Marketing Manager II - Senior Project Manager
Must haves: 4+ years of project management experience, 4+ years working with cross functional team members experience, 2+ years of client experience, 2 years of paid media experience, would like to have some kind of Workfront experience.
Description:
- Provides project management thought-leadership, oversight and support on all project deliverables
- Leads with a solution-focused approach to encourage and justify best practice, and ensure process and project controls are followed unless there is adequate justification for an exception
- Leads and manages large integrated projects throughout all stages of digital creative deliverable execution, from conception to delivery
- Facilitates digital creative requirements gathering to ensure stakeholder needs are clearly understood, in line with defined processes
- Participates in capacity planning across creative teams to provide a clear view of utilization and bandwidth
- Establishes a strategy of continuous risk management that enables proactive decisions and actions throughout a project's execution
- Encourages positive thinking and considers key partner and business needs in decision making • Builds and encourages strong relationships with team members and key partners
- Partners with Account Directors and Account Managers to manage regular portfolio business reviews with key stakeholders
- Collaborates on preparation of digital creative marketing recommendations, strategies and actions for partners
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor degree. In lieu of degree, HS Diploma/GED and 6 years of experience leading digital creative projects in an agency environment
- 4+ years of project management experience
- Experience managing and mentoring cross-functional team members with high integrity and ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team toward a common goal
- Experience leading digital creative projects and managing resources for an advertising agency (either external or in-house agencies) Desired Characteristics:
- Understanding of the digital creative process and how to balance with project management and workflow
- Experience navigating large and complex organizations, including gaining access to key executives and stakeholders and successfully managing relationship building dynamics and processes
- Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- + years experience using Project Management Software (Workfront preferred)
