Temporary Project Director

Los Angeles, CA (Hybrid)

$45/hr – $55/hrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive and coordinate large-scale experiential projects for Edelman, aligning creative, production, and client teams from scope to on-site execution.

  • Own end-to-end experiential programs from scope to on-site execution, aligning milestones across Creative, Finance, Production, and clients.
  • Must-have: 5–7+ years in progressive project management for 360 integrated, digital, and experiential programs.
  • Standout: Experience delivering activations with external vendors and live events.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manages multiple, high-complexity projects or programs on assigned account(s), new business, and internal initiatives when needed
  • Defines project approach, scope, budgets, timelines, and resource/OOP estimates in partnership with the appropriate leads
  • Partners with appropriate leads to identify project resources and allocations necessary
  • Partners with agency account, production, and discipline leads—as well as finance—to build timelines and scopes that meet the creative, production, and experiential needs of the agency and client
  • Works in close collaboration with producers to manage experiential workstreams, including fabrication, vendor coordination, logistics , permitting, and on-site execution planning
  • Ensures seamless integration of experiential elements within broader integrated campaigns, aligning milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across teams
  • Actively manages project timing and resource assignments in Excel
  • Assist and evangelize the eventual implementation of project management software
  • Prepares and maintains clear, accurate project documentation, including project plan, status report, budgets, and resource requests/assignments
  • Schedules internal meetings, defines the agenda, and provides actionable recaps to cross-functional team
  • Proactively identifies risks, monitors issues, and provides mitigation/contingency plans throughout project lifecycle—including those specific to experiential builds and live activations
  • Demonstrated ability to distill complex information into a clear, concise format as needed to aid team decision making
  • Effectively manages change and able to influence team to adopt best practices/process improvements
  • Identifies opportunities for process improvement and improving efficiency; coordinates and implements solutions within team
  • Champions and follows agency best practices on assigned projects and assigned account(s)
  • Builds meaningful relationships with team members, discipline leads, and production partners
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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead, act with certainty and earn the lasting trust of their stakeholders. We develop powerful ideas and tell magnetic stories that move at the speed of news, make an immediate impact, transform culture and spark movements. Since our founding in 1952 by Dan Edelman, we have remained an independent, family-run company. We use our profits to strengthen our business, provide our employees with opportunities to grow, advance our industry, and serve as a responsible citizen of the world. Every day, we strive to live and work by a long-held set of core values: the pursuit of excellence, the freedom to be curious, the courage to do the right thing, and a commitment to improving society. Edelman is an equal opportunity employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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