Marketing & Communications Project Manager

About Woodcraft Rangers

In 1922, Woodcraft Rangers opened its doors in Los Angeles and began its mission of guiding young people as they explore pathways to purposeful lives. As a progressive organization, Woodcraft has always been responsive to the evolving needs of the communities served, and is notably inclusive, youth-led, and rooted in the Woodcraft Way, a holistic framework that develops body, mind, spirit, and service. Continuously at the forefront of expanded learning opportunities, Woodcraft Rangers has a rich history of making a significant impact in the greater Los Angeles area, believing that all youth are innately good, deserve the opportunity to realize their full potential, and should be an active participant in defining their own path.

What We Do

Woodcraft Rangers provides TK-12 expanded learning programs, including before and after school, specialty enrichment, and summer learning. In the past few years, Woodcraft has expanded its menu of services beyond traditional afterschool programs and summer camps to include early learning, environmental and social justice, college access, and inclusion services for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Additionally, we offer LifeCraft, a college and career advancement program to support the development of approximately 2,250 staff. Today, Woodcraft Rangers serves more than 30,000 youth ages 4 to 18 each year across 150 plus Title I schools in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, and continues to expand its reach.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is someone who loves seeing a project through from first idea to final delivery — building timelines, managing vendors, keeping stakeholders in sync, and making sure everything lands on time and on brand.

This is a logistics-first role, and you thrive in that space. You're at home in creative environments, comfortable working directly with designers, videographers, and photographers, and have a good enough feel for brand voice to review and quality-check work across channels. You're not making the content, but you are critical to making sure the people who do have everything they need to deliver it well.

You're a natural collaborator who communicates clearly at every level, picks up context quickly, and knows when to escalate and when to just handle it. You take pride in reliable follow-through, and you understand that in a mission-driven environment, operational consistency is how the creative work actually gets out the door.

Why Work for Woodcraft Rangers

• Competitive salary – $75,000 - $83,000 annually
• Paid vacation & sick time – generous time off to recharge
• LifeCraft program – free college & career advancement for all staff
• Upward mobility – promote-from-within culture
• Health, dental & vision – comprehensive benefits coverage
• 403(b) retirement plan – invest in your future
• Pet insurance – because your whole family matters
• Mission-driven work – impact 30,000 + young people annually

Role Overview

The Marketing & Communications Project Manager (PM) is both a strong project manager and a skilled communicator — the person who drives creative projects from brief to delivery while keeping the broader organization informed, aligned, and moving in the same direction.

This role owns end-to-end production management for MarComms projects — print and digital collateral, campaign deliverables, video shoots — while also serving as the department's primary intake point and cross-functional liaison. All incoming requests from other departments flow through this role. The PM receives, evaluates, and prioritizes requests; translates them into actionable project plans; and ensures the right resources, timelines, and stakeholders are in place to deliver. That means building and managing project plans, leading productions, owning vendor relationships, tracking budgets, supporting brand-aligned copywriting, and facilitating the stakeholder communication and meeting infrastructure that keeps org-wide initiatives on track.

The PM is a consistent presence in cross-departmental meetings — representing MarComms, capturing needs, setting expectations, and ensuring that every incoming request is scoped, scheduled, and delivered with intention. This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable on a production call with a video crew and in a leadership-level meeting with directors across the organization.

This position reports to the Director of Brand Creative and works closely with the Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, Director of Camp Marketing, Associate Director of Digital Content, Marketing & Communications Manager, and Strategy Coordinator.

Qualifications/Skills

Preferred

• Nonprofit or mission-driven organization experience
• Copywriting or brand voice review experience
• Familiarity with Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems

Physical Demands

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the following physical demands may be essential for the effective performance of this position. Reasonable accommodation will be considered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions:

• Frequent standing is required during working hours
• The ability to travel across the Great Los Angeles area, using either a car or public transportation, is necessary several times a month.
• Regular use of hands for various tasks, such as operating a computer and handling objects, is essential.
• Must be able to occasionally lift/move up to 40 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for individuals with disabilities.

Work Environment

We are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and will actively consider reasonable accommodations to enable individuals to effectively perform their roles. This position operates in environments typical of the following key aspects:

• Regular exposure to computer monitors during work.
• The typical noise level of a standard work environment.
• Stable internet access is required for effective work-from-home performance.

Woodcraft Rangers provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without discrimination with regard to race, religious belief, color, sex, sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including breastfeeding), age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identification and expression, transgender status, transitioning status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, genetic information, family care, marital status, enrollment in any public assistance program, status as military, a veteran or qualified disabled veteran, status as an unpaid intern or volunteer, or any other classification protected by law. We also prohibit discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.