What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advertising Project Coordinator position at MP&F Strategic Communications?
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About the Role
MP&F is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative professional to join our Advertising team as an Advertising Project Coordinator. This role is dedicated to bridging the advertising team with the rest of the agency, ensuring alignment, clarity, and efficiency across projects. You’ll play a critical part in connecting strategy, creative development, and media placement by helping teams prioritize, coordinate, and execute campaigns that deliver impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between the Advertising team and cross-functional teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment.
- Partner with creative leads, marketing strategists and media planners to determine whether placements should inform asset development—or whether existing assets should drive placement decisions.
- Collaborate with team leads to advise on schedules, dependencies, and requirements.
- Help document requirements, decisions, and processes for the benefit of both the advertising team and partner teams.
- Proactively clarify ambiguous requests and work with stakeholders to refine objectives.
- Manage deliverables and deadlines for multiple advertising campaigns. Maintain advertising projects within MP&Fs project management system.
- Contribute to a culture of collaboration and problem-solving.
Qualifications
- Degree in advertising or marketing. Internship experience at advertising or marketing agency(ies) preferred.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organization and process management skills with a focus on documentation and follow-through.
- Organized and able to manage priorities across multiple clients and concurrent advertising projects.
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and the initiative to question and improve processes.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity through collaboration.
- Knowledge of advertising workflows, including creative development and media placement, is a plus but not required.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate is someone who values collaboration, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and brings both structure and adaptability to complex projects. You’re not only organized and detail-oriented but also proactive in asking the right questions and ensuring all voices are heard.
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to shape how advertising connects with the broader business.
- Collaborative team culture that values fresh ideas and process improvement.
- Exposure to a variety of clients and cross-functional projects.
About MP&F
MP&F is an internationally recognized, full-service integrated marketing, advertising and communications firm based in Nashville, Tenn. Our clients work in a variety of industries -- including health care, hospitality and higher education. We were established in 1987 as a one-person consultancy and today are a team of 80-plus strategists and specialists from myriad professional backgrounds and walks of life. When you join MP&F, you are joining a culture of excellence, hard work and success.
Benefits and Perks
- Competitive pay and benefits including insurance, paid holidays and family leave
- Hybrid work model with generous work from home options and/or work from our 30th floor downtown Nashville home (paid parking included)
- Unique Work From Anywhere program extends travel opportunities
- A Google Partner team
- Community give-back with our company pro bono program
- Professional development and mentoring programs
- Employee-driven culture, retreats, happy hours and more have made us a 12x Top Workplace winner
