Senior Project Manager (Digital Marketing)

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

$90K/yr – $110K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 10 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end project management for integrated marketing programs, aligning cross-functional teams to client briefs and delivering on time and within scope.

  • Own timelines and briefs in collaboration with account leads
  • Coordinate resources across digital, creative, and content deliverables
  • Mitigate scope changes and manage budgets and SOWs

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Integrated Oversight : Manage the intersection of account ownership and production to ensure seamless delivery.
  • Client Communication : Act as the owner for timelines and brief needs, maintaining strong trust through consistent communication in collaboration with account leads.
  • Strategic Consulting : Articulate strategic plans and consult with clients and internal leads at a high level while ensuring deliverables such as designs, copy, and strategies align with agreed-upon briefs.
  • Quality Assurance : Ensure all deliverables meet client goals, company standards, and specific quality requirements for integrated marketing, content, and creative deliverables.
  • Process Development : Contribute to the development of templated processes, including project kickoffs, scoping, resourcing, and contract management in collaboration with finance and agency leadership.
  • Creative Operations: Support in streamlining creative workflows, optimizing internal production pipelines, and refining the handoff process between creative, account teams, and clients.
  • Resource & Staffing : Take ownership of project staffing and act as the gatekeeper of team priorities to ensure teams are never over-extended.
  • Workflow Management : Implement consistent project management processes across multiple concurrent workstreams, ranging from digital and social to video and other integrated marketing assets.
  • Change Management : Lead operational execution and manage scope change requests in collaboration with account leads to prevent project derailment.
  • Budgetary Control : Manage project-specific budgets, develop detailed Statements of Work (SOWs) and navigate the budget-setting process in support of account lead negotiations.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of project management experience in an agency environment, with a proven track record of leading multiple concurrent, complex, and highly visible projects.
  • Deep experience running diverse project types, including digital marketing, creative and content deliverables,
  • Ability to think on your toes and find resourceful solutions to problems without heavy oversight.
  • Ability to develop new execution processes aligned to best practices in areas where they may not already exist.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Exceptional ability to coordinate across functions and practices to deliver effective content marketing strategies that meet client business objectives.
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workflows across multiple time-zones.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

Preferred

  • Certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP) or CAPM is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with merit-based opportunities for growth
  • Flexible hybrid work model tailored to your schedule and lifestyle
  • Generous vacation policy, including extended summer and winter breaks
  • Early log-off on Fridays through our Empower Hours program
  • 401(k) plan with employer matching
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA options
  • Paid parental leave benefits
  • Commuter benefits
  • Annual Growth Mindset stipend for books, events, or learning experiences
  • Monthly technology reimbursement
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Highwire is a strategic marketing communications agency built at the intersection of innovation and industry.We help ambitious brands navigate complexity, lead markets, and grow with purpose. With integrated capabilities across strategic marketing communications, creative, and insights, we bring clarity where there’s noise – and influence where it matters most.Our team operates at the speed of change, delivering bold ideas and measurable impact across B2B tech, healthcare, cybersecurity, energy, financial services, and beyond.Whether you’re preparing for IPO, entering a new market, or reshaping your category, we’re the partner that helps you rise above.Highwire. Above all.

San Francisco, California, USA
184 employees (40 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
38.4%
Direct
41.9%
Referral
6.3%
Social
11.6%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~184

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
33 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
8.5 years
Median Tenure
2.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Sep 2022
    Private Equity

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