Founded in 1991 with the idea to be the alternative to the big banks, Wintrust has since grown into a financial services company with more than $45 billion in assets, headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. Through our multiple companies and divisions, we provide traditional community banking and commercial banking services, wealth management solutions, commercial and life insurance premium financing, mortgage origination, and short-term accounts receivable financing and certain administrative services, such as data processing of payrolls, billing, and treasury management services. We provide community-oriented personal and business banking services to customers located in the greater Chicagoland area, northwest Indiana, and southern Wisconsin through more than 175 community bank locations.

Wintrust is in the midst of a digital transformation and on track to lead the industry with new digital banking products and services. Led by proven digital executives, our newly restructured corporate marketing department is building an agile, world class team structured with a Fintech startup mindset.

With this transformation comes great opportunity for the digital savvy, been-there/done-that marketer. Come join Chicago’s Bank as we redefine the way consumers interact with their community bank, both in-person and online.

Wintrust is looking to hire an experienced and innovative Digital Designer responsible for designing and coding high-quality digital campaign assets. This individual will work closely with the Marketing Content and IT teams, particularly leadership, to identify how to best develop digital content our target groups we want to monetize. The ideal candidate will collaborate across functions to deliver a unique digital design strategy that meets our business objectives in the most efficient and competitive manner.

• Create and innovate digital design for a range of projects, including: email, landing pages, digital advertising media, social media graphics (static and animated), and more. Work from a creative brief with the assistance of Marketing leads to concept digital campaigns and then design optimal performance.




• Design and hand code eye-catching email layouts that lead to higher levels of engagement and increased click-through rates, as well as sales growth where possible.




• Listen to design needs, come up with ideas and communicate them to leadership and other members of the team. Collaborate with cross-function Creative team to cultivate innovative solutions, improve design processes, encourage a cohesive working culture and turn around projects more efficiently.




• Research up-to-date and emerging technologies and developments in the design field and implement them when appropriate.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of related experience




• Associates Degree or equivalent




• Expert-level knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud/Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Media Encoder, Bridge, After Effects, XD, Lightroom), Sketch, InVision, Figma, HTML, HTML5, CSS, Litmus, Email on Acid, Microsoft Office, Cyberduck, Sourcetree, Slack, MS Teams, email automation platforms (Adobe Campaign Classic, Active Campaign, Total Expert), and project management tools (Workfront, Jira, Trello).

Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.