For over 10 years, Proximity Learning has been making it easier for districts to connect their students with the teachers they deserve. Removing unnecessary barriers between students and teachers through our live-streaming virtual classroom and enabling young learners to receive a more equitable education is our passion. 

Proximity Learning has won several awards, including Austin's Most Innovative Company Award, and made Austin Business Journal's annual Fast 50 list.

We are looking for a:

Marketing Project Manager

Terms of Employment: Full Time

POSITION SUMMARY: 

• Energetic, organized, creative Marketing Project Manager to help Proximity Learning generate memorable, impactful, and industry-changing content. 
• Leads the exploration, evaluation, and planning of each project in collaboration with Marketing & Communications staff, as well as with individual clients. 
• Developing and training the team to create a high-performing unit while managing the project budget and delivery plans. 
• Establishes project scope by identifying key objectives, milestones & affiliated tasks, as well as the overall lifecycle for each project. 
• Collaborates on individual tasks with project leads; coordinates with functional teams and vendors (e.g. PR agency) to identify requirements and parameters; enters each project into the project management system (ClickUp) and CRM tool (HubSpot) and tracks accordingly. 
• Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation.
• This is a new role and will give you the autonomy to project manage marketing activities such as content strategy, branding, social media, blog posts, event materials, video concepts, webinars, email, etc. 
• You will hold the keys to every asset that reaches prospective school districts, teachers, and current partners. 
• Excellent time management and organizational skills. Superb interpersonal, communication, creative problem solving, understanding of customer lifecycles, campaign messaging tracks, and how to connect with a wide range of educational contacts.
• Passion and experience in the education space (K-12) are a big plus. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

This list of Essential Duties and Responsibilities is not exhaustive and may be supplemented. 

• Ownership of projects and deliverables. 
• Monitors project progress; tracks action items; reviews milestones and adjusts accordingly. 

• Significant experience in managing the end-to-end cycle of marketing projects, including budgeting, planning, leading project teams, and working with internal and external agencies. 
• Facilitate collaboration with different stakeholders with varied perspectives to effectively understand our customers and their pain points.
• Understand the importance and tactics of strategic SEO.
• Ensure that SMART objectives, KPIs, and analytics are in place for all functions of the marketing team.
• A positive approach to problem-solving and a strategic approach with the ability to plan short, medium, and long term. 
• Persistence and professionalism. Ability to jump right in, analyze our current content landscape and devise a plan of action.
• Absorb our product and competitive knowledge quickly. Passion for educational equity.
• Experience managing projects and teams remotely and onsite.