Project Manager, Digital Marketing (Contract)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for integrated marketing initiatives across paid media, owned channels and content production, translating marketing priorities into clear project plans, timelines and deliverables.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, coordinating dependencies across each to ensure content and creative development, stakeholder approvals, activation and execution are seamless.
• Serve as the central source of truth for project status; proactively identify risks and bottlenecks, drive resolution and ensure stakeholders understand upcoming milestones, decisions and actions required.
• Manage workflows supporting paid and owned media campaigns, coordinating across internal stakeholders, media agencies, creative partners and other external vendors to ensure deliverables and approvals remain on track.
• Hold internal teams and external partners accountable to agreed deliverables and deadlines while maintaining productive working relationships.
• Serve as the central project management point of contact for assigned initiatives, connecting Marketing, Communications, Legal, agencies, business stakeholders and other partners as needed.
• Facilitate project kickoffs, working sessions and status meetings, establishing clear objectives, responsibilities, decisions, actions and follow-ups.
• Gather feedback from stakeholders and communicate clearly to agency partners; oversee change implementation.
• Provide concise, credible updates to stakeholders, highlighting progress, upcoming milestones, risks and decisions required.
• Manage changes to scope, timing and requirements, ensuring implications are understood and reflected in project plans.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in marketing project management, digital marketing, integrated marketing, content production, program management or a related field, ideally within financial services, professional services or another complex or highly regulated organization. Agency experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated marketing campaigns involving paid media, owned channels, content and creative production.
• Strong understanding of marketing and campaign development workflows, including briefing, creative development, stakeholder review, approvals, activation and reporting.
• Experience coordinating agencies, creative teams, media partners and multiple internal stakeholders across complex projects.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage detailed project plans, timelines, dependencies and approval processes across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex project information into clear actions, decisions and status updates.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly as business needs change.
• Proactive problem solver who anticipates risks, brings structure to ambiguity and drives accountability without relying on formal authority.
• Sound judgment on when to resolve issues independently and when escalation is required.
• Collaborative working style and ability to build strong relationships across functions, levels, agencies and geographies.