Marketing Project Manager

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Position Title:

Marketing Project Manager

Job Category:
Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:
Marketing Coordinator

The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh invites applications for a full-time Marketing Project Manager within the Division of University Relations and Strategic Communications. This position manages the planning, coordination, prioritization, and execution of marketing and communications projects and campaigns that support the university’s strategic goals, brand initiatives, and institutional storytelling efforts. Serving as a central operational partner across the division, the Marketing Project Manager coordinates integrated marketing initiatives from concept through completion, managing timelines, deliverables, approvals, resources, and competing priorities across creative, digital, content, social media, web, video, photography, and leadership teams.

The position also serves as the primary administrator and champion for project management and workflow systems, such as Asana, helping improve project visibility, communication, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration. The Marketing Project Manager brings strategic marketing insight to conversations with campus departments and university stakeholders, helping translate institutional priorities and objectives into effective marketing approaches and coordinated project plans. The position partners with stakeholders to understand marketing objectives, communication goals, and project requirements;

facilitates project kickoffs and status meetings; and monitors progress to proactively address risks, bottlenecks, and workflow challenges. The position identifies opportunities to streamline marketing processes, establish consistent project management standards, and improve operational efficiency, while maintaining project documentation, campaign calendars, production schedules, and reporting systems. The position also supports university-wide marketing campaigns, institutional initiatives, special events, launches, and high-profile communications projects.

Hybrid remote work may be available after the successful completion of the initial training period. Please note that the remote work policy is subject to change at the discretion of the school or university.

• Health plans, currently starting at $45 per month.
• 176 hours of vacation per year (prorated for start date).
• 36 hours of personal holiday, and 9 legal holidays (prorated for start date).
• 176 Hours of sick leave for first 18 months.
• After this period, employees can earn up to 96 hours per fiscal year.
• Accumulates without limit and does not expire.
• Paid parental leave after six months of continuous employment.
• Wisconsin Retirement System (pension) with 7.2% employer contribution for 2026.
• All employment benefits are subject to change.
• A full list of current benefits and eligibility requirements can be found on our website.

• Serves as a main point of contact and unit liaison for individuals and groups; assesses, responds to, and consults with clients about their marketing requests providing creative recommendations and solutions
• Provides management and coordination to ensure that marketing campaigns meet deadlines and stay within budget
• Provides management and coordination to ensure that marketing campaigns meet deadlines and stay within budget
• Maintains marketing account relationships, identifies opportunities to promote marketing products and services to best meet account needs and align with unit objectives and strategic initiatives
• Collects, analyzes, prepares, and summarizes data…