Project Manager

Position Overview

PLAE Legacy is seeking a proactive and creative Projects Manager to oversee the execution three key 2025 projects: two short films, and a studio album. The perfect manager will drive audience growth, engagement, and monetization opportunities by coordinating production, marketing, and distribution efforts across platforms.

This role requires a blend of project management, marketing expertise, and

creative problem-solving to ensure synergy between projects and maximize impact

with limited resources.

Summary of Tasks

The Projects Manager will be responsible for the following actionable tasks:

1. Timeline Management: Maintain a month-by-month calendar, coordinating milestones such as single releases, album launch, and two film releases. Ensure timely execution of teasers, production schedules, and distribution plans.
2. Cross-Promotion Execution: Manage creation of content bridges, such as behind-the-scenes videos connecting projects, for social media and website.
3. Platform Coordination: Oversee website updates, YouTube uploads, streaming platform submissions via Distrokid, and social media campaigns (Instagram, TikTok, X) tailored to target.
4. Marketing Implementation: Facilitate pre-release teasers, manage engagement tactics, secure partnerships, and allocate marketing efforts within budget, focusing on organic growth and targeted ads.
5. Production Oversight: Coordinate with VFX editors for videos, and manage the film crew and contacts for casting, styling, etc..
6. Audience Building: Implement tactics to grow subscribers/followers, such as newsletter sign-ups, user-generated content challenges, and events.
7. Monetization Support: Launch merchandise sales (t-shirts, posters), explore sponsorships, and lay groundwork for long-term revenue streams, ensuring future scalability.
8. Analytics Tracking: Monitor KPIs (streaming numbers, view counts, engagement metrics) using tools like Google Analytics, YouTube Studio, and Spotify for Artists, providing weekly reports and projections -able to adjust if goals are not met.
9. Risk Mitigation: Anticipate and address challenges by maintaining contingency plans, backup schedules, and flexible resource allocation, ensuring project completion.

Required Skills

1. Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple timelines, coordinate teams, and meet deadlines, with experience overseeing creative projects from concept to completion.
2. Marketing Expertise: Strong understanding of digital marketing, including social media campaigns (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube), SEO, and audience engagement strategies.
3. Content Creation Familiarity: Experience with music and film production processes, including coordinating with editors, videographers, and artists, and understanding narrative integration across mediums.
4. Platform Proficiency: Hands-on experience with YouTube, streaming platforms and distribution services, website management tools (e.g., Shopify, Google Analytics), and social media analytics.
5. Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication to consult with team members, manage partnerships, and engage audiences effectively, with a knack for storytelling to promote the PLAE universe.
6. Creative Problem-Solving: Innovative thinking to maximize impact with constrained resources, such as leveraging user-generated content or virtual reality tools, and addressing past project feedback.
7. Team Collaboration: Experience working with diverse creative teams (e.g., VFX editors, cinematographers, musicians) and managing external contacts (e.g., influencers, festival submissions).

Estimated Hours: 20 hours per week.

Compensation: Negotiable, based on experience and scope of responsibilities.

Interested candidates should submit a resume, or any presentation detailing relevant experience, and examples of past projects managed to plaemgmt@plaelegacy.com.

Applications will be reviewed starting April 15, 2025, with the goal of onboarding by May 1, 2025, to align with the project timeline.