Marketing Project Manager (Sports and Culture Campaigns)

Stand Together • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps changemakers address major challenges across areas such as education, the economy, broken communities, and division. It provides partners with funding, thought leadership, peer networks, and guidance for applying proven principles to transform lives and society.

The Marketing Project Manager supports sports and culture campaigns within MarComms, working with the marketing and communications team to operationalize and implement strategic marketing campaigns across Stand Together’s sports and culture partnerships. The role oversees cross-functional work across content, video, design, development, paid media, social, and web. It provides visibility into program health, proactively identifies risks, and surfaces prioritization and resourcing challenges to support successful outcomes.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of project management experience working with stakeholders and varied teams, such as creative, development, and production.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, including the ability to set deadlines, manage logistics, and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• A track record of delivering projects successfully under tight deadlines.
• Experience coordinating multiple external agencies, including shared timelines, interdependent deliverables, and accountability across teams.
• Experience managing complex reviews and approvals and navigating stakeholder relationships across internal teams, leadership, and external partners.
• Attention to detail and the ability to maintain a broader perspective.
• Superior 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 to oversee project progress across teams.
• Enthusiasm for Stand Together’s vision and principled approach to solving problems, and commitment to stewarding its culture, including values of 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 the ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage cross-functional sports and culture marketing projects across 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 foster collaboration across internal and external teams, coordinate the right audiences, and identify cross-team risks.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations; proactively manage scope changes, risks, and issues and propose solutions.
• Coordinate multiple external agencies working on the same initiative, aligning responsibilities, timelines, deliverables, and handoffs with agencies and 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 adoption and improvement of project management processes, tools, and templates to improve efficiency, visibility, and accountability.
• Balance workload in a fast-paced creative environment and proactively address challenges to keep projects moving forward.

Benefits

• 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting.
• Flexible time off.
• Comprehensive health and dental plans.
• Wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace.
• Competitive salaries and bonus opportunities.
• A growth-oriented, non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop, and apply their talents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed