Project Manager (Media)

Fingerpaint Marketing•Cedar Knolls, NJ

15d

About The Position

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It’s that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally—we attract top talent and give them a space to grow and collaborate. Objectives of This Role The Project Manager Media must have experience managing print, digital, and media projects and the ability to lead a team through the full project life cycle. You will be responsible for overseeing the planning and implementation of projects, ensuring deliverables are completed on budget and on time, while supporting the broader media team. Advertising agency experience is preferred.

Requirements

Proven ability to manage internal and client stakeholder expectations, completing projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline.
Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and poise under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with account, creative, brand strategy, digital, and media teams.
Effective negotiation, conflict management skills, and resourcefulness.
3+ years of project management experience, preferably in a healthcare advertising agency setting.
Print, digital, and media project management experience.
Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices.
Proficiency in project management applications; Mac experience helpful.

Nice To Haves

Advertising agency experience is preferred.
Mac experience helpful.

Responsibilities

Manage multiple projects from simple to complex through all phases of life cycle development, including analysis, design, development, and final delivery.
Develop and manage detailed timelines and estimates for custom media programs.
Develop timelines for custom programs incorporating media vendor timelines, internal agency timelines, and client PRC timing.
Communicate with external media vendors on asset development and approval for custom programs in partnership with the media team.
Track media invoicing reconciliation with finance and the media team, ensuring Finance is billing accurately.
Oversee the financial health of assigned projects, track burn rates and cost-to-completes, manage change requests, and connect with media leads as needed on burn reports.
Provide regular updates to internal teams on project status, including sharing client status learnings with the media team.
Support the media team in rolling out new processes and automation, and assist with EOY campaign closeouts.
Collaborate with account teams to develop statements of work and forecasts.
Manage routing of deliverables (including managing Ziflow) and follow up with the team during routes to ensure timely reviews.
Handle project administrative duties, such as opening vendor POs, communicating EOD deliverables via Canvas, providing SharePoint links for client review, and creating Airtable tickets and Slack channels.
Ensure all projects follow agency process and support senior colleagues across programs or complex deliverables.