Project Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Project Manager to manage client projects and processes to ensure project accuracy, timeliness, and client satisfaction. Candidates must reside within a commutable distance to one of Mars United Commerce’s hub locations in Detroit (Troy) or Chicago for a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Project Scopes:
  • Define Project Scope in concert with Account Management
  • Clearly communicate goals, expectations, and key information to the team
  • Define and evaluate project success
  • Identify and manage project risks
  • Work with the team to troubleshoot and resolve issues
  • Develop and communicate internal status reports and meeting notes
• Project Schedules:
  • Maintain accurate schedule through the lifecycle of the project
  • Manage projects to scheduled milestones
  • Communicate schedule risks upon detection and work with the team to mitigate
  • Clearly communicate key project milestones to all team members
• Estimates:
  • Utilize existing data where possible to inform project estimates
  • Develop estimate templates based on common project scopes
  • Effectively manage scope creep by issuing change controls
  • Communicate estimate risk upon detection and work with the team to mitigate
• Budgets and Billing:
  • Billing liaison: Responsible for budget management, weekly billing meetings, and follow-up with Client Leadership teams regarding outstanding financial issues

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business, or related field
• 1-3 years of marketing or advertising experience, agency experience preferred
• Interest in the Project Management discipline
• Strong background in digital media including custom website page development, native advertising, digital display ads, search, email, and social media
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage time, adhere to strict timelines, multitask, and work well under pressure
• Detail orientation and ability to ensure that projects are developed in line with the client’s brand style and guidelines
• Proactive nature in seeking work/responsibility
• Dependability in execution of work and as a member of the assigned team
• Enthusiastic, solution-oriented attitude in accepting work/new challenges
• Desire to learn all aspects of the assigned client scope of work and tactics; digital knowledge (banner ads, etc.) is a plus
• Effective interpersonal skills working well across functions
• Conscientious work ethic

Qualifications

Not explicitly detailed beyond the requirements listed above.

Skills

• Project Management
• Digital Media Expertise
• Time Management
• Attention to Detail
• Proactive Problem-Solving
• Interpersonal Communication

Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy, and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off including Flexible Time Off, Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity Days
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere
• Business Resource Groups supporting multiple affinities and alliances

Pay

Compensation Range: USD $60,800.00 - USD $84,000.00/Annually.

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule, requiring residence within a commutable distance to Detroit (Troy) or Chicago hubs.