Campus Relations & Events Associate

CTC Lateral - Website & LinkedIn; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is seeking a Campus Relations & Events Associate to run our campus events and partnerships.

You will manage relationships with career centers and student organizations, coordinate info sessions and events, and help build a strong presence on target campuses with a team-first, collaborative approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (all majors and concentrations welcome).
• 1+ years of experience in campus recruiting, recruiting coordination, or event planning.
• A natural relationship-builder who builds credibility quickly with students, student org and career centers.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; able to manage multiple schools, events, and partners simultaneously.
• A team-first mentality and collaborative approach.
• Proficient in tracking event and partnership metrics and using data to evaluate what worked.
• Minimal travel required; experience with an ATS (Greenhouse a plus).

Responsibilities

• Own and grow CTC's relationships with career centers and student organizations across target campuses.
• Serve as primary contact for student organization partnerships and sponsorships; negotiate terms and maintain relationships year-round.
• Track relationship health and engagement across schools; flag opportunities or gaps.
• Identify and develop new partnership opportunities across target campuses.
• Coordinate and run campus events calendar: info sessions, coffee chats, trading competitions, office visits, and Super Day support.
• Project-manage event logistics end-to-end with venue/vendor coordination and on-site staffing.

Skills

Relationship-building

Event planning

Time management

Data tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Greenhouse ATS

Job description

Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across derivatives exchanges worldwide - making them fairer, more transparent, and more efficient.

We strive to be the most innovative firm in the industry today, tomorrow, and long into the future while upholding ethical excellence. We believe that CTC makes a positive impact on the markets, the lives of our employees, and all the communities to which we belong. Started in 1995 by a team of forward-thinking Traders, we are proud to call ourselves an industry leader that keeps making markets and each other better.

THE ROLE

CTC's Talent Acquisition team is growing, and we're adding a Campus Relations & Events Associate to execute our full calendar of campus-related events.

You’ll be the person who keeps CTC's relationships with career centers, faculty, and student organizations active year-round, and who runs the full mix of events - office visits, campus info sessions, and virtual events - that put CTC in front of the right students at the right time. Like everyone on our campus team, you'll be team-first: this role isn't limited to what's listed below, and we're looking for someone who jumps in wherever the team needs a hand.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

University Relations & Partnerships

• Own and grow CTC's relationships with career centers and student organizations across our target campuses - you're the familiar, trusted face they hear from consistently, not just during peak season.
• Serve as CTC's primary point of contact for student organization partnerships and sponsorships, negotiating terms and maintaining the relationship year-round.
• Track relationship health and engagement across schools and flag opportunities or gaps to the Campus Recruiter and Campus Program Manager.
• Identify and help develop new partnership opportunities across target campuses - new student organizations, academic departments, or affinity groups where CTC doesn't yet have a presence.

Event Execution

• Coordinate and run CTC's campus events calendar - info sessions, coffee chats, trading competitions, office visits, and Super Day support - handling everything from planning logistics to day-of execution.
• Track and manage metrics for each event (attendance, pipeline generated, conversion) and run post-event lookbacks, sharing what worked and didn't work with the team to improve future events.
• Project-manage event logistics end-to-end: venue/vendor coordination, materials and swag, travel, and on-site staffing - partnering with the Recruiting Coordinator where scheduling overlaps and making sure every event runs without a hitch.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree (all majors and concentrations welcome)
• 1+ years of experience in campus recruiting, recruiting coordination, or event planning
• A natural relationship-builder who builds credibility quickly with students, student org anization leaders, and career centers
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; able to manage multiple schools, events, and partners simultaneously
• A t eam - first mentality
• Proficient and c omfortable tracking event and partnership metrics and using data to evaluate what worked and didn't work
• Minimal travel required
• Experience working with an ATS, preferably Greenhouse, a plus

Compensation

The salary range for this role is listed below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. The discretionary bonus will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications, and firm performance.

Salary Range

$85,000 - $85,000 USD

Most teams at CTC, with the exception of Trading, follow a hybrid workplace model, subject to change based on business need.

Our Benefits

We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families so we offer outstanding benefits to support you both professionally and personally. These benefits include generous time off, insurance coverage, paid parental leave, free breakfast and lunch (plus healthy snacks, of course), wellness reimbursement, and a variety of other benefits focused on providing the best employee experience.

(Disclaimer: interns and contractors are not eligible for benefits at CTC)

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At CTC, we aim to cultivate a workplace that celebrates diversity and each person feels included, engaged and empowered. Where each of us feels we belong. We are committed to having a diverse workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. CTC does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodatio