<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 an <strong>Event and Design Manager</strong> to join a lean, fast-paced team and take ownership of event coordination, creative production, and audience engagement initiatives. </p><p>This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys wearing multiple hats and is eager to build experience across events, design, newsletters, and social media.</p><p>This position is evenly split between <strong>coordination and production</strong>, making it ideal for a well-rounded professional who can confidently manage logistics while also delivering strong creative support.</p><p><br></p><p>In this role, you will lead and support a variety of marketing and event-related initiatives, including:</p><ul><li>Coordinate key events, including venue sourcing and event logistics</li><li>Design event materials such as invitations, name tags, and other branded collateral</li><li>Manage basic CRM-related tasks to support event planning and outreach</li><li>Create social media posts to promote events and expand audience engagement</li><li>Build and maintain newsletter templates and help grow newsletter presence</li><li>Support miscellaneous print and digital design projects as needed</li></ul>
<p>We are seeking a <strong>Contract Agency Marketing Strategist</strong> to support a <strong>new business pitch tied to a prospective client opportunity</strong>. This role is ideal for a strategic marketer with strong agency experience, a sharp business development mindset, and deep <strong>shopper/trade marketing expertise</strong>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Be Doing</strong></p><ul><li>Lead and develop marketing strategy for a new business/pitch opportunity</li><li>Bring senior-level strategic thinking to pitch development and business development efforts</li><li>Partner closely with creative, account, and cross-functional agency teams to shape pitch materials and recommendations</li><li>Translate client business challenges into clear, insight-driven marketing strategies</li><li>Contribute to the development of strategic positioning, messaging, and go-to-market thinking</li><li>Help craft persuasive pitch storytelling rooted in strong marketing fundamentals and trade/shopper expertis</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p>We are looking for experienced hotel architecture/design and hotel MEP Engineering Consultants to support a global hotel organization. This Contract position(s) is ideal for a hospitality-focused candidate with strong expertise in hotel architecture, design standards, or building systems engineering who can bring structure to complex technical documentation. The role centers on evaluating large volumes of standards content, improving its organization and usability, and helping prepare it for migration into a modern platform while maintaining technical accuracy and consistency. The ideal consultant will combine strong hotel subject-matter expertise with excellent document analysis skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and comfort leveraging AI tools to accelerate content review, refinement, and recommendations. </p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Examine existing hotel standards and technical specifications stored in document-based formats and determine how they should be organized for improved usability.</p><p>• Convert complex, inconsistently structured content into a standardized Excel master file that supports accurate tracking and future platform integration.</p><p>• Analyze standards documentation to identify duplication, obsolete references, conflicting direction, and areas requiring clearer language.</p><p>• Contribute to the migration of standards content into a new technical platform by preparing, validating, and structuring information appropriately.</p><p>• Apply hospitality architecture, design, or engineering knowledge to verify that requirements are practical, current, and aligned with hotel operations.</p><p>• Recommend revisions that strengthen standards quality, reflect present-day industry practices, and support efficient hotel development and maintenance.</p><p>• Use AI-enabled tools to accelerate document review, summarize technical content, and improve the clarity and consistency of specifications.</p><p>• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across design, engineering, and project teams to preserve content integrity throughout the review process.</p><p>• Establish organized documentation methods, naming conventions, and taxonomy structures to improve standards management across the hotel portfolio.</p><p>• Maintain disciplined version control and detailed records to ensure accuracy, traceability, and consistency across large data sets.</p>
We are looking for a Product Manager to lead discovery and delivery efforts for software solutions that improve how work gets done in complex, real-world environments. Based in Chicago, Illinois, this role focuses on learning directly from users in the field, shaping practical product decisions, and guiding solutions from early insight through launch and adoption. The ideal candidate combines strong qualitative research capabilities with product ownership, technical fluency, and the ability to drive measurable outcomes in ambiguous client settings.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Conduct field-based research to understand operational workflows, user behaviors, and pain points, then translate those insights into clear product direction.<br>• Define and prioritize product initiatives by balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility in partnership with engineering teams.<br>• Lead product work across discovery, prototyping, implementation, and post-launch adoption to ensure solutions deliver meaningful results.<br>• Build trust with frontline and non-technical users to gather honest feedback and encourage successful adoption of new tools and processes.<br>• Facilitate discussions with client stakeholders, delivery teams, and leadership to align on priorities, solution design, and expected outcomes.<br>• Create structured models, requirements, and product plans from qualitative findings to support effective execution and roadmap decisions.<br>• Partner with engineers to evaluate tradeoffs, clarify scope, and identify practical uses for automation within operational workflows.<br>• Design pilot programs, phased launches, and enablement approaches that support behavior change and long-term product success.<br>• Maintain and refine product backlogs, track issues, and support Agile delivery practices using tools such as Jira.<br>• Contribute to repeatable product and research methods that strengthen how teams deliver solutions over time.
<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 skilled Project Manager/Sr. Consultant to join our team in Chicago, Illinois. This is a long-term contract opportunity ideal for an individual who thrives in dynamic environments and has a strong background in IT project management. The role involves overseeing complex projects and ensuring their successful execution while collaborating with cross-functional teams.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead change management efforts across all phases of application projects, ensuring smooth transitions and successful outcomes.<br>• Oversee project timelines, deliverables, and budgets to align with organizational goals.<br>• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope and objectives, ensuring all requirements are met.<br>• Utilize Agile Scrum methodologies to manage and track project progress effectively.<br>• Implement and maintain project management tools, such as Atlassian Jira, to enhance workflow and communication.<br>• Manage risks and issues proactively, providing solutions to keep projects on track.<br>• Facilitate regular meetings and status updates to ensure transparency and alignment among team members.<br>• Ensure compliance with certification standards and organizational policies.<br>• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure seamless integration of Workday or similar systems.<br>• Provide expert guidance and mentorship to team members to foster growth.
