US Freelance Project Manager Community

Responsibilities

• Liaise with cross-functional team of Account Executives, Copywriters, Art Directors, Developers and Coordinators to fulfill client requests and expectations
• Communicate regularly with clients on all key issues and project deliverables
• Develop project estimates and project plans and oversee work produced by junior team
• Prepare comprehensive project scopes (deliverables, schedules, budgets, etc.)
• Develop critical issues documents; update and change as needed, communicate changes to the brand team
• Ensure project status meetings happen regularly
• Prepare billing and forecast income
• Prepare functional specifications with project developers
• Provide Client(s) with all production schedules and critical milestones
• Lead complex projects (e.g. website redesigns) with minimal to no supervisions
• Act in Account’s place if needed for simpler tasks such as leading client status meetings
• Support and/or lead team or agency initiatives as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 3 to 5 years of interactive project management experience in an advertising agency or similar environment
• Pharmaceutical advertising agency experience preferred, not required
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working on digital projects or digitally focused accounts
• Solid understanding of interactive mediums such as responsive websites, banners, social media etc.
• Strong understanding of development technologies and quality assurance processes
• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Strong collaboration skills
• Strong presentation skills; able to present ideas to brand teams
• Previous experience managing one or more direct reports
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including MS Project

Pay

Hourly Rate: $75-$95/hr