<p>Our client is seeking a <strong>Contract Creative Lead</strong> to support a <strong>new business pitch and client acquisition initiative</strong>. This role will be instrumental in shaping the creative direction for a high-priority pitch opportunity and partnering with a broader agency team to develop compelling, strategically grounded work.</p><p><br></p><p>You will be supporting a pitch for a new client opportunity as part of a broader business development initiative. The focus of this role is to help lead and elevate the creative vision for the pitch while ensuring ideas are relevant, persuasive, and grounded in strong shopper/trade marketing experience.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What the Day-to-Day Looks Like</strong></p><ul><li>Lead creative direction for a new business pitch</li><li>Contribute strategic and creative thinking to pitch development</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional agency partners to shape pitch concepts and presentation materials</li><li>Ensure all creative output aligns with client needs and business objectives</li><li>Bring a strong understanding of <strong>shopper/trade marketing</strong> to inform ideas and recommendations</li><li>Help develop compelling creative that supports client acquisition efforts</li></ul><p><br></p>
We are looking for a detail-oriented Content Strategist to support digital marketing initiatives across multiple brands in Illinois. This Long-term Contract position focuses on creating and maintaining web experiences within Adobe Experience Manager, ensuring content is accurate, functional, and aligned with brand standards. The role works closely with marketing, UX, QA, and development teams to deliver high-quality website content and resolve issues efficiently.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build and update web pages in Adobe Experience Manager using a range of reusable and custom page components.<br>• Partner with UX, product, and digital teams to apply the right components and help strengthen a scalable library of digital experience assets.<br>• Prepare effort estimates for content-related work to support project planning and scheduling decisions.<br>• Coordinate with brand marketing leaders and quality assurance partners to confirm content is validated before release.<br>• Work with developers and IT stakeholders to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve content defects or display issues.<br>• Maintain production content while ensuring analytics tracking, social sharing metadata, and related tagging standards are properly applied.<br>• Review content prepared by internal marketing contributors to verify consistency, accuracy, and launch readiness.<br>• Follow sound coding practices that support maintainability, clarity, and efficient reuse across digital content implementations.
We are looking for a creative Industrial Designer to join our team in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. In this role, you will focus on producing innovative digital designs and graphics that align with our brand identity and enhance our marketing efforts. This position requires a strong ability to conceptualize and execute design solutions using advanced tools and techniques.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Develop visually appealing digital designs for various marketing materials, including brochures and promotional content.<br>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design concepts align with project objectives.<br>• Utilize Adobe Creative Cloud tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator to create high-quality graphics.<br>• Maintain consistency in branding across all digital and printed materials.<br>• Conduct research to stay updated on design trends and incorporate innovative ideas into projects.<br>• Produce prototypes and mockups to present design concepts effectively.<br>• Handle revisions and updates to existing designs based on feedback from stakeholders.<br>• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines.<br>• Ensure all designs meet technical specifications and quality standards.
<p><strong>Robert Half is partnering with our client, a leading Fortune 500 financial services organization, in this search for a Brand Marketing Manager to support high-visibility campaigns within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Location: </strong>Hybrid in Chicago (3 days onsite)</p><p><strong>Pay Rate: </strong>$50-53/hour</p><p><strong>Duration: </strong>6-month contract with strong potential for extension or conversion</p><p><strong>Hours: </strong>40 hours/week</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Position Overview:</strong></p><p>The Brand Marketing Manager will support the execution and day-to-day management of integrated marketing campaigns, with a focus on small business initiatives across paid and owned channels. This highly executional role partners closely with internal stakeholders and agency teams to bring campaigns to market, while managing workflows, developing creative briefs, coordinating production, and ensuring cross-functional alignment. The ideal candidate brings strong brand marketing and agency collaboration experience and thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Brand & Campaign Management</em></strong></p><ul><li>Support execution of integrated, omnichannel marketing campaigns aligned to business and brand objectives</li><li>Ensure consistency with brand guidelines across all deliverables</li><li>Partner with internal teams to align on priorities, timelines, and campaign goals</li></ul><p><strong><em>Creative Development & Agency Management</em></strong></p><ul><li>Develop and deliver clear, actionable creative briefs to agency partners</li><li>Manage agency relationships, including feedback, revisions, and final deliverables</li><li>Oversee production of creative assets across channels including digital, social, video, print, and email</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams (media, social, PR, analytics, project management) to ensure cohesive execution</li><li>Incorporate consumer insights into campaign development in partnership with research teams</li></ul><p><strong><em>Execution & Project Management</em></strong></p><ul><li>Manage multiple campaign workstreams, ensuring timelines, milestones, and deliverables are met</li><li>Oversee creative and media trafficking to ensure accuracy and timeliness</li><li>Coordinate campaign launches with internal and external partners</li><li>Track progress, maintain documentation, and ensure stakeholder alignment</li></ul><p><strong><em>Compliance & Approvals</em></strong></p><ul><li>Ensure all campaign materials meet legal, compliance, and risk requirements</li><li>Manage approval workflows and secure necessary sign-offs prior to launch</li></ul>
