Marketing Project Manager (Sports and Culture Campaigns)

Stand Together•Arlington, VA

11d

About The Position

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps changemakers address major societal challenges by providing resources such as funding, thought leadership, peer networks, and proven approaches. The Marketing Project Manager supports sports and culture campaigns within MarComms, working with the marketing and communications team to operationalize and implement strategic campaigns across Stand Together’s sports and culture partnerships. The role oversees cross-functional projects across channels and disciplines, including content, video, design, development, paid media, social, and web. As a strategic partner, the manager provides visibility into program health, identifies risks, and surfaces prioritization and resourcing challenges to support successful outcomes. The position also helps improve how the team operates and delivers value through effective marketing strategies.

Requirements

At least 4 years of project management experience working with stakeholders and teams such as creative, development, and production.
Strong organizational and planning skills, including setting deadlines, managing logistics, and coordinating multiple projects simultaneously.
Track record of delivering projects successfully under tight deadlines.
Experience coordinating multiple external agencies, including shared timelines, interdependent deliverables, and cross-team accountability.
Experience managing complex reviews and approvals and navigating relationships across internal teams, leadership, and external partners.
Attention to detail combined with the ability to maintain a broader perspective.
Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
Working knowledge of industry best practices, project management software such as Workfront or Asana, and project management methodologies.
Understanding of creative, editorial, web content, and marketing deliverable lifecycles.
Enthusiasm for Stand Together’s vision and principled approach to solving problems, and commitment to its culture and values, including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience working within a PMO environment.
Experience navigating ambiguity and seeking knowledge in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
A solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to think ahead, solve problems, engage proactively, and take initiative.
Leadership presence and ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

Manage cross-functional sports and culture marketing projects spanning content, creative, analytics, research, and digital marketing, ensuring deliverables are on time, within scope, and aligned with strategic goals.
Apply project management practices and tools to support collaboration across internal and external teams, bring the right audiences together at the right time, and identify risks proactively.
Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations; manage scope changes, risks, and issues; and propose solutions to keep projects on track.
Coordinate multiple external agencies working on the same initiative, aligning responsibilities, timelines, deliverables, and handoffs with internal teams.
Manage complex review and approval processes involving internal stakeholders, leadership, agencies, and external partners; consolidate feedback, clarify decision-making responsibilities, and facilitate timely decisions.
Provide stakeholders with regular updates on project status, milestones, and blockers.
Support the adoption and improvement of project management processes, tools, and templates to enhance efficiency, visibility, and accountability.
Balance workload in a fast-paced creative environment and proactively address challenges to keep projects moving forward.