Associate Director of Marketing

Adler Planetarium

Associate Director of Marketing at the Adler Planetarium, overseeing strategic marketing campaigns and team leadership. Driving engagement through digital and traditional marketing efforts.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $100,000 - $108,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Translate institutional-level strategy into detailed multi-channel plans (digital, print, onsite, and out-of-home) to drive attendance and revenue, and champion exhibitions, sky shows, membership, and other institutional initiatives.
Manage the museum-wide campaign calendar and coordinate cross-departmentally with exhibitions, programs, guest experience, and advancement.
Direct audience segmentation, email automation and marketing streams, and performance optimization.
Serve as the primary owner of website content; optimize user experience (UX) pathways; improve marketing workflows/automation; and manage performance analytics, KPI dashboards, SEO, paid media, and data-driven email streams.
Deliver regular reporting on campaign and channel performance to support ad spend and strategy optimization and inform future planning.
Lead cross-functional content planning sessions, partner with creative teams to build high-quality multimedia content, and coordinate with the marketing team and other science and technical experts to ensure accuracy and brand consistency.
Provide day-to-day oversight, coaching, and professional development for a growing marketing team while effectively managing timelines and approvals.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's Degree.
8+ years of progressively responsible marketing experience, including coordinating multi-channel campaigns and managing day-to-day marketing operations.
Proven experience supervising or mentoring staff, delivering feedback, and supporting professional development.
Exceptional storytelling ability (across copywriting, photo, and video editing) and a data-driven mindset, with dashboard and KPI development and reporting experience.
Working knowledge of web content management (CMS), UX principles, CRM systems, email automation/segmentation, SEO, paid media, and social platform analytics.
Outstanding project management skills and a strong track record of interdepartmental collaboration in highly matrixed organizations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work-Life Balance
35-hour workweek
Eligible to accrue up to 18 vacation days per year to start
3 sick days as of date of hire (can accrue up to 6.5 days per year)
7 Adler paid holidays
4 Personal Holidays (Prorated for new hires starting after January 1st)
Flexible Work Arrangements
Paid Family Bereavement Leave & Jury Duty
Paid Parental Leave
Competitive Health Coverage
Medical, Dental, & Vision insurance
Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter flexible spending accounts
Adler Paid Short-Term Disability insurance
Retirement Savings Plan 403B plan with Adler match
Adler match is 100% vested immediately
Eligible to enroll as of the date of hire
Network of Support through our EAP programs
Resources to help address emotional, legal, and financial issues
Face-to-face, telephonic, and web-based services
Free subscription to the Calm Premium app
Employee Loan Program
Discounted Onsite Parking Program
Free Entrance to Chicago area museums and cultural institutions

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Hard Skills & Tools

Email AutomationSEOKPI DevelopmentData-Driven ReportingCopywritingPhoto EditingVideo EditingUser Experience (UX) PrinciplesMarketing WorkflowsPaid Media

Soft Skills

Exceptional StorytellingCoachingInterdepartmental CollaborationProfessional DevelopmentTimeline Management

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree