Job Description:

Job Title: Project /Marketing Manager

Location : 100% Remote (St. Paul, MN)

Type: Contract

MUST HAVE:

• Workfront experience, resume/email management projects
• Experience leading digital creative projects and managing resources for an advertising agency (either external or in-house agencies)
• 4+ years of project management experience

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose:

Looking for a Project Manager to help with the Retail Line of Business. This person will be responsible for managing projects for various retail clients.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides project management thought-leadership, oversight and support on all project deliverables
• Leads with a solution-focused approach to encourage and justify best practice, and ensure process and project controls are followed unless there is adequate justification for an exception
• Leads and manages large integrated projects throughout all stages of digital creative deliverable execution, from conception to delivery
• Facilitates digital creative requirements gathering to ensure stakeholder needs are clearly understood, in line with defined processes
• Participates in capacity planning across creative teams to provide a clear view of utilization and bandwidth
• Establishes a strategy of continuous risk management that enables proactive decisions and actions throughout a project’s execution
• Encourages positive thinking and considers key partner and business needs in decision making
• Builds and encourages strong relationships with team members and key partners
• Partners with Account Directors and Account Managers to manage regular portfolio business reviews with key stakeholders
• Collaborates on preparation of digital creative marketing recommendations, strategies and actions for partners
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor degree. In lieu of degree, HS Diploma/GED and 6 years of experience leading digital creative projects in an agency environment
• 4+ years of project management experience
• Experience managing and mentoring cross-functional team members with high integrity and ability to inspire and motivate a diverse team toward a common goal
• Experience leading digital creative projects and managing resources for an advertising agency (either external or in-house agencies)

Desired Characteristics:

• Understanding of the digital creative process and how to balance with project management and workflow
• Experience navigating large and complex organizations, including gaining access to key executives and stakeholders and successfully managing relationship building dynamics and processes
• Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
• 3+ years experience using Project Management Software (Workfront preferred)