Job Information
Creative Circle, LLC Event Marketing Specialist in Abbott Park, Illinois
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Our well-known healthcare client is seeking a Marketing Specialist to support their global marketing team during a colleagues leave. This role is execution-focused and critical to ensuring continuity across marketing programs, events, and campaigns.
This role is remote from a day-to-day work perspective; however, the selected candidate must be able to pick up their equipment in either Chicago or Columbus, as laptops will not be shipped. The durations is around 6 months with possible extension.
The Event Marketing Specialist will report to the Marketing Direct and work closely with cross-functional partners to manage timelines, coordinate vendors and agencies for events, and keep initiatives moving forward in a highly regulated healthcare environment.
In order to be considered, the Event Marketing Specialist must have:
- 2+ years of experience in a marketing coordinator or marketing specialist role
- Hands-on experience supporting marketing events such as trade shows, sales meetings, etc.
- Experience working in a regulated industry (healthcare strongly preferred)
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Comfort managing multiple stakeholders, timelines, and deliverables
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Ability to execute against established strategies rather than owning strategy development
- Strong attention to detail and follow-through
- Ability to pivot quickly between projects and ramp up on new topics
Event Marketing Specialist Responsibilities:
- Support lead generation initiatives through coordination and execution
- Coordinate logistics for marketing and leadership events, including vendors, venues, agencies, and materials
- Manage timelines, task trackers, and marketing calendars to ensure on-time delivery
- Create, update, and edit marketing materials in alignment with brand and compliance guidelines
- Support campaign execution and assist with performance and metric tracking
- Act as a liaison between marketing managers, product teams, agencies, and cross-functional partners
- Assist with budget tracking, invoice processing, and marketing documentation
- Provide general marketing operations and administrative support as needed
- Support leadership meetings, sales award trips, and internal marketing initiatives as required
- Ensure all materials and activities align with brand standards and compliance requirements
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data.
Benefits
Creative Circle\'s Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignmentwork location{target="_blank" rel="noopener"}is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.\ \ Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:\ \ Email your resume in Word to:\ \ allie.gribble@jobalert.cr ativecircle.com\ **Please do NOT change the email subject line in any way. You must keep the JobID: : AG24-1982369 -- in the email subject line for your application to be considered.***\ \ Allie Gribble - Senior Solutions Delivery Recruiter\ \ For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.\ \ \ \ This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 03/31/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.\ \ Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer\ \ All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or