We are looking for an experienced Project Coordinator to join our team in Chicago, Illinois. This is a long-term contract position that requires a proactive individual to manage diverse responsibilities, including application oversight, vendor relations, and business communication. The ideal candidate will possess a balanced combination of technical insight and business-facing acumen, ensuring smooth operations and collaboration across teams.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage day-to-day application oversight and ensure functionality across platforms such as Salesforce, Juniper, and NetSuite.<br>• Coordinate with vendors and third-party application managers to address operational needs.<br>• Facilitate communication between business teams and technical teams to bridge gaps and align priorities.<br>• Perform quarterly audits and assist with break/fix troubleshooting tasks.<br>• Address Zendesk tickets weekly, with an average volume of 10–15 tickets.<br>• Handle license provisioning and support ongoing BI/reporting implementations.<br>• Assist with periodic application reviews and ensure compliance with operational standards.<br>• Provide light project management oversight, collaborating with entry level PMs on tracking and tactical tasks.<br>• Adapt quickly to reduced team capacity and manage a wide range of responsibilities effectively.<br>• Work on-site four days a week in a hybrid environment, ensuring hands-on support and coordination.
We are looking for an Email Marketing Manager to lead targeted digital outreach efforts for a Long-term Contract opportunity in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. This role will focus on building effective email strategies, producing compelling campaign assets, and partnering with internal stakeholders to deliver high-impact communications. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with email marketing platforms, strong design awareness, and the ability to manage campaigns within the Salesforce platform.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Create and oversee email marketing initiatives from planning through deployment, ensuring messages align with business goals and audience needs.<br>• Collaborate with internal teams to gather campaign requirements, refine messaging, and coordinate timely execution.<br>• Develop visually engaging email layouts that support brand standards and improve recipient engagement.<br>• Use email marketing platforms to build, schedule, test, and launch campaigns with accuracy and attention to detail.<br>• Manage campaign activity within the Salesforce platform, maintaining organized workflows and reliable audience targeting.<br>• Monitor performance metrics such as open rates, click-through rates, and conversions to identify opportunities for improvement.<br>• Apply testing and optimization methods to strengthen campaign effectiveness and enhance overall results.
<p>We are seeking a Trade Show Coordinator to be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all aspects of the clients participation in trade shows and industry events, typically held at convention centers or hotels. This role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple events and deadlines simultaneously. The role ensures venues are prep3ared, logistics are managed, marketing materials are handled, and audio/visual and display equipment are properly shipped and set up. The primary goal of this role is to increase brand visibility, generate qualified leads, and maximize return on investment from event participation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>· Manage the full lifecycle of trade show participation, including planning, budgeting, on‑site execution, and post‑event analysis.</p><p>· Coordinate schedules, deadlines, and deliverables across multiple trade shows and industry events.</p><p>· Coordinate booth registration, booth space reservations, and ordering of required services such as electrical, internet, and furniture.</p><p>· Arrange shipping and tracking of booth materials, display equipment, product samples, and marketing collateral to and from events.</p><p>· Manage vendor relationships and negotiate contracts with booth builders, shipping providers, and promotional suppliers.</p><p>· Handle physical event activities including walking event floors, set‑up/breakdown support, and lifting materials up to approximately 20 lbs.</p><p>· Develop and submit abstracts for speaking engagements at conferences.</p><p>· Research speaking engagement deadlines and conference opportunities.</p><p>· Collaborate with Hexmodal and other strategic partners.</p><p>· Identify additional trade show or speaking opportunities for consideration.</p><p>· Plan and execute hosted dinners or ancillary events tied to major conferences such as PDC and the Facilities Innovation Conference.</p><p>· Develop and manage trade show budgets, tracking all event‑related expenses.</p><p>· Process invoices and reconcile costs to ensure alignment with approved budgets.</p><p>· Partner with marketing and sales teams to develop booth messaging, graphics, and promotional materials.</p><p>· Manage inventory of marketing collateral and giveaways.</p><p>· Oversee lead capture processes and ensure qualified leads are delivered to sales teams for follow‑up.</p><p>· Conduct post‑event debriefs with internal stakeholders.</p><p>· Analyze event performance and ROI, including lead generation metrics and cost‑per‑lead.</p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $85,000-$95,000 and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected]</em></p><p><br></p><p>We are offering an exciting opportunity in CHICAGO, Illinois, for a Project Accountant to join our team. This role is vital within our organization, focused on maintaining and reconciling accounting records, managing both Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR), and ensuring the accurate completion of month-end close procedures.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Job Responsibilities:</strong></p><p>• Overseeing the accurate and timely processing of AP and AR</p><p>• Conducting regular bank reconciliations to maintain financial integrity</p><p>• Ensuring all general ledger entries are accurate and up-to-date</p><p>• Completing month-end close procedures in an organized and timely manner</p><p>• Leveraging accounting software such as NetSuite, Oracle, QuickBooks, and SAP to streamline processes</p><p>• Regularly reviewing and updating customer credit records</p><p>• Addressing and resolving customer inquiries and concerns related to their accounts</p><p>• Monitoring customer accounts and initiating appropriate actions when necessary</p><p>• Managing and maintaining accurate customer records</p><p>• Processing customer credit applications efficiently and accurately.</p>