Digital Marketing Manager Jobs in Illinois
Digital Marketing Manager jobs in Illinois are in strong demand, with Chicago anchoring one of the most active markets in the Midwest and openings at every level from coordinator-to-manager transitions through senior and director-adjacent roles across retail, financial services, healthcare, and technology. Most hiring concentrates in Chicago, Schaumburg, and Naperville, where companies like McDonald's, Walgreens, and Morningstar maintain large marketing teams. The most sought-after specialties in Illinois listings are paid media strategy, marketing automation, and performance analytics. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Company
YCharts empowers wealth managers to make smarter investment decisions and communicate with confidence. Our SaaS platform combines powerful research, proposal generation, and client communication tools that transform complex financial data into clear visuals and actionable insights.
For nearly a decade, YCharts has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list — a testament to our sustained growth, strong culture, and industry-wide impact. Thousands of leading RIAs, asset managers, and broker-dealers use YCharts to turn data into decisions, insights into action, and client conversations into growth.
The Position
This is a senior, hands-on role. You'll set YCharts' inbound strategy and own execution: making the calls, reviewing the details, and rolling up your sleeves to deliver it. You have an established group of internal and external partners to support the initiatives. You'll own a core growth number, set priorities with Marketing, Sales, Product and Engineering, and represent digital marketing in company planning.
The role exists to build and scale YCharts' inbound engine. That means growing qualified traffic from search, AI answer engines, and paid channels, and turning it into leads and demos for our sales team. Success means a technically sound, high-converting website and an inbound program that grows with predictability, in close alignment with the sales and marketing teams who depend on it.
We're looking for someone who is data-driven, energized by experimentation and organization who can move scrappily to find what works and then build the systems that let it scale.
Your Partners & Resources
You won't be building this alone. From day one, you'll have teams to support you:
- Paid media & SEO agency that runs paid search, social, and display and provides SEO strategy support.
- Product & Engineering partnership on product-aligned pages, site infrastructure, and technical SEO fixes.
- External WordPress technical support for marketing-site development, templates, and performance.
- Marketing Operations support for HubSpot forms, integrations, lead routing, and reporting.
- An internal design team for landing pages, site updates, and ad creative.
- A Content team that executes editorially against the SEO and AEO priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Inbound strategy: Own the inbound marketing strategy and the top-of-funnel number, which covers organic, AI-search, and paid traffic and the volume and quality of inbound MQLs. It's measured against a channel forecast shared with Sales.
- SEO & AEO: Set search and answer engine optimization strategy so that YCharts ranks for priority topics and is the source cited in AI-generated answers when advisors research.
- Content strategy alignment: Align with the Content team priorities (topic clusters, target questions, briefs, and refresh opportunities) and measure which content earns rankings, AI citations, and conversions.
- Conversion & site performance: Lead funnel strategy from first visit to demo or free trial across WordPress and HubSpot landing pages. Over time, create disciplined testing program to optimize conversion to demo.
- Paid media: Direct the agency's strategy, budget allocation, and test plans across paid search, social, and display, and hold the program accountable for lead quality and demo conversion rather than clicks or volume.
- Sales & marketing alignment: Partner with Growth Marketing, Marketing Ops, and Sales leadership on MQL criteria, routing, and feedback loops so inbound leads convert to demos. Support Demand Gen's account-targeted programs with paid media and site capabilities.
- Measurement: Define inbound KPIs and an operating rhythm, with reporting built alongside Marketing Ops on the company's shared attribution model.
Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years of digital or growth marketing experience in high-growth B2B SaaS, ideally fintech or financial services, including 3+ years leading SEO and paid programs against a traffic or pipeline target.
- A proven record of building and scaling an inbound program, with quantifiable growth in traffic, leads, and pipeline.
- Deep technical and content SEO expertise, and a working point of view on how AI answer engines select and cite sources and how to measure visibility in them.
- Strong technical fluency: you can review audits and Search Console data and write clear requirements for engineers and developers. Hands-on coding is not required.
- Experience directing agencies and external partners, including paid media across Google Ads, LinkedIn, with accountability for budget and lead quality.
- Working experience with HubSpot, WordPress, GA4, Search Console, and an SEO platform such as Semrush, Ahrefs, or Conductor.
- Comfort moving between strategy and execution. You're scrappy enough to ship quickly and disciplined enough to build systems that scale.
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills across Product, Engineering, Design, Content, Demand Generation, and Sales.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Benefits & Perks
- 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) match to support your financial future.
- Opportunities for internal mobility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Flexible time off, vacation days, sick days, and a celebration day.
- Paid parental leave to support work-life balance.
- Professional development stipend to help you grow in your career.
