Project Manager, Marketing

Primary Responsibilities

- Lead integrated marketing campaigns and creative projects from kickoff through final delivery, defining scope, objectives, timelines, dependencies, deliverables, and success criteria.

- Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders across Marketing, Creative, Editorial, Production, and other cross-functional teams.

- Manage the concepting, development, production, and delivery of marketing campaigns and creative assets across digital and social channels.

- Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, and resource plans while balancing competing priorities, team capacity, and deadlines.

- Identify project risks, roadblocks, and changing requirements early, proactively adjusting plans and driving timely resolutions.

- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, freelancers, vendors, and agency partners while maintaining alignment on scope, timing, budget, and deliverables.

- Coordinate project kickoffs, planning meetings, and creative reviews; prepare agendas, document action items, and communicate decisions and next steps.

- Manage project intake and daily workflows, using dashboards, status reports, and AI-assisted tools to monitor progress, forecast timelines, and support prioritization decisions.

- Route creative assets through required reviews and approvals, maintain quality and brand standards, prepare a daily hot sheet, and organize files for easy access and reuse.

Experience & Requirements

- 3+ years of experience in marketing operations, account management, project management, or a comparable role.

- Agency project management experience strongly preferred.

- Background in Project Management, Business, Marketing, or a related field.

- Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

- Demonstrated success meeting deadlines and keeping cross-functional projects on schedule.

- Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to communicate information clearly, concisely, and accurately under tight deadlines.

- Exceptional organization, prioritization, multitasking, and attention to detail.

- Experience using project management software and related workflow tools.

- Interest in or familiarity with the political and editorial news landscape is a plus.