Marketing Project Specialist

Summary/objective:   The Marketing Project Specialist drives the execution of marketing initiatives, ensuring projects move forward efficiently and goals are met. By partnering with stakeholders to gather project goals, this role translates priorities into clear plans, timelines, and actions. The Marketing Project Specialist drives day-to-day execution, maintains momentum across teams, and ensures accountability to project deadlines and deliverables. This role proactively identifies risks, addresses blockers, and supports processes that support smooth collaboration and handoffs between teams.

Expectations at Angel Studios:

• Amplify light in every action.
• As the owner of your outcomes, you are empowered to break down silos and coordinate with any and all people you need in order to reach your goals.
• You are ultimately responsible for achieving the outcomes while also using resources wisely - whether that be money, people, or time.
• Know your customer - it might be our viewers, investors, creators, or internal Angel Teams. Ensure you understand your customer and are providing what THEY need and not just what you want to build.
• You OWN the success of your team members, including hiring, onboarding, goals, performance management, raises, terminations, etc.
• Hold team members accountable to their goals - help them grow and make the most of the resources they bring. Document their performance for reviews.
• Create opportunities for team members to take initiative and ownership.
• Give consistent and timely candid feedback with compassion - your team members need to know where they stand at all times. If you find yourself doubting a team member, address it swiftly with actionable feedback.
• Contributes in a way that moves the Angel mission forward and exemplifies the team qualities required for working at Angel.
• When faced with roadblocks, mistakes or unforeseen circumstances, consistently and proactively find creative solutions and/or break down barriers to handle the challenge or complication. (Focus is on creating/building/testing/learning/resolution rather than getting stuck and identifying or placing blame).

Essential Functions:

• Own end-to-end execution and drive completion of assigned marketing projects from initiation through completion

• Partner with stakeholders to gather, document, and align on project goals and execution requirements and realign expectations proactively when scope, timelines, or priorities shift

• Translate project goals into clear plans, timelines, milestones, and actionable tasks

• Drive day-to-day project execution, ensuring teams remain on track and work progresses as planned

• Actively monitor progress, follow up on open items, and address delays or blockers to maintain momentum

• Maintain accountability for project deliverables and deadlines across cross-functional teams, ensuring clear ownership and follow - through.

• Oversee project timelines, milestones, and dependencies to ensure successful execution

• Proactively identify risks, gaps, or misalignment and take ownership of driving resolution

• Support teams in hitting project goals by setting next steps and reinforcing execution expectations, ensuring clarity on owners and action items.

• Manage and maintain project calendars, schedules, and key deadlines

• Provide clear, consistent project updates and execution status to internal stakeholders

• Communicate critical project information,  including risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations effectively, both verbally and in writing

• Collaborate with other project specialists and administrative staff to ensure operational efficiency and alignment

• Adjust plans as needed to maintain momentum, ensuring teams retain clarity on priorities and next steps through changes; suggesting process improvement as needed to ensure smooth handoffs between teams

• Capture learnings from completed projects and make them available to stakeholders and the broader team to improve future execution

Competencies:

• Excellent creative writing skills
• Capable of managing workload and prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced corporate environment
• An exceptional listener with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
• Detail-oriented perspective and able to pick up on overlooked details
• Organization and time management
• Able to maintain confidentiality of information
• Must be able to manage multiple assignments, set priorities, and adapt to changing conditions
• Resourceful and able to probl