Senior Marketing Project Manager

Santa Monica, CA (Hybrid)

$100K/yr – $145K/yrSenior Level6+ years expTemporary

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own cross‑functional campaign planning and delivery with an obsession for milestones, risks, and clear status across Marketing, Creative, PR, and Development.

  • Campaign Execution: Drive end-to-end campaigns with tight ownership of milestones and deliverables.
  • Cross-Functional Orchestration: Facilitate meetings, track actions, and align stakeholders to keep launches on track.
  • Launch Readiness: Support asset development and launch planning while streamlining PM workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage the planning and execution of marketing campaigns, ensuring key milestones and deliverables are completed on time.
  • Build and maintain project plans, schedules, task tracking, and status reporting across multiple marketing initiatives.
  • Partner with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, Creative, Community, PR, and Development teams to coordinate campaign execution.
  • Identify project risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and work with stakeholders to develop solutions.
  • Facilitate cross-functional meetings, track action items, and ensure alignment across teams.
  • Coordinate with external vendors, agencies, and partners as needed to support marketing initiatives.
  • Support launch planning activities and marketing asset development for upcoming game releases.
  • Help improve project management processes, workflows, and team communication practices.
  • Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project status, priorities, and timelines.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of project management, marketing operations, production, or related experience in entertainment, or digital media, ideally at a major film studio.
  • Experience managing multiple projects and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
  • Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Asana, Monday.com, Airtable, or similar platforms.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt in a dynamic environment.

Preferred

  • Experience supporting game marketing campaigns, product launches, or live-service content initiatives.
  • Familiarity with game development and publishing processes.
  • Experience working with creative teams and marketing asset production workflows.
  • Passion for video games and interactive entertainment.
  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, project management, or a related field.
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Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.

Founded in 2010
Santa Monica, California, USA
434 employees (178 in marketing)
75% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
110K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.4%
Direct
37.9%
Referral
7.6%
Social
4.4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~434

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
87 (20% of company)
Median Career Experience
12.5 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

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