Project Manager

FuseGlobal•St. Louis, MO

34d•Onsite

About The Position

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: Project & Process Management: • Develops, owns, and communicates holistic project timelines to internal and external teams on a regular basis. This includes: • Creation and management of all project timelines. • Organizing and setting up kickoffs, collaborations, and presentations. • Leading both internal and brand status meetings. • Managing and recommending process optimizations using agile principles. • Sharing and celebrating projects, leading retrospective sessions, and suggesting ways to instill learnings within the department and across disciplines. • Acts as a cross-functional hub for all project executions, partnering closely with internal and external partners to ensure overall project success. • Proficient in managing high volume, quick turn projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders. • Understands multiple aspects of production from print, digital, experiential, and content (this is a significant aspect). • Manages the production phase of most projects, once key creative and copy have been approved. • Considers the full scope of projects, beyond simply managing timelines, but also how the pieces work together. • Thinks strategically about communications and the implications of choices being made, participating and contributing to conversations regarding the consumer journey/experience. • Takes ownership of project efficiency; understands project processes and how to adapt them. • Understands multiple aspects of production from print, digital, experiential, and content, including format, sizes, and ensuring the proper asset. • Knowledge of and proficiency with Content Hub and/or VR Financial: • Open jobs utilizing agency software tools. • Works with account leads to accurately scope project jobs. • Issues POs to external vendors: • Demonstrates working knowledge of internal and external partner processes. • Manages all production-related requests from the internal team, clients, or meta-agency partners. • Gathers and vets specs to ensure project accuracy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred
5-10 years of experience in an agency project management role
Demonstrated ability of past contributions to client businesses in agency service environment
Proficient in Workfront, Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Experience with Project Management and Agile tools
Excellent leadership, communication, organization, & time management skills
Good oral and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills.
Thoroughness and attention to detail.
Exhibits a helpful, pro-active attitude.

Responsibilities

Develops, owns, and communicates holistic project timelines to internal and external teams on a regular basis, including creation and management of all project timelines, organizing and setting up kickoffs, collaborations, and presentations, and leading both internal and brand status meetings.
Manages and recommending process optimizations using agile principles.
Acts as a cross-functional hub for all project executions, partnering closely with internal and external partners to ensure overall project success.
Manages the production phase of most projects, once key creative and copy have been approved.
Takes ownership of project efficiency; understands project processes and how to adapt them.
Works with account leads to accurately scope project jobs.
Issues POs to external vendors.
Manages all production-related requests from the internal team, clients, or meta-agency partners.
Gathers and vets specs to ensure project accuracy.