NCTV17’s Mission
To connect and inform Naperville through trusted local news and community storytelling.
The Opportunity
Naperville Community Television (NCTV17) is seeking a strategic, creative, and digitally focused marketing professional to serve as our next Digital Marketing Manager.
As Naperville’s only nonprofit, community-centered news source, NCTV17 provides free, accessible local journalism that keeps residents informed, connected, and engaged. This is an opportunity to shape how one of Naperville’s most trusted organizations reaches audiences across digital platforms and throughout the community.
Reporting to the Executive Director and working closely with the Director of Advancement and editorial teams, the Digital Marketing Manager will lead NCTV17’s digital marketing strategy while executing the day-to-day work that grows audience awareness, strengthens the brand, and supports programming, sponsorship, fundraising, and events.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys both strategy and execution. On any day, you might analyze campaign results, optimize website content for search, write a compelling LinkedIn post, create an Instagram Reel, launch a digital advertising campaign, or help extend the reach of an important local story.
The ideal candidate is an exceptional writer with strong visual instincts, technical marketing skills, curiosity about what is changing in the digital landscape, and an innovative approach to reaching audiences.
What You’ll Do
- Lead NCTV17’s marketing strategy and calendar across programming, fundraising, sponsorship, events, and community initiatives.
- Serve as steward of the NCTV17 brand, ensuring clear, consistent, high-quality marketing across all platforms.
- Create written and visual content, including email newsletters, website copy, social media campaigns, presentations, marketing materials, and short-form video.
- Manage NCTV17’s social media, email marketing, search, paid digital advertising, Google Business Profile, and Google Ad Grant.
- Manage and optimize the NCTV17 website in WordPress, including SEO and coordination with outside web partners.
- Monitor Google Analytics and audience data to measure results, identify opportunities, and improve performance.
- Partner with editorial teams to extend the reach of NCTV17 content while respecting the integrity of an independent, unbiased news organization.
- Bring curiosity and innovation to identifying new tools, platforms, formats, and ways to reach audiences.
The Ideal Candidate Brings
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, strong visual judgment, and an eye for effective digital storytelling.
- Experience creating and executing integrated digital marketing campaigns.
- Working knowledge of WordPress, SEO, Google Analytics, Google Ads, email marketing, Canva, and social media scheduling platforms such as Hootsuite.
- Strong organizational skills, initiative, creativity, sound judgment, and attention to detail.
- A genuine interest in local journalism, community storytelling, and building meaningful connections with audiences.
- An appreciation of the responsibility of marketing a trusted, unbiased local news organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Journalism, Business, or a related field.
- Three to five years of professional experience in digital marketing, communications, or audience development, ideally in a media agency, publishing, or content-driven environment.
- Google Analytics and Google Ads certification is a plus.
Location
Full-time position based in Naperville, Illinois. This role is primarily in-office to support collaboration with our team, with flexibility for remote work as appropriate.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range is $46,000 to $50,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications, along with a competitive benefits package.
- Single-person health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 12 days PTO, plus 5 sick days, 2 personal days, and 10 company holidays
- SIMPLE IRA with company match up to 3%
Apply
To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and work samples or portfolio to work@nctv17.org. Please include “Digital Marketing Manager” in the subject line.
NCTV17 provides an equal employment opportunity and a harassment-free work environment. All employees, full-time, part-time, or contract, must comply with the equal employment opportunity and harassment policies. All employment and compensation with NCTV17 is “at will,” which means employment can be terminated with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, at the option of either NCTV17 or yourself, except as otherwise provided by law.