Senior Marketing Project Specialist

TrueNorth is seeking a Senior-Level Marketing Project Specialist to join our team in Cedar Rapids, IA or Des Moines, IA.This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong project management experience paired with a solid background in marketing. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, expert coordinator, and proactive problem-solver who thrives on managing complex, multi-faceted initiatives from start to finish. You’ll drive critical marketing projects forward while aligning execution with broader business objectives. At TrueNorth, we live by our core values of Exceptionalism, Collaboration, and Resourcefulness—enthusiastically serving our clients, colleagues, and communities. Our ideal candidate is hungry, humble, and smart.

About TrueNorth Companies

Our clients face great risk and big opportunities. They seek leadership, integrity and real results. For twenty years, TrueNorth has met our clients' needs by providing innovative strategies and a personal connection to those we serve. Our integrated platform of risk management, employee benefits and personal financial strategies creates a multifaceted approach to address today's ever-changing complexities. Come join our amazing team!

What TrueNorth Offers

TrueNorth offers a lineup of excellent benefits to all full-time employees, including:

• Annual Bonus
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k with Company Contributions
• Responsible Time Off (RTO)
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Company-paid Life and Disability Coverage
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Donation Match Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program with Financial Incentives/Discounts
• Hybrid Work Schedule
  
  

The Senior Marketing Project Specialist is responsible for planning, leading, and executing complex marketing projects and campaigns across the organization. You’ll serve as a bridge between the Marketing Team and business units, using project management best practices to ensure alignment, accountability, and delivery. This role is heavily project-focused and requires someone with deep experience managing timelines, priorities, and cross-functional collaboration in a marketing environment.

Essential Job Functions

• Manage marketing project intake by assessing new requests, defining project scope, and coordinating team assignments to ensure smooth project execution.
• Lead large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects and initiatives, overseeing requirements gathering, decision capture, task assignment, and overall coordination to meet project goals.
• Collaborate with marketing leadership on project prioritization, governance, and resource management, including analyzing team capacity and recommending adjustments to improve efficiency.
• Ensure successful project outcomes by adhering to project management best practices, coordinating across teams, and tracking progress to meet key milestones.
• Maintain real-time dashboards and project management reports to monitor team capacity, project risks, deadlines, and task completion, ensuring timely updates for stakeholders
• Identify process inefficiencies and recommend solutions to streamline marketing workflows, reduce operational bottlenecks, and improve scalability and performance.
• Partner cross-functionally with sales, service, and Servco teams to align marketing initiatives with business objectives, ensuring broader organizational support.
• Develop and manage marketing project timelines for initiatives, campaigns, and ongoing projects, ensuring resource allocation is efficient and deadlines are consistently met.
• Act as a key liaison between clients and internal teams, providing regular project status updates, managing client expectations, and addressing concerns or scope changes.
• Analyze project status and key performance indicators, adjusting project scope, resources, and schedules to optimize outcomes and ensure the project meets objectives.
• Report project outcomes, risks, and updates to leadership, escalating potential risks or obstacles as necessary to maintain project momentum and alignment.
• Ensure all marketing efforts adhere to TrueNorth Way and brand identity guidelines, maintaining consistency and compliance across all projects and campaigns.
  
  

Credentials

• A two-year degree or certificate is required; A four-year degree in a business-related field or equivalent work experience preferred
• 5-7 years of project management, event planning or similar experience preferred, minimum of 4 years required
• Prior experience in the marketing or creative industry required
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and basic PowerPoint functions
  
  

Skills

• Strong attention to detail, maintaining confidentiality and professionalism in all interactions.
• Client-focused with excellent communication skills, ensuring clear updates and high service levels.
• Ability to follow through on commitments and manage multiple projects with innovative thinking.
• Proficient in project management, meeting deadlines, managing time, and driving team collaboration.
• Self-motivated and proactive, taking initiative and adapting to dynamic environments.
• Strong time management and teamwork skills, prioritizing tasks and collaborating to meet objectives.
  
  

Why TrueNorth?

We are a company focused on developing our people and growing the business. We offer a competitive benefit package, wellbeing programs and incentives, and a positive work culture.

TrueNorth is honored to be recognized by the Corridor Business Journal as one of the Coolest Places to Work!

Click here to view a video about TrueNorth's Core Values & what they mean to us.

TrueNorth makes all employment-related decisions on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need, and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any other category protected local, state or federal laws.

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