Multi-Channel Marketing Director

CNA

Chicago, Illinois

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
A/B Testing, Adobe Product Family, Alliance/Partner Management, Budget Management, Business Journalism, Business-to-Business (B2B), Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing, Cadence, Campaigns, Channel Marketing, Channel Strategies, Clean Technologies, Content Development, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Data Cleaning, Email Marketing, Insurance, Leadership, LinkedIn, Marketing, Marketing Automation Software, Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategy, Online Marketing, Outbound Marketing, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Property and Casualty Insurance, Regulations, Salesforce.com, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Technical Operations, Testing, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Web Analytics
LOCATION
Chicago, Illinois
POSTED
2 days ago

You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there. At CNA, we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important, ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential. 

The Director of Multichannel Marketing manages the strategy, execution, and optimization of channel marketing strategy, with a focus on email and social media marketing programs. This role is a critical driver of CNA's brand presence and business growth, building scalable, data-informed campaigns that reach our audiences across the full lifecycle.

The person will bring deep expertise in B2B marketing automation, social media strategy, and marketing analytics, along with the leadership presence to influence cross-functional stakeholders

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

Channel Strategy and Leadership

  • Oversee the development and optimization of external communications across email, social media, paid/earned channels, and external campaigns, ensuring a consistent brand voice across all touchpoints.
  • Manages CNA’s end-to-end email marketing strategy, including audience segmentation, campaign design, content development, and performance optimization to increase engagement and conversion.
  • Advances CNA’s social media strategy across paid, organic, and employee advocacy programs, driving increased visibility, engagement, and brand advocacy while enabling targeted business unit activation.
  • Champion a culture of testing and iteration, building a structured A/B and multivariate testing cadence and striving to grow and continuously improve our channel strategy
  • Manages agency partners and vendor relationships to ensure scalable, high-quality, and cost-effective execution across external communications initiatives.

Analytics, Technology & Governance

  • Owns the toolset for email and social channels, serving as the internal subject matter expert and primary admin for Adobe Marketo Engage (Marketo), Litmus, Zerobounce, Hootsuite, and LinkedIn Campaign Manager.
  • Define KPIs and reporting frameworks for external communications, leveraging data and insights to continuously optimize performance and demonstrate impact across channels.
  • Partner with Marketing Operations and Technology to maintain clean data flows between Marketo and the CRM (Salesforce preferred), ensuring contact record integrity and compliant data use.
  • Leverage web analytics tools to track campaign attribution, landing page conversion, and multichannel touchpoint data.
  • Evaluate and recommend new tools and technologies that improve workflow efficiency, personalization capabilities, or measurement maturity.

May perform additional duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship

Typically reports to AVP or above.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  • Deep understanding of email marketing regulatory landscape.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with marketing automation platforms (e.g., Marketo), including segmentation, campaign management, and performance tracking.
  • Deep expertise across paid, owned, and earned media, including social, email and digital channels within a B2B environment.
  • Collaborate closely with business-facing marketers, creative leadership, and the external agency to integrate multichannel programs into broader campaign plans.
  • Present channel strategy, performance results, and investment recommendations to senior marketing leaders and internal stakeholders.
  • Experience establishing KPIs, analyzing performance metrics, and using insights to refine strategies and improve outcomes.
  • Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and dependencies.
  • Experience leading external partners to deliver high-quality, scalable outcomes while managing budgets effectively.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Journalism, Digital Marketing or related field/discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 7–10 years of progressive B2B marketing experience, with at least 4 years owning email and/or social media strategy at a program or channel level.
  • Property & Casualty insurance industry preferred but not required
  • Certifications/ credentials (one or more preferred but not required): Marketing Automation Certification (e.g. Marketo Certified Associate/Expert). Hands-on experience with a CRM platform, Salesforce preferred and a clear understanding of the Marketo-CRM data relationship. Demonstrated experience with Litmus or equivalent email testing/deliverability tools. Experience with Google Tag Manager for marketing tracking and attribution.

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In certain jurisdictions, CNA is legally required to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. In District of Columbia,California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois,Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Washington,the national base pay range for this job level is $97,000 to $189,000 annually. Salary determinations are based on various factors, including but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. CNA offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals.  For a detailed look at CNA’s benefits, please visit cnabenefits.com.


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About the Company

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CNA

CNA's approach to research is a modern iteration of the Newtonian principle that complex, dynamic processes are best understood through direct observation of events and people. That was the methodology CNA analysts first applied in the 1940s when they pioneered the field of operations research by helping the Navy address the German U-boat threat. Not content to study the problem from afar, this small group of MIT scientists insisted on deploying with Navy forces in order to observe operations and collect the data needed for meaningful analyses. Their groundbreaking work, and the anti-submarine warfare equations it produced, set a standard for operations research methods that CNA has maintained for 75 years. Today, with more than 500 professionals at our headquarters and 50 researchers in the field, CNA still takes a multi-disciplinary, real-world approach to our work. On-site analysts carefully observe all aspects of a process—people, decisions, actions, consequences—and then collaborate with a headquarters-based research team to assess data and arrive at findings. CNA's objective, empirical research and analysis helps decision makers develop sound policies, make better-informed decisions, and manage programs more effectively. Our work, which in its early decades focused solely on defense-related matters, has grown to include investigation and analysis of a broad range of national security, defense, and public interest issues including education, homeland security and air traffic management. Through our Center for Naval Analyses and Institute for Public Research, we provide public-sector organizations with the tools they need to tackle the complex challenges of making government more efficient and keeping our country safe and strong.
COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1940
WEBSITE
https://www.cna.org/