Senior Specialist, Marketing Project Management

Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.

Job Summary

The Senior Specialist, Marketing Project Management plays a key role in managing the workflow and resource coordination for marketing production projects and small-to-mid-sized campaigns. This position supports both short- and long-term projects by creating, scheduling, and resourcing projects, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, and proactively addressing project risks. The Senior Project Specialist serves as a subject matter expert on project management tools, drives task accountability, and supports reporting and process documentation efforts.

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

• Leads the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple mid- to large-sized creative production projects simultaneously such as paid media/social assets, landing pages/organic site updates, and development of print assets and other marketing collateral, as well as small- to mid-sized program launches ensuring they are completed on time and within scope

• Collaborates with low- to mid-level stakeholders across marketing teams to identify dependencies and triage any risks and issues

• Monitors resource capacity of creative resource teams and utilizes creative problem solving to unblock teams; works with project management leaders to prioritize projects as necessary

• Coordinates retrospective meetings and contributes to process improvements

• Utilizes available project management tools to track project timelines, deliverables, and risks

• Assists project managers with planning and execution of tasks for larger initiatives, providing necessary support to ensure project success

• Supports departmental process optimization and documentation efforts; Evangelizes improvements through team

• Additional Position Responsibilities:

  • Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies

  • Perform other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

• Education: Completion of a bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Project Management, Communications, or related field.

• Experience:

  • A minimum of 2-5 years of intermediate experience in project or program management.

  • Experience managing web site and digital marketing projects.

  • 1+ years of experience working in Higher Education, Creative Agency, and/or Online Program Management (OPM) company is preferred.

• Licenses & Certifications: Project management certification (CAPM, PMP, etc.) is preferred.

• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Teams

  • Ability to effectively interact with a variety of teams (creative, UX, development, scrum masters, project managers, product marketers) at all levels of management within a department (specialist, manager, director, VP)

  • Proficiency with sophisticated project management tools and with Adobe Workfront.

  • In-depth understanding of web project workflows, terminology, etc.

  • Strong understanding of integrated marketing strategies, including SEO, UX, digital, traditional, email, and social media

  • Strong project management, organizational, task, and time management skills, with the ability to plan workflows and allocate resources effectively.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.

  • Experienced in risk management, strategic problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration, with a focus on data analysis and process optimization.

  • Proven ability to work independently in a global remote environment while effectively managing multiple priorities and competing deadlines.

  • A quick learner who is innovative, proactive, flexible, and adaptable, with a natural curiosity and a solutions-oriented mindset.

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