About the role

  • Marketing Project Lead managing operational workflow for a fast-paced marketing team at American Crane. Focused on project intake, prioritization, and execution with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for incoming marketing requests
  • Ensure requests are clearly scoped with objectives, deadlines, and ownership
  • Ask the right questions upfront to avoid rework and last-minute fire drills
  • Partner with the Marketing Manager to prioritize work based on strategy, timing, and capacity
  • Own and manage the Marketing Department’s Wrike workspace
  • Create and manage projects, tasks, dependencies, timelines, and due dates
  • Monitor project status daily and proactively flag risks or delays
  • Track team bandwidth and forecast workload during peak periods
  • Provide leadership with visibility into capacity and constraints
  • Act as the communication hub between Marketing and internal stakeholders
  • Coordinate timelines and deliverables for trade shows and major initiatives
  • Document and maintain SOPs for marketing workflows and intake processes
  • Identify opportunities to streamline work and improve efficiency

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Project Management, or a related field
  • Equivalent professional experience managing complex, deadline-driven work will be considered
  • 3–5 years of experience in project management, marketing operations, or coordination roles
  • Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects without loss of quality
  • Strong proficiency with project management tools (Wrike strongly preferred; Asana, Monday.com, Smartsheet, or similar acceptable)
  • Working knowledge of marketing workflows and creative production processes
  • Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-through
  • Clear, professional written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to act as a central “hub” between teams and stakeholders
  • Comfortable holding others accountable to timelines and commitments
  • Calm, solutions-oriented, and disciplined under pressure
  • Alignment with ACECO values: professionalism, integrity, respect, and accountability
  • Formal project management training or certification (PMP, CAPM, Agile fundamentals)
  • Experience supporting trade shows, campaigns, or go-to-market initiatives
  • Background in B2B, manufacturing, industrial, or agency environments

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life insurance available day one (no waiting period)
  • Generous paid time off with rollover capability
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development support

Job title

Marketing Project Lead

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

Location requirements

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