Marketing Coordinator (Emerging Markets)

Accel Entertainment • Burr Ridge, IL

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Accel Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a Marketing Coordinator, Emerging Markets, to lead marketing initiatives in its newest and fastest-growing sectors, with a primary focus on the Chicago market. This role reports directly to the Senior Market Manager of New and Emerging Markets. The Marketing Coordinator will work alongside the marketing lead to bring campaigns to life by developing creative assets, driving community and stakeholder outreach, coordinating vendors, and ensuring programs are executed with precision and brand integrity. This is a hands-on, high-impact, and highly collaborative role for someone who thrives on building. The work involves partnership with cross-functional teams, operations, data, design, and external vendors. The position offers the opportunity to be on the ground floor of Accel’s expansion into emerging markets, gaining broad, hands-on, cross-functional experience across creative design, communication, community relations, events, and analytics. As the Chicago market matures, the role will broaden to support additional emerging markets. This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious, early-career marketer looking to grow within Accel Entertainment's fast-paced, regulated industry.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of professional experience in marketing, communications, or a related field.
• Relevant internships and project work count toward the experience requirement.
• Familiarity with gaming, hospitality, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
• Prior experience supporting events or vendor coordination is preferred.
• Exceptional copywriting skills with the ability to craft compelling internal and external communications.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects and tight deadlines simultaneously.
• Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or a design-adjacent background is preferred.
• Ability to build performance tracking tools and report on campaign metrics.
• A genuine passion for cross-functional teamwork and engaging the right partners for better results.
• A proactive, self-starting approach with comfort taking initiative in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable sharing early, partial work for refinement and iterating quickly based on feedback.
• Ability to act as a central connective link to keep diverse internal and external teams aligned.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with gaming, hospitality, or another highly regulated industry is preferred.
• Prior experience supporting events or vendor coordination is preferred.
• Experience with Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, or a design-adjacent background is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain brand standards by creating sales decks, one-pagers, handouts, and signage mockups aligned with typography, color, and layout guidelines.
• Manage asset workflows by coordinating internal feedback cycles and routing creative assets to the design team for final refinement and approval.
• Drive diverse outreach by building relationships with location owners and community partners using culturally resonant, multilingual materials.
• Coordinate the review and localization of translated materials with native-speaker reviewers.
• Develop licensing decks, segment-specific handouts, and field-visit collateral to accelerate the sales pipeline.
• Oversee production vendors by sourcing and coordinating with print, signage, video, and fulfillment vendors to secure quotes and track timelines.
• Manage project delivery by ensuring all outsourced marketing collateral is delivered on time and within budget.
• Track campaign metrics by maintaining performance tracking tools and direct mail reports.
• Synthesize data insights by turning campaign performance data into clear, actionable insights for future initiatives.
• Write compelling copy for clear, on-brand internal and external communications, including emails, announcements, and campaign messaging.
• Execute field activations by leading logistical coordination for company events from initial planning through on-site execution.
• Align internal partners by partnering with sales, operations, data, and design teams to keep marketing initiatives strategically aligned.
• Foster team-first execution by sharing work early to proactively loop in the right partners for stronger project outcomes.
• Act as a connective link to ensure all stakeholders are equipped with the information and tools needed to execute on time.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life, AD&D, critical illness, and hospital insurance
• Short and long-term disability
• Identity/legal protection
• FSA and HSA accounts
• Traditional and/or Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering counseling for mental health, finances, adult care, disability, and grief.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level