Communications Coordinator

The mission of the Chicago-based Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) is to enable the financial services industry and its potential partners to profitably meet the short- and long-term financial service needs of the underbanked so the underbanked can fully engage in the financial system and prosper.

A significant part of CFSI's work is to promote the potential of the underbanked market and successful strategies for reaching those consumers to the financial services industry. We do this by speaking at industry conferences, writing articles in trade publications and serving as an expert for various media writing about the issue. We also provide access to our publications and learning internally. Finally, we use a variety of methods and measures to track our impact in order to share with stakeholders the CFSI story. The Communications Coordinator will be responsible for managing these and other activities

Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Coordinate key external communications channels, including conferences, media, website, newsletter;  
• Organize and coordinate CFSI-sponsored conferences and meetings;  
• Manage tools for sharing information internally;  
• Create, update and manage CFSI marketing materials;  
• Develop and manage tools to track CFSI outputs/impacts, and assist in managing funder/stakeholder reporting requirements;  
• Manage relationships with external vendors and subcontractors;  
• Serve as CFSI's in-house writer.

Skills/Qualifications/Experience:

• Superior writing and oral communication skills. Significant writing, public relations, communications, trade association or event planning background preferred;  
• Basic financial services industry knowledge and/or experience preferred;  
• Entrepreneurial: must be comfortable in a start-up situation;  
• Self-starter: can take a project from idea to execution;  
• Team player: feels comfortable working closely with teammates;  
• Personable: enjoys interacting with others, both internally and externally;  
• 3-5 years of work experience preferred;  
• Bachelor's degree required.

To Apply:

Please send your resumes, with a writing sample,via email andinclude "communications coordinator" in the subject line.