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Purdue University

Project Manager

🇺🇸 West Lafayette, IN

🕑 Full-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Project Management

🗓️ November 12th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Purdue University is hiring a Project Manager for its award-winning in-house marketing agency, Purdue Brand Studio. The Project Manager coordinates creative initiatives from concept to completion, managing cross-functional teams, project plans, and timelines to ensure alignment with strategic and operational goals.

Highlights
  • Oversee execution of creative projects within Purdue Brand Studio.
  • Develop and manage detailed project plans using professional tools.
  • Coordinate work of designers, writers, developers, and strategists.
  • Proactively identify risks, manage competing demands, and maintain team accountability.
  • Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, or related field required.
  • Minimum of two years managing creative projects in agency or marketing settings.
  • Strong skills in leadership, problem-solving, multi-project management, and communication.
  • Experience with Workfront software is a plus.
  • Position exempt from overtime; requires background check; no employment visa sponsorship.
  • Part of Purdue's Professional 2 pay band (S065).

Project Manager Full Description

Job Summary
Purdue University’s award-winning in-house marketing agency, Purdue Brand Studio, is seeking a skilled and driven Project Manager to help shape the creative work of one of the world’s leading universities. This is a unique opportunity to join a collaborative, high-performing team that values innovation, strategy and creative excellence in every project.

As a key member of Purdue Brand Studio, the Project Manager will oversee the successful execution of creative initiatives—from concept to completion—ensuring that project goals, tasks and timelines are met with precision. This role serves as the operational hub of the creative process, coordinating the work of designers, writers, developers and other team members while partnering closely with their team strategist. 

The Project Manager develops and manages detailed project plans using professional project management tools, defines milestones, assigns responsibilities and ensures alignment between creative, strategic and operational priorities. Acting as both facilitator and problem-solver, this individual proactively identifies risks, manages competing demands and keeps teams focused and accountable.
 
At Purdue, you’ll join a community where unrivaled pride and unlimited potential are more than just words—they’re the foundation of how we work and grow, together. If you’re ready to help build a better world through research that matters, take the next step and join us on this path.

About Us:
When you join Purdue University, you join a community that keeps moving forward. For more than 150 years, we’ve been known for not only our groundbreaking work in STEM research, but also for our collective imagination, ingenuity and innovation. 
 
For more Information about Purdue Brand Studio: https://marcom.purdue.edu/about/ 

What We’re Looking For:
Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:
  • Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or related field 
  • Two (2) years’ successfully managing creative projects or working with creative teams in an agency or marketing department setting
    Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.

Skills: 
  • Ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams and build consensus 
  • Effective management of multiple projects, teams, and priorities 
  • Strong problem-solving skills with ability to quickly develop and implement solutions 
  • Customer service orientation with a “can-do” attitude 
  • Affinity for detail-oriented tasks 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • Focus on continuous quality improvement 
  • Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with external and internal constituents 
 
Nice to Have: 
  • Experience with Workfront, especially within a creative agency environment
 
Additional Information:
  • Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position
  • A background check will be required for employment in this position
  • FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
  • Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period
 
Who We Are:
Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.

Career Stream
Compensation Information:
Professional 2
Pay Band S065
Job Code # 20003009
 
EOE
Purdue University is an EO/EA University

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