Project Manager
About the role
Weber Shandwick is currently seeking a dedicated Project Manager, Integrated Project Management to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with an integrated team across account, creative, influencer, social, analytics, and strategy, as well as report to a Director or VP of Project Management, to lead projects across a growing portfolio of brands.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage multiple small to medium-scale integrated campaigns; collaborating with internal stakeholders, coordinating with various partners, and managing vendors.
- Demonstrate understanding of the full project lifecycle from client brief to final delivery.
- Own and manage project lifecycle with extended team, inclusive of scoping deliverables, resource management, hour estimates, timeline development, and project requirements/processes.
- Coordinate with creative, strategy, account management, and other internal teams to help drive best-in-class solutions, deliver award-winning results, and mitigate risk and potential overservice.
- Manage financial performance of accounts including scopes, burn report summaries, and forecasting.
- Lead internal team members on day-to-day project milestones and deliverables.
- Partner with WS account team to manage team on-boarding processes.
- Support in educating the team on roles and responsibilities, process, and templates.
Requirements
- 4+ years of project management experience, preferably in an agency setting.
- Strong financial management skills, including scoping, burn report tracking, and resource allocation across project tasks.
- Demonstrated success in managing different types of programs and deliverables, such as creative ideation, social, and/or digital.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and skilled at driving clarity in complex projects.
- Motivated and curious, a true team player eager to jump in, problem solve, and lead teams to success.
- Proficient in Microsoft Project/Smartsheet, Excel, and PowerPoint.
About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency – we’re an engagement agency working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We’re storytellers, content creators, and we engage people in the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.
Pay
Salary range: $75,000 USD – $90,000 USD. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on factors including actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the company, as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.
Schedule
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. The objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many Omnicom agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.