Project Management Specialist - Marketing

Risepoint is an education technology company that provides world-class support and trusted expertise to more than 100 universities and colleges. We primarily work with regional universities, helping them develop and grow their high-ROI, workforce-focused online degree programs in critical areas such as nursing, teaching, business, and public service. Risepoint is dedicated to increasing access to affordable education so that more students, especially working adults, can improve their careers and meet employer and community needs.

Job Summary:

The Project Specialist leads the day-to-day coordination of creative projects that support paid media and social campaigns. This role owns intake, scope, timelines, approvals, and QA for channel-ready deliverables (e.g., Meta/Google/TikTok/LinkedIn ads, short-form video, display, landing page variants). Partnering closely with channel managers and creative, the Specialist keeps work moving, removes blockers, and continuously improves workflows to accelerate growth outcomes.

The Specialist, Marketing Project Management works under the direction of Senior Project Managers and Project Managers, collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders and production teams to ensure timely and efficient delivery of creative assets.

The Marketing Project Management team drives operational excellence through rigorous project oversight, collaboration across teams, and optimization of marketing workflows. This team leads the execution of complex marketing campaigns that support our University Partner and company goals, brand integrity, and business performance.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead creative project plans for paid/social campaigns: define scope, milestones, dependencies, asset matrices (sizes/variants), and critical path; maintain timelines and status. Manages other marketing projects and/or production requests as needed.
• Intake & prioritization: manage request intake, validate briefs (objective, audience, channel, specs, success metrics, etc) and manage prioritization process with Channel leadership.
• Monitors resource capacity of creative resources.
• Coordinates workflow and resource scheduling for Paid channel creative asset production and flags capacity issues to leaders when assistance is needed to unblock teams.
• Cross-functional coordination: Run standups/check-ins with creative and channel managers; capture decisions, owners, and next steps.
• Utilizes available project management tools to track project timelines, deliverables, and risks
• Risk/issue management: Identify blockers early (capacity, approvals, dependencies), escalate appropriately, and drive mitigations.
• Reporting & retros: Track cycle time, on-time rate, rework/defect rate, and stakeholder satisfaction; facilitate retros and implement improvements.

• Additional Position Responsibilities
  • Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications:

• A completion of a bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Project Management, Communications, or related field is required.
• Experience:
  • 1-3 years of experience in professional project coordination or management with direct responsibility for creative production supporting paid media and/or social campaigns.
  • 1+ years experience working in Higher Education, Creative Agency, and/or Online Program Management (OPM) company.
  • 1+ years of experience managing website and digital marketing projects.
  • Preferred: Exposure to ad-platform specs (Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn), social content production, and landing-page/test variant workflows; experience partnering with ad ops/trafficking.
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Interest in pursuing Project Management Certification
  • Project management certification (CAPM, PMP, Agile, etc.)
• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
  • Strong organization skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Teams
  • Task and time management
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Creative (design/copy/video), Channel Managers (paid search/social/programmatic) and Integrated Marketing Managers.
  • Strong verbal and written communication
  • Data accuracy and documentation
  • Workflow and resource planning
  • Risk management and strategic problem-solving
  • Proficiency with sophisticated project management tools
  • Proficiency with Adobe Workfront
  • In-depth understanding of web project workflows, terminology, etc.
  • Ability to work independently in a global remote environment
  • Strong understanding of integrated marketing strategies, including SEO, UX, digital, traditional, email, and social media
  • Ability to multi-task and juggle competing priorities
  • Quick learner, innovative, proactive, flexible, curious, and adaptable
  • Strong analysis, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

#LI-AD1

Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.