United Way of Metropolitan Chicago seeks an experienced professional who will be responsible for assisting the Director of Media and Community Relations with external communications including a comprehensive media relations and community outreach program. The Specialist, Media and Community Relations will be accountable for coordinating and preparing materials and logistics for public relations events including press conferences, rallies, interviews, community forums, etc. This position will also require a strong understanding of the Latino community to build relationships with local Hispanic media and community groups.

Requirements: Must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, proficient in Spanish and fully proficient and experienced in the latest version of Microsoft Office Environment (Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Minimum 3 years of experience in related field.

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university required. Compensation includes competitive base pay and outstanding benefits.

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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago seeks a highly motivated, creative and experienced professional to expand the visibility and understanding of United Way and engage the Chicagoland community in our work. The marketing manager will oversee all marketing, advertising and promotional staff and activities and establish creative marketing strategies. The manager will coordinate the trafficking of all ad copy and creative through design and programming production, coordinate the production and setup of the e-letters based on a predetermined schedule; maintain internal and external marketing schedules and facilitate setup and delivery of creative based on a predetermined schedule; track and maintains marketing results and assist in managing the marketing budget.

Requirements: Looking for a professional individual with extremely good communication and organizational skills. Project management and advertising/marketing experience preferred. Minimum of 3 years experience in project management or marketing/sales.

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university required. Compensation includes competitive base pay and outstanding benefits.

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United Way of Metropolitan Chicago seeks a highly motivated and experienced professional to create and execute diverse and complex resource development strategies and to influence management of the overall business.

Reporting to the President and CEO, the Chief Resource Development Officer will serve as a leader of ground-breaking community solutions, in a strong, stable and exciting organization at an innovative and impactful time in its history.

S/he will: design approaches for the full mix of resource development, manage the annual campaign, cultivate relationships at the highest levels within the community and strengthen stakeholder and investor engagement with the brand. The candidate must be accomplished in leading major and diverse fundraising initiatives, including annual, capital and endowment campaigns, major gifts, planned giving and grants. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in cultivating high net worth donors and translating sales and product marketing techniques to build resources.

Requirements: Minimum of 10 years experience with a diverse background in sales, marketing and new business development; proven record of organizational management and supervisory experience managing a large team within a multi-location network.

S/he must possess excellent leadership and change management skills in building community and regional collaborative relationships with corporate volunteers, agencies and other stakeholders.

Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university required; graduate degree a plus. Compensation includes competitive base pay and outstanding benefits.

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United Way is Chicagoland’s leading non-governmental supporter of health and human services, answering a wide range of needs in each local community. We strive to offer a professional work environment that embodies our mission, values and commitment to the communities we serve. We base all employment decisions on the individual’s capabilities and qualifications without regard to his/her race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, sexual orientation or marital status or other characteristic that makes each of us unique. It is the intent of UWMC to follow both the letter and the spirit of local, state, and federal laws governing Equal Opportunity Employment as those laws exist today and as they may change in the future.

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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee may frequently work in and/or visits account offices and agency offices in the city and the suburbs and must be able to transport himself/herself to these sites.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The noise level in account offices is usually moderate.
• The noise level in agency offices is usually moderate.