Marketing Project Manager (Contract)

About the role

Liquid I.V. is seeking a Project Manager for a 3 - 6 month contract. You're a hands-on delivery PM who knows how 360 campaigns come together and gets up to speed quickly. You'll pick up an established book of in-flight work and keep it moving, managing 360 brand campaigns from start to finish.

For the length of the contract, the in-flight projects are yours: you'll also keep the vertical's packaging artwork, lifestyle photo shoot, retail execution, partnerships, and digital asset tactical workstreams moving, so working experience in each is a must. Then, you'll hand it back cleanly when the PM returns.

Campaign Delivery

• Manage 360 brand campaigns start to finish within your owned project vertical, from brief intake through launch and wrap.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams across Brand, Creative, Media, Retail, Production, and agency partners, keeping scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables clear.
• Build and manage project timelines in Wrike, keeping all workstreams visible, current, and flagged when at risk.
• Act as a day-to-day PM contact for any and all agency partners on campaign development and production timelines.
• Run kickoffs, briefings, reviews, and status meetings, capturing decisions and next steps and following through on them.
• Flag risks, blockers, and scope changes early so they're resolved before they affect delivery.

Brand & Creative Project Delivery

• Track deliverables across 360 campaigns - video, photography, digital, social, retail, and print - so every asset is accounted for and delivered on time.
• Keep packaging artwork timelines moving, with a working understanding of dielines, print production stages, approvals, and vendor handoffs.
• Move retail execution forward, including PDP (Product Detail Page) asset timelines across retailer and DTC channels, keeping deliverables on spec and on schedule.
• Keep partnership projects on track by coordinating timelines, approvals, and deliverables with partner and internal teams.
• Move digital asset tacticals along - routing requests, tracking approvals, and keeping deliverables on schedule.
• Partner with Creative and Production leads to keep a clear view of asset status and delivery across all active projects.

Coverage & Handoff

• Ramp quickly on the project vertical you're covering, picking up in-flight campaigns, timelines, and stakeholder relationships with minimal disruption.
• Keep campaign stakeholders informed through the transition so work continues without gaps.
• Work alongside the PM team to align on process, shared resources, and dependencies across verticals.
• Prepare a clear handoff at the end of the contract - status, open items, and key decisions - so the returning PM can pick up seamlessly.

Tools & Process

• Use Wrike as the PM team's system of record, keeping project data clean and accurate.
• Maintain status views for your owned projects and share regular updates with your manager and campaign stakeholders.
• Contribute to campaign wrap-ups, capturing what worked and what to improve.

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience in a brand marketing, in-house creative, or agency environment; consumer goods or CPG experience preferred.
• Hands-on experience managing 360 campaigns from brief to launch.
• Working experience moving packaging artwork, retail execution (including PDP assets), partnerships, and digital asset tacticals - you know how each workstream runs and what it takes to keep it on schedule.
• Proficiency in Wrike or a comparable PM platform.
• Experience working with agency partners from the client side and keeping agency deliverables on schedule.
• Quick to ramp - comfortable picking up in-flight projects and getting productive fast.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple workstreams at once.
• Clear, proactive communicator - comfortable in creative reviews, status meetings, and stakeholder updates.
• Comfortable with pace and shifting priorities; you take initiative and follow through.
• A collaborative team player who builds trust quickly with cross-functional partners.
• Available for a 3 - 6 month contract engagement.

Work Environment

• This role is HYBRID office environment (El Segundo) 2 days in office with flexibility for industry events. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Pay and benefits

The compensation band for this position is $45 - $65/ hour. The exact salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal company equity, and budget. The listed range is applicable only to the annual base salary and does not include additional perks, benefits, or applicable bonus eligibility comprising the total compensation package.

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