Project Manager [SK-12789]

About the role

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to delivering impactful online experiences through cutting-edge digital content and optimization. As a partner with Aquent, we’re seeking innovative talent to drive our mission forward, contributing to a vibrant digital landscape that engages and informs our audience. In this pivotal role, you will manage a cross-functional team, driving the creation and optimization of high-volume digital content that directly impacts audience engagement and overall digital footprint.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end execution of a massive content overhaul, ensuring seamless handoffs across writers, quality assurance/fact-checkers, legal, and editors.
• Drive accountability across multi-stream content outputs, including:
  • Scaling long-form Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) article production from 15 per month to 15+ per week.
  • Overseeing the overhaul of hundreds of web pages, adding FAQs, updating content descriptions, and refreshing metadata.
  • Managing video editing production workflows for testimonial and explainer content.
• Track bandwidth, balance workloads, and oversee deliverables for a team of external and internal contractors (writers, editors, motion editors).
• Standardize review processes, ensuring critical content updates are flagged for legal or stakeholder review when necessary.
• Maintain clear project status tracking, proactively unblock team members, and keep leadership updated on timeline adherence and deliverable milestones.

Requirements

• 4+ years of project management experience within a marketing agency, in-house creative department, or digital media environment managing large-scale content projects.
• Demonstrated history of managing large-scale web operations, multi-writer content pipelines, or digital site refreshes (handling hundreds of pages/deliverables simultaneously).
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with high autonomy and multiple shifting priorities.
• Hands-on experience with project management platforms (e.g., Asana, Jira, Trello, ClickUp), Microsoft Teams/Office 365, and AI-assisted workflows or content generation tools.
• Exceptional organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Background in industries with strict compliance/fact-checking needs, such as education, healthcare, or other complex, regulated sectors.
• Familiarity with modern content strategies, including Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) content structures.

Benefits

• Health benefit contributions.
• Retirement plans with match.
• Flexible spending accounts.