<p>We are seeking a detail-oriented Production Artist for a part-time role (20–30 hours per week). This position will focus primarily on production work across social media assets, catalogs, brochures, and other marketing materials.</p><p><br></p><p>The ideal candidate will have strong Adobe Creative Suite skills and experience building catalog pages and social media graphics. This is a pure production role focused on executing updates, content changes, and layout revisions rather than high-level design or strategy.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Produce and update social media graphics, catalogs, brochures, and related materials</li><li>Build and revise catalog pages with accuracy and consistency</li><li>Execute content changes, edits, and production updates efficiently</li><li>Ensure files are polished, accurate, and aligned with brand standards</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We are seeking an experienced <strong>Image Specialist</strong> for a full-time, 6-week contract supporting a fast-paced website build. This is a highly executional, production-focused role with a strong emphasis on <strong>image sourcing, selection, resizing, organization, and batch processing</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>The ideal candidate is a seasoned production design professional with strong agency experience, excellent design judgment, and the ability to work independently in a high-volume environment.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Be Doing:</strong></p><ul><li>Manage and prepare a large volume of website imagery, including <strong>500+ images</strong></li><li>Source and select stock photography aligned with project needs</li><li>Resize images into multiple web-ready formats and dimensions</li><li>Execute batch processing workflows efficiently and accurately</li><li>Maintain strong file naming conventions, asset organization, and folder structure</li><li>Ensure all image assets are properly prepared for web production</li><li>Work closely with one key stakeholder while operating independently with minimal direction</li></ul><p><strong>Day-to-Day Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Hands-on image production for a website build</li><li>Stock image research and visual selection</li><li>Image resizing and formatting across multiple specs</li><li>Batch editing and file processing</li><li>Asset management, organization, and quality control</li><li>Moving quickly in a fast-paced environment without extensive creative direction or supporting copy</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>Our client is looking for an experienced Assistant Director of Talent to shape and enhance the employee journey at their organization in Chicago, Illinois. This role is pivotal in ensuring that hiring, onboarding, performance management, employee development, and engagement processes align with our mission and values. As both a strategic partner and hands-on contributor, you will design and manage equitable and efficient HR practices to support a thriving workplace.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Manage the entire recruitment process, including drafting job descriptions, coordinating interviews, and preparing offer letters.</p><p>• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local hiring regulations while guiding supervisors through recruitment activities.</p><p>• Facilitate candidate interviews by preparing materials, greeting applicants, and coaching interview panelists on best practices.</p><p>• Administer pre-employment processes such as background checks, reference verifications, and candidate reimbursements.</p><p>• Oversee administrative recruitment tasks, including job postings, LinkedIn Recruiter account management, and careers inbox monitoring.</p><p>• Coordinate and manage the summer internship program, collaborating with schools and internal teams to match candidates with supervisors.</p><p>• Organize orientation sessions for new hires, ensuring their onboarding experience is seamless and welcoming.</p><p>• Lead annual and mid-year performance review cycles, providing tools and training to supervisors and ensuring equitable processes.</p><p>• Develop and implement employee development plans, coordinating training opportunities and managing associated budgets.</p><p>• Partner with supervisors to address staff performance challenges and create actionable improvement plans when necessary.</p><p><br></p><p>Salary: $80,000–$90,000</p><p>Benefits: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance. For employee 100% of the premium costs covered, disability and life insurance, retirement plan and a generous paid time off plan.</p><p>Hybrid: 2–3 days onsite</p>
<p>We are seeking a Contract Social Media Strategist to support a busy marketing team during a leave coverage period. This role is ideal for a hands-on social media professional who brings strong experience in organic social, digital marketing, and paid media, with a particular focus on LinkedIn advertising.</p><p><br></p><p>This person will act as a key partner to the hiring manager and take ownership of strategy and execution across social channels with minimal oversight. The right candidate is highly organized, performance-driven, and confident managing campaigns from planning through reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Key Responsibilities</p><ul><li>Lead social media strategy and day-to-day execution across LinkedIn and X</li><li>Manage and optimize paid social campaigns, primarily on LinkedIn</li><li>Support promotion of approximately six survey launches running from now through December</li><li>Write and schedule social posts aligned with campaign goals and brand standards</li><li>Develop creative assets using Canva or coordinate production with internal creative teams</li><li>Monitor campaign performance and make data-driven optimizations</li><li>Track, analyze, and report on campaign results, including ROI and performance insights</li><li>Partner with internal and global stakeholders to support launches and promotional initiatives</li><li>Coordinate timelines, workflows, and approvals across cross-functional teams</li></ul><p>Project Scope</p><p>This contract role will focus on executing social and paid media efforts tied to multiple survey launches over the coming months. Responsibilities include campaign planning, copywriting, creative coordination, scheduling, paid execution, optimization, stakeholder collaboration, and reporting.</p><p><br></p><p>Team Environment</p><ul><li>Collaborate with a broader global social and creative team</li><li>Work cross-functionally with editorial, product marketing, recruiting, and digital support resources</li></ul>