Project Manager - Marketing & Creative Operations
Location: Buffalo, NY
Department: Marketing
Type: Full-time
Reports to: Assistant Creative Director
Salary: $60,000–$70,000/year
About Azuna
Azuna is a fast-growing DTC air freshener brand revolutionizing indoor air care with natural alternatives to conventional air fresheners, odor eliminators, and cleaning products. Powered by 100% pure Australian tea tree oil, our formula neutralizes odors from mold, mildew, fungi, and bacteria at the source through natural airflow and evaporative diffusion. Our products are phthalate-free, paraben-free, vegan, cruelty-free, and made in America — and we're scaling fast across paid social, web, and direct channels.
About the Role
Azuna is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Project Manager to join our marketing department. This role is the operational backbone of our creative function, ensuring that projects move smoothly from initial brief to final delivery. You'll coordinate across creative, digital, strategy, and product teams, keeping timelines, workloads, and deliverables on track while building the systems that allow a high-output team to do its best work.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the day-to-day workflow of projects across multiple departments, ensuring deadlines and milestones are consistently met
- Serve as the primary point of contact between internal teams (creative, strategy, digital, product development) and external partners
- Develop, manage, and monitor project schedules, resourcing, and deliverables from kickoff through delivery
- Facilitate project kickoffs, stand-ups, and status meetings to ensure team alignment and clear ownership
- Monitor workloads, assign tasks, and balance priorities across the team — proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks before they affect delivery
- Manage the feedback and revision loop between creative, brand, and channel owners, keeping rounds tight and decisions documented
- Oversee asset organization, naming conventions, and handoff to media buyers, email, and site teams
- Maintain and continuously improve project management systems, tools, and intake processes for efficiency
- Coordinate freelancer and vendor relationships, including scopes, timelines, and deliverable tracking
- Support leadership in capacity planning, forecasting, and resource allocation
- Track creative performance inputs — surfacing what's in test, live, or retiring — to help the team iterate faster
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Project Management, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5-7+ years of experience in project management, traffic management, or creative/marketing operations
- Strong understanding of marketing, creative, and digital production processes, including paid social workflows
- Proficiency with project management software such as Asana, Workfront, or Monday.com
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven problem-solving ability with a calm, solutions-first approach under pressure
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced D2C environment where priorities can shift quickly
Nice to Have
- Experience working in an agency or in-house creative team
- Familiarity with Meta ad workflows and paid social performance metrics
- Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar design tool environments
- Background in CPG, home, or lifestyle brands
- Exposure to AI-assisted production workflows (image generation, copy assistance, etc.)
- Experience managing freelancer or vendor networks
Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Buffalo, NY 14203
