Marketing Project Manager (Temporary)

The New York Times•New York, NY

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

The New York Times is seeking an experienced project manager for a temporary contract role within the Earned Marketing team. This role will focus on leading the coordination of earned marketing work and will report to the Director of Creative Strategy and Earned Production. The project manager will be responsible for managing a cross-functional and multidisciplinary group dedicated to building The Times's position as best in class across all products, especially The Athletic and Games. The goal is to inspire a new generation of listeners and readers to subscribe and stay engaged with our products. The project manager will manage breakthrough ideas from ideation through completion, ensuring deliverables are met within scope and budget, while upholding the highest standards of quality. This is a hybrid role based in New York City, typically requiring 3 days per week in the office. The position is a 6-month temporary assignment with the possibility of extension.

Requirements

5+ years of project management experience managing complex, multichannel marketing campaigns.
Background in advertising and PR agencies
Experience navigating the dynamics of cross-functional relationships and associated stakeholders both internally and with external partners.
Understanding of the creative, production and media process.
Understanding of the capabilities and production needs for print, digital, email, social media, video and experiential program components.
Familiarity with project management software such as Monday.com

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Coda, JIRA, Fun Retro, Confluence and other PM tool sets.

Responsibilities

Manage complex integrated projects from strategy/ideation through reporting/retrospectives, serving as the primary contact for internal teams and external agencies to ensure all deliverables and components are on track and within scope.
Work closely with marketers and other cross-functional partners to define project scope, including objectives, timing, budget (where applicable) and required approvals.
Develop and own project timelines.
Partner with creative, marketing, media, newsroom and product teams plus external agency partners from the earliest concept stage forward to ensure that the most innovative and effective processes and production methods are employed.
Monitor projects, evaluating and reporting progress and quality of work, proactively managing issue resolution, recognizing when things veer off course and escalating to senior management as necessary.
Ensure clear and frequent communication throughout project life cycle through use of email/Slack status updates, document sharing, meeting recaps, etc.
Facilitate, along with marketer and/or creative team, project kickoffs, creative reviews and work sessions.
Lead — and determine the need/cadence of — stand-ups, status check-ins and any other essential project-related recurring meetings.
Facilitate postcampaign retrospectives, along with marketer and/or program manager, to ensure continuous improvement for larger scale projects.
Research, propose and run small-scale pilots for process improvements, new tools and approaches to project development.
Help ensure brand consistency and messaging across projects.
Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.