Director, Project Management

BarkleyOKRP • Chicago, IL

6d

About The Position

The indispensable partner to every team. Champion of problem-solving across the Whole Brand. The driver of meaningful solutions to business problems and an enthusiastic enabler of creativity. Builder of teams, brands, and businesses. This is a BarkleyOKRP Director of Project Management. And the best part about all of it? They get to work with some of the most talented, driven, engaging, and creative folks in the industry. Win/win/win, if you ask us. So… if you think you have what it takes to join our team of driven doers, send us a note. In a timely, organized manner, of course.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, advertising, marketing, or a similar field is required.
• A minimum of 10+ years of project management experience, preferably in a full-service advertising agency setting.
• A good to expert understanding of print, broadcast, and digital (multi-media) production.
• Self-motivated, quick, and assertive.
• Extremely detailed oriented and organized.
• Exceptional time management skills.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Cool, calm, collected, and collaborative.

Nice To Haves

• Project Management experience in a technology or marketing-related field is preferred.
• PMI Certification a plus

Responsibilities

• Establish vision and drive workflow across entire portfolio of multiple brands across agency work
• Agency-wide integration of consistent project management methodologies and terminology
• Ensure adherence to agency workflow process and evolving processes as needed
• Partner with account leadership on scope creation
• Create estimates for all scopes, working with department leaders
• Manage agency performance and brand fiscal responsibility against scopes and estimates utilizing existing tools/systems
• Provide executive management with reporting and insight into the work going on in the agency
• Uses discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.
• Work across the agency with various disciplines and management to ensure workflow processes are in line with the overall company objectives and vision

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director