- Hybrid work schedule with flexibility to work both in-office and remotely.
- Summer hours so you can enjoy more sunshine.
- Recognition programs to celebrate contributions and milestones.
- Modern, centrally located offices stocked with premium snacks, coffee, beverages and weekly lunch credits to fuel your day.
- Regular team events, celebrations, and company-wide gatherings that keep our culture connected and collaborative.
Compensation
At YCharts, we are committed to pay equity and transparency in all locations, including compliance with local pay disclosure requirements: the Total Cash Compensation range is $150,000-185,000 USD inclusive of bonuses and variable compensation. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience.
Why Join YCharts
YCharts is more than a fintech company—we're a team driven by curiosity, collaboration, and people-first leadership. We believe innovation thrives in an environment where ideas are heard, growth is supported, and impact is measurable.Our award-winning culture reflects that commitment:
- Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies (nearly a decade running)
- Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago
- Inc. Best Places to Work
- Built In Chicago Best Places to Work
- American Banker Best Fintechs to Work For
At YCharts, you'll do meaningful work, grow alongside a talented team, and see the results of your impact every day.
YCharts is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees.
Be part of the team transforming how the wealth management industry makes and communicates investment decisions.
The Company
YCharts empowers wealth managers to make smarter investment decisions and communicate with confidence. Our SaaS platform combines powerful research, proposal generation, and client communication tools that transform complex financial data into clear visuals and actionable insights.
For nearly a decade, YCharts has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list — a testament to our sustained growth, strong culture, and industry-wide impact. Thousands of leading RIAs, asset managers, and broker-dealers use YCharts to turn data into decisions, insights into action, and client conversations into growth.
The Position
This is a senior, hands-on role. You'll set YCharts' inbound strategy and own execution: making the calls, reviewing the details, and rolling up your sleeves to deliver it. You have an established group of internal and external partners to support the initiatives. You'll own a core growth number, set priorities with Marketing, Sales, Product and Engineering, and represent digital marketing in company planning.
The role exists to build and scale YCharts' inbound engine. That means growing qualified traffic from search, AI answer engines, and paid channels, and turning it into leads and demos for our sales team. Success means a technically sound, high-converting website and an inbound program that grows with predictability, in close alignment with the sales and marketing teams who depend on it.
We're looking for someone who is data-driven, energized by experimentation and organization who can move scrappily to find what works and then build the systems that let it scale.
Your Partners & Resources
You won't be building this alone. From day one, you'll have teams to support you:
- Paid media & SEO agency that runs paid search, social, and display and provides SEO strategy support.
- Product & Engineering partnership on product-aligned pages, site infrastructure, and technical SEO fixes.
- External WordPress technical support for marketing-site development, templates, and performance.
- Marketing Operations support for HubSpot forms, integrations, lead routing, and reporting.
- An internal design team for landing pages, site updates, and ad creative.
- A Content team that executes editorially against the SEO and AEO priorities.
Key Responsibilities
- Inbound strategy: Own the inbound marketing strategy and the top-of-funnel number, which covers organic, AI-search, and paid traffic and the volume and quality of inbound MQLs. It's measured against a channel forecast shared with Sales.
- SEO & AEO: Set search and answer engine optimization strategy so that YCharts ranks for priority topics and is the source cited in AI-generated answers when advisors research.
- Content strategy alignment: Align with the Content team priorities (topic clusters, target questions, briefs, and refresh opportunities) and measure which content earns rankings, AI citations, and conversions.
- Conversion & site performance: Lead funnel strategy from first visit to demo or free trial across WordPress and HubSpot landing pages. Over time, create disciplined testing program to optimize conversion to demo.
- Paid media: Direct the agency's strategy, budget allocation, and test plans across paid search, social, and display, and hold the program accountable for lead quality and demo conversion rather than clicks or volume.
- Sales & marketing alignment: Partner with Growth Marketing, Marketing Ops, and Sales leadership on MQL criteria, routing, and feedback loops so inbound leads convert to demos. Support Demand Gen's account-targeted programs with paid media and site capabilities.
- Measurement: Define inbound KPIs and an operating rhythm, with reporting built alongside Marketing Ops on the company's shared attribution model.
Qualifications & Experience
- 8+ years of digital or growth marketing experience in high-growth B2B SaaS, ideally fintech or financial services, including 3+ years leading SEO and paid programs against a traffic or pipeline target.
- A proven record of building and scaling an inbound program, with quantifiable growth in traffic, leads, and pipeline.
- Deep technical and content SEO expertise, and a working point of view on how AI answer engines select and cite sources and how to measure visibility in them.
- Strong technical fluency: you can review audits and Search Console data and write clear requirements for engineers and developers. Hands-on coding is not required.
