Free Project Tracker Template for Marketing Teams
Track campaign work, owners, deadlines, approvals, and blockers in one free marketing project tracker spreadsheet for Excel and Google Sheets.
Why marketing teams need a different project tracker
Marketing work often moves through planning, drafting, design, approvals, scheduling, and launch in a way that makes ordinary task lists feel too thin. A useful marketing tracker needs to keep campaign owner, due date, status, dependencies, and the next approval step visible at the same time. This version is built for that operating rhythm so launches and content work do not get lost between Slack threads, docs, and scattered calendars.
What is included in this marketing project tracker
The tracker includes grouped workstream sections, owner and priority fields, due date and percent-complete columns, plus a next-step field that keeps campaign work action-oriented. That makes it practical for launch checklists, editorial operations, ad-creative reviews, and cross-functional marketing work where approvals and timing matter just as much as the task itself. It works well alongside a content calendar, but keeps the execution details in one reviewable board.
Who should use this template?
This template is a strong fit for growth teams, content leads, lifecycle marketers, demand-gen managers, startup marketing teams, and agencies coordinating campaign delivery. It is especially useful when one team is handling strategy, copy, design, and publishing and needs a clearer weekly execution view than a simple editorial calendar can provide.
How to use it well
List each deliverable or approval step as its own row, then keep owner, status, due date, and next step updated after every planning or review meeting. Use grouped workstreams so campaign setup, creative production, and launch tasks stay easy to scan. If you need help, Griddy can regroup tasks by channel, rewrite vague next steps into specific actions, or summarize which campaign items are at risk before launch.
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