The Sr. Coordinator, Marketing Special Projects is a member of the Marketing Special Projects team, and is primarily responsible for supporting cross-functional project management efforts that facilitate key stakeholder alignment and drive successful execution of MLB Marketing’s strategic priorities. This role will also provide project management support for marketing elements of MLB-wide initiatives.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• 4 year degree from an accredited university in marketing, advertising, communications, business, or related field and 2+ years experience in marketing or related functional area, OR equivalent relevant experience

• Project management experience preferred

• Proficiency in Excel + PowerPoint (Google Docs/Sheets)

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Conducting Core Work Activities

• Provides cross-functional project management support by:
  • Organizing and facilitating project team meetings
  • Monitoring objectives and deliverables of the project team
  • Coordinating Managing timelines to ensure project remains on schedule
  • Updating stakeholders on project status
  • Escalating needs for leadership support
• Tracks progress against project team objectives and performance goals
• Summarizes notes and actions of project teams and communicates to team members to ensure clear ownership of tasks and project responsibilities
• Recommends ways to standardize metrics/reporting for updating business leaders and stakeholders
• Facilitates information sharing, collaboration, and coordination across groups
• Provides input/feedback/recommendations into new processes, standards or plans in support of the business
• Supports projects to build fan-facing Club experience, implementation insights, and reference materials (eg, MLB x Club Strategic Priorities Working Groups)
• Provides project management support to League-wide projects as needed

Supporting the Needs of Stakeholders

• Executes against project plans to ensure timely and accurate completion of assigned tasks
• Collaborates with manager and stakeholders to support business needs
• Generates and provides timely and accurate updates in the form of reports, presentations, etc.
• Communicates in a clear and concise manner that is easy to understand

MLB CORE COMPETENCIES

Deliver Success

• Demonstrate ambition and enthusiasm when taking on challenges
• Proactively take action, holding self and others accountable
• Be agile and prepared to quickly adapt when priorities unexpectedly shift

 Critical Thinking

• Logically analyze data and systematically weigh options to determine the best solution
• Make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to solve problems
• Apply knowledge of functional industry and organization to develop new approaches or strategies

 Collaboration

• Remove barriers and work in partnership across organizational boundaries to accomplish goals
• Promote a positive team environment and take time to raise morale
• Seek out diverse viewpoints and practice inclusive treatment of others

 Communication

• Convey written and verbal messages that effectively inform and gain interest or support
• Successfully determine the appropriate parties that need information and communicate in a concise, timely manner
• Actively listen to gain a full understanding of what was said

 Relationship Management

• Build trusted relationships, networks, partnerships, and alliances
• Connect with others in a transparent and honest manner
• Anticipate and fully service the needs of stakeholders, including colleagues, owners, clubs, corporate partners and fans

Developing Self and Others

• Proactively pursue opportunities to learn and build new skills
• Seek and provide feedback to strengthen and improve development areas
• Actively learn through experimentation, using success and failures as learning opportunities