Project Manager (Full-Time, Temporary)

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day project management for a public sector client engagement—planning, sequencing, and tracking work from kickoff through delivery
• Manage a workstream end-to-end: sequence contributors against one schedule, hold scope, and deliver on time
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to move deliverables from scope through delivery, holding each milestone to deadline
• Serve as the accountability layer on the project: make sure the right people are in the right conversations, deadlines are met, and risks surface early rather than being discovered late
• Support account leadership in client-facing meetings—preparing agendas and materials, capturing decisions and action items, and driving follow-through between meetings
• Build and maintain the project management infrastructure the team relies on: templates, trackers, documentation, and repeatable account processes

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience
• 3-4 years of professional project management experience, preferably in an agency, consultancy, or in-house communications environment for commercial or government clients
• Demonstrated ability to translate a scope of work into timelines, budgets, resourcing plans, and deliverable trackers
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and workstreams on tight deadlines
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams—writers, designers, video and production staff, digital—and holding outside vendors to schedule and budget
• Ability to track hours, budget burn, and scope against contract, and to flag risks before they become problems
• Initiative to self-start, build process, and problem-solve independently in a fast-paced, creative environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including comfort in client-facing settings
• Willingness to collaborate across teams and to give and receive direct feedback
• Comfortable collaborating closely with a small team of communications professionals

Preferred

• Experience managing complex digital or multimedia projects from planning through launch
• Experience working on a contract or project basis
• Familiarity with research-driven or data-informed content development
• PMP, CAPM, or comparable project management certification
• Experience with Slack, Google Workspace, and project management platforms such as Monday.com, Asana, or similar

Benefits

• Pinkston offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes company-sponsored health, dental, and vision plans accompanied by employer-funded life insurance, HRA, and short-term disability plan. Optional long-term disability and additional Life Insurance are also available. Pinkston provides a 401k retirement plan and contributes to each employee's retirement annually regardless of employee participation.
• At Pinkston, we believe great things happen when people come together and are committed to building a collaborative in-person work environment. Pinkston is also committed to a healthy work-life balance. We offer flexibility through an innovative hybrid work model that gives team members the opportunity to work 30% of the time remotely. Pinkston provides generous holiday and vacation policies, paid parental leave, and an additional week of paid "volunteer time off" to encourage employees to invest time in a 501C non-profit of their choice.