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Brilliant®

Marketing Specialist

Chicago, Illinois, US

Role snapshot

Brilliant® is hiring a Marketing Specialist on a full-time basis. This is an on-site role based in Chicago, Illinois, US.

Company
Brilliant®
Location
Chicago, Illinois, US
Work mode
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Experience
2–4 years
Posted
Nov 5, 2026

Who this role suits

People with roughly one to three years of experience who can own small pieces of work with light guidance and want to widen their scope.

How to prepare your application

  • Prepare two or three stories about work you owned end to end, including one thing that went wrong and what you changed.
  • Read what Brilliant® publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.

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About the role

Our client is growing and needs a Marketing Specialist to help the Manager in their Beauty/Wellness company.

*Onsite in Bolingbrook*

The Marketing Associate is the execution engine of the Strategy, Marketing & Communications department — the person who turns approved strategy into published content, live campaigns, on-time events, and clean data, every day. This is a hands-on, high-throughput role across content and web, digital assets and CRM, event production, reporting, and day-to-day marketing operations, with room to grow toward channel ownership or a future marketing-manager track as the department scales.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Content, Copy & Web

  • Draft and edit marketing copy; manage the editorial/blog calendar and website content management system (CMS)
  • Create designs for ads, website, socials, and other channels using Canva and other tools
  • Own routine SEO content updates and monthly SEO/content-gap review, escalating recommendations to the Senior Manager
  • Stay up to date on industry trends and create content based upon analyses
  • QA all published content for brand and spec compliance before it goes live

Digital Assets & Inventory

Maintain digital asset library hygiene and naming conventions for internal and external stakeholders

  • Manage physical marketing inventory (promotional items, event stock)

CRM & Email

Maintain CRM contact records (HubSpot/Salesforce) and resolve duplicates; support lead entry after events

  • Maintain CRM list segmentation and data cleanliness
  • Draft, edit and manage email campaigns and monitor and report on engagement
  • Draft and edit social media copy; Own the day-to-day social content calendar and standard post scheduling
  • Monitor and respond to social engagement within SLA; escalate negative sentiment or high-visibility items to the Senior Manager

*2112*

Events & Production

  • Coordinate event and trade-show logistics, vendor confirmations, and on-site checklists
  • Plan photo/video shoots and manage 60 day-out production planning for upcoming events

Operations & Admin

  • Triage marketing request inbox and daily task list; Identify bottlenecks and escalate items at risk
  • Maintain the master marketing calendar (2-week rolling visibility) and keep SOPs current

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

  • Working knowledge of a CRM/marketing automation platform (HubSpot, Salesforce, or similar) and a CMS (Wordpress or similar)
  • Ability to research in market data tools such as Mintel, Euromonitor, Nielsen
  • Solid writing and editing skills; comfortable with basic content design/QA, experience with design tools such as Canva; Adobe InDesign or Illustrator a plus
  • Proficiency with standard marketing and project-management tech stack tools (Asana or similar)

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred (equivalent experience considered)

  • 2–4 years of marketing experience in a coordinator, associate, or specialist capacity — agency or in-house both welcome
  • 1+ years of experience in beauty, health, or wellness sectors preferred

System: WordPress, HubSpot, Salesforce

  • Onsite Hours: M-F 8:30AM-5:30PM