Contract - Senior Project Manager

Job Summary

The Contract Senior Project Manager will oversee and manage all aspects of the project lifecycle, ensuring successful project delivery on time, within budget, and according to client requirements.

Job Responsibilities

• On-time, on-budget completion of the agency’s projects
• Full understanding of project scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and resource identification processes
• Manage project workload while effectively handling department and staff needs
• Maintain open communications with the PM team through scheduled and ad hoc meetings
• Independently lead and make decisions that properly balance the needs of the account (clients and internal goals and teams)

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in an advertising or digital agency (please specify related experience in your response)
• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in promotional advertising
• Passionate about managing and mentoring a team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Can lead others by example and through effective management principles
• Comfortable juggling client projects with team and department responsibilities
• Expert-level experience with requirements gathering and documentation
• Experience collaborating and communicating with cross-functional teams
• Effective in remote work via Zoom etc. with internal teammates, stakeholders, clients, etc.
• Great communicator and leader; able to build rapport with people quickly and easily
• Strong time management skills
• Able to work independently and in a team environment
• Able to prioritize and consistently handle multiple tasks across multiple clients and teams
• Able to handle changing priorities while meeting deadlines
• Able to regularly delegate tasks and understand the strengths of each team member
• Experience managing multiple aspects of a marketing campaign and understanding the entire 360 view with a particular focus on digital
• Willingness and ability to learn
• Able to keep a cool head and positive attitude when executing tasks across accounts
• Ability to develop project management skills with junior members as our client roster grows