Marketing Lead

Overview

Resource Innovations is seeking a Marketing Lead to join our growing team in Chicago, IL to support the planning, management, and execution of integrated marketing programs for utility clients and energy transformation initiatives. This role serves as a key day‑to‑day partner to clients, program teams, and internal marketing resources, helping ensure marketing campaigns and projects are delivered on strategy, on time, and with measurable impact.

Resource Innovations (RI) is a women‑led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we’re constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges – load flexibility, electrification, and carbon reduction.

• Serve as a day‑to‑day marketing contact for assigned clients, helping facilitate seamless program, campaign, and project management.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, internal stakeholders, and program teams through proactive communication and responsiveness.
• Develop a strong understanding of client goals, program objectives, customer audiences, and market dynamics.
• Support the development of strategic recommendations, marketing plans, presentations, and points of view.

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of integrated marketing initiatives including email campaigns, paid media, digital marketing, events, website projects, and print/digital collateral.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and workflows across multiple concurrent projects.
• Partner with internal teams to define project scope, deliverables, priorities, and resource requirements.
• Manage project budgets, scopes of work, schedules, and deliverables to support successful program execution.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with client objectives and marketing strategies.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks, dependencies, and potential roadblocks.
• Manage project workflow utilizing the project management system.

• Lead status meetings and project discussions with clients and internal teams.
• Present recommendations, project updates, campaign results, and performance insights in a clear and professional manner.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of client goals, key performance indicators, and business metrics.
• Help teams identify opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement based on performance data and market insights.

• Coordinate efforts across Account Management, Creative, Web Operations, and external partners to ensure successful project delivery.
• Maintain visibility into project status, timelines, budgets, and resource needs across assigned accounts.
• Support quality assurance processes and help ensure deliverables meet client expectations and program requirements.
• Collaborate with team members to improve workflows, processes, and ways of working.
• Contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture focused on accountability, quality, and continuous learning.

Resource Innovations is a women‑led energy transformation firm focused on impact. Building on our expertise in energy efficiency, we’re constantly expanding our portfolio of clean energy solutions to guide utilities through increasingly complex, connected challenges – load flexibility, electrification, and carbon reduction.

Resource Innovations is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, marital status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. In addition to federal law requirements, Resource Innovations complies with applicable state and local laws governing non‑discrimination in employment in every location in which the company does work.

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