Marketing Project Manager

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. 

The marketing project manager is a member of the marketing operations team. They function as a key point-person for managing project timelines, resource allocation, ensuring projects are executed on time and within scope. They have a grasp of the marketing and advertising

production lifecycle for web, email, social, print, and digital advertising deliverables and can easily speak to production needs, project goals and overall marketing strategy. The marketingproject manager will manage projects from initiation to completion, providing project direction and daily prioritization tasks to a large team of copywriters, designers, developers, and brandmanagers.

This role reports to Executive Director of Marketing Operations and is located in Chicago, offering a hybrid work environment with a minimum of 3 days required in the office every week and additional days as business needs arise.

Core responsibilities:

• Is adept in simultaneously managing multiple short and long-term marketing projects from inception to completion
• Leads project meetings, distributing key information in advance, keeping the team focused on rapidly shifting priorities, and outlining next steps in a clearly and concisely
• Partners with client-facing marketing managers to assess client needs and deliverables and ensure project expectations are met
• Obtains and compiles all necessary production specifications and requirements at the onset of the project
• Develops project timelines, contingency plans, and manages timeline based on scopechanges, business and client priorities and resource allocation
• Identifies potential risks and and scope creep; proactively works to mitigate these risks, communicate and accommodate changes when needed
• Proactively communicates project status, project milestones and obstacles to team leadership on a regular basis
• Initiating, coordinating, and enforcing policies and procedures to ensure appropriate staff are engaged throughout various stages of the project
• Assists with training team members in the department workflow process

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years professional work experience in marketing project management
• Able to self-manage and prioritize daily work with limited direction
• Deadline-driven, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
• Exceptional organizational skills and a strong attention to detail
• Clear and concise oral and written communicator
• Ability to use creative thinking to identify and solve problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively between different disciplines (development, creative, marketing, admissions, etc.) and personality types
• Experience with a project management software such as Workfront, Jira, or Smartsheets
• Experience working collaboratively with an IT/technology team to establish and maintain systems and their requirements

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in higher education, direct-to-consumer marketing, or advertising agency
• Experience with Workfront (or similar project management platform)
• Experience working with a large creative team (10+)
• Experience collaborating with a cross-functional team, including tech and client services
• Experience simultaneously managing multiple projects for a large portfolio of clients
• Experience working with SEO/SEM and digital advertising properties
• No PMP certification is required, but some level of formal training in PMI or other project management methodologies is a plus

About Everspring 

Everspring is a leading provider of education technology and service solutions. Our advanced technology, proven marketing approach, research-based instructional design services, and robust faculty support deliver outstanding outcomes for our university partners, powering their success online. Everspring offers a range of full-service turnkey solutions, as well as standalone single service offerings, and innovative self-service products that enable universities to establish and maintain themselves as leaders in the digital delivery of education.  

Based in Chicago, Everspring serves a growing number of colleges and universities. Built In Chicago has named us one of the "Best Places to Work" in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025. We were also certified as a Great Place To Work® in 2022, 2023 and 2024. We offer benefits that include hybrid work arrangement, parental leave, health insurance, FSA, HSA dental, short-term and long-term disability, 401k with an employer match vested immediately, a generous PTO plan that accrues with tenure, professional development, paid parental leave program, tuition reimbursement program, pet insurance and more!   

EEO Note: 

Everspring is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Everspring makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.