Project Manager ; Marketing

Salary range: $75,000.00-$82,000.00

Posting expires: 10/15/2026

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

The Project Manager I partners with Marketing leadership and team members to plan, manage, and deliver marketing, advertising, experiential, and cultural programs for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The position translates approved strategic direction and creative vision into actionable project scopes, schedules, budgets, procurement requirements, and execution plans. It manages multiple concurrent projects from initiation through closeout, coordinates internal teams and external vendors, and maintains visibility into workload, project progress, and spending.

The position supports programs that strengthen the airport brand, improve the passenger experience, engage employees and the community, and advance commercial revenue goals. Assignments may include integrated campaigns, paid advertising, digital media, concessions and parking marketing, loyalty programs, events, environmental branding, installations, and art and cultural programming. The role requires independent judgment, consistent follow-through, and the ability to resolve routine delivery issues within approved scope and authority.

Works under general supervision of Marketing leadership. Independently manages assigned projects within established priorities, budgets, and procedures. Coordinates the work of project participants and vendors; formal supervisory responsibilities apply only when assigned.

These are typical responsibilities for this position and should not be construed as exclusive or all inclusive.

• Converts approved concepts and objectives into project briefs and plans defining scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, budgets, resource needs, and measures of success.
• Manages assigned projects from planning through launch, implementation, and closeout.
• Establishes realistic schedules and tracks creative development, production, procurement, approvals, and execution against deadlines.
• Coordinates project responsibilities with team leads, confirms owners and due dates, and identifies workload conflicts, staffing gaps, or vendor needs to recommend resource adjustments and priority decisions to Marketing leadership.
• Maintains project boards in  or other approved systems, including accurate status, task ownership, schedules, dependencies, budgets, and supporting documentation.
• Leads project check-ins, documents decisions and action items, follows up on commitments, and provides concise status reports.
• Escalates risks, missed milestones, and decisions requiring leadership action with recommended solutions.
• Tracks scope changes and their effects on timing, resources, and cost; obtains required approvals and updates project plans before implementing changes.

• Tracks requisitions, purchase orders, agreements, required documentation, and approvals to support timely vendor engagement.
• Identifies procurement lead times and potential delays during project planning.
• Serves as the project contact for assigned agencies, consultants, production partners, and vendors to confirm responsibilities and schedules, monitor deliverables, and coordinate issue resolution.

• Develops and maintains project budget trackers and consolidated spending reports showing approved budgets, commitments, purchase orders, invoices, actual expenditures, forecast costs, and available balances.
• Maintains organized procurement and financial records for management review and audit support.

• Coordinates creative, digital, social, advertising, and event deliverables across internal teams and external partners, ensuring that required reviews and approvals are completed before release or implementation.
• Maintains an integrated project calendar and supports operating procedures that improve delivery consistency and accountability.
• Maintains a central repository of project records, vendor information, approved deliverables, contracts, and reusable planning materials.
• Collects performance results with team members and prepares project recaps and lessons learned.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This is a partial listing of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job…