, under the leadership of the Presiding Bishop, serve as administrators, advisors, conveners, partners, and resource people for the ELCA and its ministries. Staff lead the work of national, domestic, and global ministries and programs including Lutheran Disaster Response, ELCA World Hunger, Service & Justice, Christian Community and Leadership, and Innovation. We are also home to five of our separately incorporated ministries: The Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA, Women of the ELCA, Lutheran Men in Mission, the ELCA Foundation and the ELCA Federal Credit Union.

About the Mission Investment Fund

The Mission Investment Fund (MIF), a financial ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, supports the establishment and growth of ELCA congregations, synods, and affiliated ministries by providing loans for capital projects for congregations and ministries. To fund these loans, MIF offers a variety of investments to ELCA members, congregations, and ministries.

The ELCA Federal Credit Union, a financial ministry partner of the Mission Investment Fund, offers financial products and services to members, pastors, congregations, synods, affiliated ministries, and their employees. The portfolio of products includes low-cost loans, deposit accounts, credit cards, and other solutions within a not-for-profit, cooperative structure.

Values - MIF's values are rooted in Christian faith, Lutheran traditions, and our identity as a ministry of the ELCA; Integrity, Customer Focus, Inclusion and Diversity, Faithful Stewardship, Courage and Openness to Change.

About the Position

The Integrated Marketing Specialist supports the execution of digital marketing, marketing communications, internal communications and sales enablement initiatives for the Mission Investment Fund and ELCA Federal Credit Union. This role, situated in the marketing team, works closely with internal teams, including Sales, Administration and the Transformation Office, to develop effective marketing and communications deliverables that support established priorities, strengthen audience engagement and align with MIF’s brand standards.

The Specialist contributes to the team’s integrated marketing efforts across email, website, social, direct mail, campaigns, presentations and internal communications. This includes writing and developing polished communications and sales materials, designing presentations and visual assets that make information easier to understand, supporting digital and direct mail campaign execution and adapting messaging so it is appropriate for the audience, channel and purpose.

The role also supports internal enterprise-wide communications and presentations, requiring strong writing ability, attention to nuance, confidentiality and the ability to communicate clearly in a regulated financial services environment. This role requires demonstrated ability to shape messages for different mediums, audiences and contexts, whether communicating with employees, leadership, sales, ministry partners or external audiences.

The ideal candidate will be a digitally-fluent marketing generalist who can write clearly, think visually and move comfortably between content development, digital execution, direct mail support, presentation design and internal communications. They should be able to use objectives, source materials and stakeholder input to develop polished, review-ready work with careful attention to accuracy, audience, tone and brand standards, and be comfortable receiving feedback, working through revisions and refining deliverables through review cycles. They should also be comfortable shifting between projects as priorities evolve, staying organized and responsive while working within established project management processes. 

This is a full-time, regular, exempt (salaried), Chicago-based hybrid position. This position has responsibilities that will require being in the office on a weekly basis. This could mean 2-3 days most weeks and possibly more days when meetings and other events are happening that this position supports.

The eligibility of a candidate for remote or hybrid positions may depend on the residency of the candidate, and the budget for the role, including salary or pay, insurance coverage, and/or tax burden. Candidates for this position must reside within the fifty United States or the District of Columbia and be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

1. Requires 3+  years of experience in marketing, communications or a related field, with strong writing and editing skills and demonstrated ability to develop clear, well-structured and audience-appropriate communications across a variety of   formats, including presentations, email, social media, direct mail, partner channel content, internal communications and marketing materials. Must be able to adapt tone, messaging and level of detail across audiences, channels and purposes while maintaining clarity, accuracy and consistency.
2. Experience developing presentations and communications for a variety of audiences. Ability to translate complex information into clear, concise and visually organized materials is required.
3. Experience supporting internal communications, enterprise-wide communications or organizational updates that require discretion, nuance, confidentiality and alignment with leadership or   stakeholder input.
4. Experience building and deploying email campaigns in Salesforce   Marketing Cloud or a similar platform, including familiarity with templates, testing, QA processes and campaign execution standards.
5. Experience updating and maintaining website content using CMS tools, such as WordPress, Squarespace or similar platforms is preferred. Familiarity with digital marketing channels, including email, web and social media, is required.
6. Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and experience using design tools, such as Canva or Adobe Creative Suite, to produce polished, on-brand presentations, graphics and marketing materials that support clear communication and information understanding.
7. Experience working within established brand standards, templates, messaging frameworks and approval processes. Demonstrates strong attention to detail and the ability to produce accurate, polished deliverables while following defined processes, quality checks and review requirements.
8. Ability to receive feedback, work through revisions and refine deliverables through review and approval cycles. Must be   comfortable shifting between projects as priorities evolve while staying organized and responsive within established project management processes.
9. Minimum Technical Competency: Computer knowledge that enables you to operate a Windows Computer and follow basic troubleshooting instructions. Software skills to efficiently use computer programs and applications. Ability to leverage computer knowledge and software skills to understand new software, follow process, and identify opportunities for improvement. Must have   experience using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, etc.). 
10. Appreciation for the mission, vision, values of the Mission Investment Fund, ELCA Federal   Credit Union, and the ELCA. 
11. Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism.

Required or preferred education, certifications, or licenses:

•  Bachelor's degree in marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or a related field, or equivalent work experience and training 

Physical

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear, use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone. This position requires sitting for long periods of time. May be required to lift boxes of materials. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Travel

Nature means, and frequency of travel required to perform this job.  

Benefits

The ELCA offers a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, including employer paid health premiums for employees, health and dependent care FSA’s, a health savings account (HSA) with an employer contribution, life insurance, and a substantial employer contribution to 403b retirement plan (no match required). We also offer a generous paid time-off policy including 11 paid holidays. All benefits commence on your start date.

Contact

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Salary

Commensurate with qualifications and relevant experience.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. As a religious organization, we reserve the right, where permitted by applicable federal and state law, to employ individuals who share and support our religious beliefs, mission, and values.