Senior Project Manager

We are seeking a creative Senior Project Manager, an enthusiastic critical thinker and problem solver who thrives on being engaged at all levels of a project. This role will involve leading the delivery of complex, multi-channel creative campaigns for a diverse range of clients.

Our Senior Project Managers acutely understand the opportunities and constraints of a given project and take responsibility for setting and managing expectations internally and with clients. They understand how to manage and negotiate trade-offs to deliver on time, within budget, and against agreed objectives. Senior Project Managers have full lifecycle experience from scoping through delivery and can confidently navigate and prioritize business needs, resource management, schedules, and financials to successfully navigate and deliver all aspects of an assignment.

What you’ll do:

• Work: Deliver work that is excellent, on time, on budget, and goes beyond the brief. Carry out execution of 360-degree brand campaigns, including TV and production, social, experiential marketing, live events, out-of-home, print, digital, web, etc., as well as focusing on technical areas such as dashboard reporting and landing page hosting. Identify dependencies and impacts of delays. Gain alignment on the scope, schedule, assumptions, and price for projects with an ability to effectively translate these to Client Proposals and Statements of Work.
• People: Motivate, direct, and challenge teams to produce great work. Partner with Program Managers and Account Management to manage scope and identify opportunities. Ensure a collaborative ‘One Team’ approach comprising account management, production, content/social, finance, and client representatives.
• Process: Establish and manage project/program communication and process. Balance the opportunities and constraints within a given project. Leverage existing tools and processes to monitor people and progress.
• Financials: Responsible for project estimation, planning, and profitability. Build detailed project plans in accordance with budget.

Who you are:

• Leader: Influences without authority and fosters an environment of shared accountability. Drives projects from ambiguity to clarity.
• Builder: Navigates strong collaboration between people, processes, and systems.
• Detail Oriented: Sharp attention to detail and a drive for perfection.
• A Strong Communicator: Excellent communication and analytical skills.

What you'll need:

• 3-5+ years of experience managing projects in advertising or marketing communications in a client-facing role, ideally at a large creative agency.
• Experience working with common project management tools such as Monday.com, Workday, and Microsoft Teams. Others such as Smartsheet, Workfront, Jira, Confluence are a plus.
• Campaign project management experience required. Experience managing 360-degree brand campaigns is highly preferred.
• Self-motivated and driven to build and create great work with a high level of EQ.
• Conscientious and adept at problem-solving through critical thinking.
• Comfortable leading team and client meetings, tailors communications based on their audience and level (technology, creative, finance, client, vendor).
• Experience working on integrated, omnichannel programs with parallel work streams and diverse teams (UX, Tech, Strategy, Creative, Account, Production, Finance, and Data).