Director, Project Management

Gallery Media Group

$125K — $140K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-9 years of brand strategy experience at a leading agency or top-tier publisher, especially with Fortune 500 clients.
  • Strong management skills with a focus on mentorship and quality assurance.
  • Proven leadership in high-pressure environments, balancing team empowerment with output quality.
  • Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative research to extract insights and inform strategies.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills for effective cross-functional teamwork and influence.
  • Strategic thinking combined with a creative approach to integrated marketing.
  • Proficient in navigating various communication channels in brand and content marketing.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the central hub coordinating between creative, strategy, and operations teams.
  • Lead teams effectively during high-pressure project phases.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and develop budgets and timelines.
  • Oversee the entire project lifecycle, including brand creative and social content.
  • Craft detailed project plans that align with business objectives and resource availability.
  • Organize and facilitate crucial project meetings to ensure momentum and clarity.
  • Keep all stakeholders aligned to meet deadlines through ongoing communication and check-ins.

Benefits

  • Employer-sponsored 401k with match.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO).
  • Generous caregiver (parental) leave.
  • Extensive health and wellness benefits.
Full Job Description
Project Management at GMG provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics. We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, and tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations. Our team is collectively redefining and modernizing the way our clients harness consumer and cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy and plan for attention.

Core Responsibilities
  • Be the hub between creative, strategy, and the operations all other internal teams, driving projects forward quickly and efficiently.
  • Possess a demonstrated ability to lead teams through high-pressure situations.
  • Work closely with creative and strategy to define project requirements, develop budgets and timelines, write statements of work, and plan resources for all projects.
  • Manage the project throughout the full life cycle of projects including but not limited to: Brand Creative & Social Content.
  • Build project plans with an understanding of internal resources, third-party capabilities, time requirements, and business objectives.
  • Lead and schedule necessary project related meetings such as kickoffs, brainstorms, internal meetings, and deliverables reviews.
  • Keep all project stakeholders (creative, strategy, analytics, etc.) on track to hit all deadlines by ensuring proper briefings, check-ins, hand-offs, and information transfer.
  • Work closely with the Creative & Strategy teams to manage and allocate resources in an effective and efficient way.
  • Write client SOWs, vendor agreements, change orders, and other contract documents
  • Aid in the management of the freelance process when resources are needed, hired, and utilized.
  • Liaise with finance, operations and legal teams on project and client needs

Experience & Knowledge Required
  • 7-9 years strategically building brands at a top agency or publisher, working for Fortune 500 clients - must have experience understanding the intersection of business strategy, consumer insights and digital behavior in grounding big, purposeful ideas.
  • Management experience, recognized for their ability to balance
  • Strong leadership experience and recognized for their ability to balance mentorship and empowerment of the team, with ensuring quality of strategic output.
  • Ability to review qualitative, quantitative research, and behavioral data and independently be able to dive into research tools to draw and interpret insights.
  • Ability to interact with and influence people of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and collaborative results.
  • Strategic thinking ability with balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning.
  • Understanding of multiple channels for communications and connections, and their role in brand and content marketing.
  • Self-motivated and demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities, discerning a clear path forward and acting upon them swiftly.


Unsure if you meet the qualifications? We are always looking for talent which will continue to cultivate an inclusive and representative team that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, background, and behaviors. We encourage those who are passionate about what we do to apply!
  • Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
  • Employer-sponsored 401k with match
  • Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Caregiver (Parental) Leave
  • Health and Wellness benefits


Base Salary

$125,000-$140,000 USD

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