- Experience directing agencies and external partners, including paid media across Google Ads, LinkedIn, with accountability for budget and lead quality.
- Working experience with HubSpot, WordPress, GA4, Search Console, and an SEO platform such as Semrush, Ahrefs, or Conductor.
- Comfort moving between strategy and execution. You're scrappy enough to ship quickly and disciplined enough to build systems that scale.
- Strong cross-functional partnership skills across Product, Engineering, Design, Content, Demand Generation, and Sales.
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Benefits & Perks
- 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) match to support your financial future.
- Opportunities for internal mobility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Flexible time off, vacation days, sick days, and a celebration day.
- Paid parental leave to support work-life balance.
- Professional development stipend to help you grow in your career.
- Hybrid work schedule with flexibility to work both in-office and remotely.
- Summer hours so you can enjoy more sunshine.
- Recognition programs to celebrate contributions and milestones.
- Modern, centrally located offices stocked with premium snacks, coffee, beverages and weekly lunch credits to fuel your day.
- Regular team events, celebrations, and company-wide gatherings that keep our culture connected and collaborative.
Compensation
At YCharts, we are committed to pay equity and transparency in all locations, including compliance with local pay disclosure requirements: the Total Cash Compensation range is $150,000-185,000 USD inclusive of bonuses and variable compensation. The starting salary will be determined based on skills and experience.
Why Join YCharts
YCharts is more than a fintech company—we're a team driven by curiosity, collaboration, and people-first leadership. We believe innovation thrives in an environment where ideas are heard, growth is supported, and impact is measurable.Our award-winning culture reflects that commitment:
- Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies (nearly a decade running)
- Crain's Best Places to Work in Chicago
- Inc. Best Places to Work
- Built In Chicago Best Places to Work
- American Banker Best Fintechs to Work For
At YCharts, you'll do meaningful work, grow alongside a talented team, and see the results of your impact every day.
YCharts is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable environment for all employees.
Be part of the team transforming how the wealth management industry makes and communicates investment decisions.
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What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in digital marketing manager jobs across Illinois.
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, or a related business field
- Three or more years of experience managing digital marketing campaigns end to end
- Proficiency with marketing automation platforms such as HubSpot, Marketo, or Salesforce Marketing Cloud
- Demonstrated experience managing paid search and paid social budgets across Google and Meta
- Strong analytical skills with experience in Google Analytics, Looker, or similar reporting tools
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with sales, content, and product stakeholders
Digital Marketing Manager Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a digital marketing manager in Illinois?
Most Illinois employers expect a bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, or a related field as the foundation for this role. Digital marketing manager is not a licensed profession in Illinois, so there is no state board or exam required. Candidates typically build toward the role by accumulating campaign management experience, earning platform certifications from Google or Meta, and developing a portfolio of measurable results before moving into a management title.
How much do digital marketing managers make in Illinois?
Digital marketing managers in Illinois earn a median of about $162,860 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $95,990 for the lowest 10% to over $276,340 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire digital marketing managers in Illinois?
Employers hiring digital marketing managers in Illinois right now include VectorBuilder, Proceed Innovative, and HDMZ, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Illinois's concentration of consumer brands, insurance companies, and B2B technology firms in the Chicago metro generates consistent demand for this role across industries.
Which Illinois cities have the most digital marketing manager jobs?
Chicago, Downers Grove, and Lisle account for the largest share of digital marketing manager openings in Illinois. Chicago drives the volume through its dense concentration of corporate headquarters, agency offices, and consumer brand operations, while Naperville and Schaumburg capture demand from the established suburban business corridors along the I-88 and I-90 technology corridors west of the city.
Are there remote digital marketing manager jobs in Illinois?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 67% of digital marketing manager openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how well the role's core work, including campaign strategy, analytics, and content oversight, translates to distributed teams. Fully remote postings tend to cluster around performance marketing and SEO-focused positions, where output is measurable without an in-office presence.
How can I get hired as a digital marketing manager in Illinois with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through a digital marketing coordinator or marketing associate role at a Chicago-area consumer brand, agency, or technology company, then building toward management over two to three years. Large Illinois employers in retail and financial services frequently hire new graduates into rotational or associate marketing programs. Earning a Google Ads or HubSpot certification and assembling a portfolio of real campaign results, even from freelance or volunteer projects, meaningfully improves candidacy before the first application.
Where can I find and apply to digital marketing manager jobs in Illinois?
You can find and apply to digital marketing manager jobs in Illinois on Migrate Mate, which lists current Illinois openings updated regularly. Search the listings, find roles that match your experience and location, and apply directly to the ones that fit.
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