Marketing Project Manager

Who we are

Motto® is a leading brand strategy and innovation firm specializing in positioning, scaling, and reinventing companies in the tech space. We partner with leadership teams to steer brand strategy, innovation, and transformation projects with clients including Google, Andela, Impel, Hershey, Goodnotes, Klaviyo, CloudBees and more. Through our proprietary Ideas Worth Rallying Around® methodology, Motto® aligns vision, culture, and brand to drive impact.

About the role

Motto® is looking for a Marketing Project Manager with a digital-first mindset, exceptional organizational skills, and a deep understanding of modern agency marketing. This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of creative execution and operational excellence.

As our Marketing Project Manager, you'll lead and coordinate a wide range of our internal marketing initiatives—from digital campaigns to content production, social to SEO, website to awards submissions. This role reports to our Sales & Marketing leader and works closely with the founders to execute high-impact initiatives across modern marketing channels. You’re a systems thinker, a proactive doer, and a seasoned project manager who keeps the trains running on time across multiple disciplines and teams.

Key responsibilities

• Project Scoping

• Integration of outside resources 

• Project management

• Capacity prediction and resource management 

• Quality control

• Budget management

• Create and manage a forward-looking marketing calendar

• Set measurable objectives

Oversee the execution of

• AdWords / paid media

• SEO & blog content

• Website updates and launches

• Social media, video and motion content

• Press and award submissions

• Case studies

• Motto merch store

• Founders' special projects involving personal websites/books/press/thought leadership

Project oversight

• Oversee the end-to-end management of multiple projects

• Oversee resource allocation, project scheduling, and personnel utilization.

• Lead internal onboarding and briefs to align team on project vision/scopes.

• Monitor progress, anticipate risks, and implement solutions proactively.

• Lead weekly marketing meetings and report on initiatives

• Define success metrics and track performance across initiatives

• Provide regular status updates and conduct post-mortem reviews for continuous improvement.

Team collaboration

• Ensure cross-functional teams are aligned on objectives, timelines, and deliverables.

• Resolve project challenges efficiently to minimize disruptions.

• Lead project kickoff meetings, status updates, and retrospectives.

Who you are

• A razor-sharp project manager with 10+ years of experience managing creative and marketing initiatives

• Strong digital marketing knowledge across paid media, content, SEO, and web.

• Confident managing multiple stakeholders and freelance talent at once

• Operate with deep work ethic, attention to detail, and pride in execution

• Thrive in a fast-paced, creatively driven environment with shifting priorities

• Highly responsive, think in bulleted lists, and can summarize and retain information extremely well

• Strategically-minded and able to lead a sharp meeting with confidence

• Comfortable working autonomously while staying tightly aligned with team goals

• Must have experience with Figma, Basecamp, Runn.

• You plan, manage, and handle details in a way that lets others focus.

What we believe in

We’re not just looking for skilled people—we’re looking for people who can add to our culture and shape the way we work. If you see yourself in these, you’ll thrive with us…

• Do Big Things: We dare to create big ideas, make big leaps, and take big risks.

• We Before Me: We work as a team to get the best from each other. No one can move a mountain alone.

• Great, Not Good: We are obsessed with excellence and refuse to accept mediocrity.

• Radical Candor: We recognize conflict as a healthy and valuable tool that makes us more innovative and collaborative.

• Play Offense: We spend as much time as possible doing and as little time as possible talking about doing.

• Glass Half Full: We stay positive, bring out the best in others, and focus on solutions. Energy is contagious, and we take responsibility for the energy we bring.

Availability

This is a full-time, 1099 contract remote role with the potential for W2 if you are based in New York, Texas, or South Carolina. Availability during core hours (8 AM–6 PM EST) is important for team collaboration.

*Motto runs on EOS® (Entrepreneurial Operating System). Bonus if you have EOS® experience.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We actively encourage everybody to bring their full selves to work. Join our team and feel welcome regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, or other experiences.