POSITION SUMMARY

The Marketing Project Manager is responsible for overseeing, managing, and tactically guiding project management for the Marketing and Community Engagement department. Working together with the department director and the entire marketing team, this highly organized individual plays a pivotal role in operationalizing the organization’s marketing strategy in alignment with business goals. This individual will manage all marketing projects – overseeing, tracking, and reporting on the status and success of departmental workflows and priorities. Daily and weekly, to support both departmental and organizational objectives, this individual will clarify workload and project progress, ensuring initiatives and workflows are effectively implemented.
This role is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of internal and external marketing projects, activating and managing new projects, engaging positively with stakeholders both within and beyond the organization, overseeing daily and weekly task delegation, leading SOP creation and management, supporting digital asset organization, and maintaining and socializing various brand health measurement dashboards that provide insight into how department is tracking against annual, quarterly, and monthly goals – across all areas of focus, campaigns, and projects.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Five plus (5+) years of experience in marketing project management or marketing operations.
• PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Background in both B2C and B2B environments preferred.
• PR or Advertising agency experience preferred.
• Experience working in-house at a Matrix organization, leading a Project Management Office (PMO) or working a part of a larger PMO preferred, but not required.
• Expert-level proficiency with project management and workflow tools (e.g., Asana, Monday, CoSchedule, Planner, Smartsheet, etc.) – building GANTT charts.
• Experience managing digital asset libraries and organizing complex content archives.
• Best-in-class data analysis and report building skills using Excel (e.g. pivot tables, formulas, dashboards).
• Familiarity with creative production workflows and content calendars.
• Skilled at AI prompt engineering and using AI to drive efficiencies & quality control.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and presentation tools.
• Familiarity with and effective at using tools such as Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite (preferred, not necessary).
• Exceptional organizational skills and impeccable detail orientation.
• High level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication.
• Proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across diverse teams.
• Valid Arizona Driver’s License and current insurance
• Ability to perform a variety of assignments requiring considerable exercise of independent judgment

• Support strategic initiatives and provide operational support as needed.
• Contribute to cross-functional planning meetings and retrospectives.
• Represent the department in internal meetings and vendor communications
• Other duties as requested or assigned