Senior Project Manager

Movers+Shakers
United States

Who this role is best for

Candidates with agency experience in social media and video content with strong cross-functional collaboration skills will find this role challenging yet rewarding.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5-7 years of experience in marketing/creative agencies, especially those who have led large-scale social media and influencer campaigns.
    — “5-7 years of project management in a marketing/creative agency setting, preferably in innovative social media campaigns, video content production, and influencer campaigns.”
  • Individuals who thrive in complex, multi-phase environments and can manage cross-departmental coordination effectively.
    — “working alongside Client Service, Strategy, Creative, and Production to ensure successful execution of multi-phased and complex creative work.”
  • Candidates who are proactive, organized, and can juggle multiple projects with tight deadlines.
    — “Work simultaneously on multiple clients’ programs within tight deadlines and moving parts, seeing projects through from start to finish.”

Things to consider

  • The role likely demands a high level of adaptability and proactive problem-solving due to the complexity and novelty of the work.
    — “overwhelmingly positive, with an agile approach to getting it done, and an innovative approach to building teams around complex, never-been-done-before work.”
  • Candidates should be prepared to engage in frequent communication and coordination across multiple departments.
    — “Facilitate communication between all departments (Account, Creative, Strategy, Media, Production, and Executive Leadership).”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience managing campaigns over $2M and emphasize cross-functional leadership in your resume and interviews.
    — “Solid background working with cross-functional teams across client service, strategy, creative and production”
  • Showcase your ability to optimize processes and implement systems for operational efficiency.
    — “Audit, support and recommend/build processes, systems, and documents to improve strategy and operational efficiency.”
  • Demonstrate fluency in social media campaign management across multiple channels in your application materials.
    — “Extensive experience and fluency in social media, supporting campaign management across omni-channels w/in social media”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Successful project execution
  • On-time and on-budget delivery
Typical background
5-7 years of project management in a marketing/creative agency setting

Skills & requirements

Required

Project ManagementBudgetingSchedulingTeam ManagementProcess OptimizationCommunication

Preferred

Marketing/creative Agency ExperienceInnovative Approach To Team Building

Stack & domain

Project ManagementGoogle SuiteCreative AgencyLeadershipCommunicationTeam BuildingMarketing

About the role

Original posting from Movers+Shakers via Greenhouse

THE ROLE

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be a key player in the success of our large-scale campaigns, working alongside Client Service, Strategy, Creative, and Production to ensure successful execution of multi-phased and complex creative work. You will oversee project scoping, budgeting, scheduling, all the way through execution, managing team resources, and monitoring progress on the project. You are an out-of-the box thinker, someone who thrives under pressure, overwhelmingly positive, with an agile approach to getting it done, and an innovative approach to building teams around complex, never-been-done-before work. The ideal candidate will also help codify, define, and implement processes for optimization and excellence within our teams.

Movers+Shakers’ is committed to personal and professional growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for success of project execution, delivering on time, on budget and as scoped.

Track hours and budgets against those set in SOW & internal tracking systems.

Map out project planning, including overall phases, key deliverables or goals, important milestones, and what resources are needed when.

Provide operational support to ensure team members are on track with delivery dates by scheduling meetings, hosting internal check-ins, drafting and posting meeting notes, developing lists of action items, and communicating assignments, deadlines and needs.

Provide project-level input that furthers the efficiency and quality of the work and advocate for the agency/client relationship.

Understand staffing and scope requirements, with ability to inform scopes of work.

Facilitate business objectives and expectations and communicate changes/directions to internal team members.

Facilitate communication between all departments (Account, Creative, Strategy, Media, Production, and Executive Leadership).

Assess projects to proactively identify blind spots and roadblocks, then move quickly to resolve issues as soon as possible.

Pre-project - work with cross-functional teams to estimate hours from each team for each phase to inform budget, then monitor hours burned against the estimate.

Schedule resources for each phase, including estimated dates and resources that will be needed.

Work with team leads to assign best team members based on expertise and background.

Escalate to team leads if deadlines, hours burned or scope are in jeopardy.

Actively drive projects forward by keeping cross-functional teams on target with an eye on the horizon for potential pitfalls.

Work with the account team to secure client input, feedback, and approvals on our work.

Work with production team to manage deadlines, timelines and budgetary needs

Audit, support and recommend/build processes, systems, and documents to improve strategy and operational efficiency.

Work simultaneously on multiple clients’ programs within tight deadlines and moving parts, seeing projects through from start to finish.

Potential client integration on key projects as needed. 

Spread joy!

QUALIFICATIONS

5-7 years of project management in a marketing/creative agency setting, preferably in innovative social media campaigns, video content production, and influencer campaigns.

Expert at managing large-scale, complex projects with multiple phases and moving parts, ideally having worked on campaigns $2M+

Solid background working with cross-functional teams across client service, strategy, creative and production

Proficient with Google Suite

Experience with project management software, such as Asana/Salesforce & Harvest, etc.

Extensive experience and fluency in social media, supporting campaign management across omni-channels w/in social media

Stellar communication skills and ability to “speak the language” of each department 

Passion for delighting clients and going above & beyond

Keen eye for detail with the foresight to think about the bigger picture

Super organized, able to manage a ton of things simultaneously and follow tight deadlines

Proactive

Adaptive

BASE SALARY RANGE

Our estimated range for this role is $90,000-110,000

At Movers+Shakers, we pride ourselves on competitive salaries, and we work hard to ensure there is pay equity across the company. We welcome open and honest conversations about compensation in all of our initial interviews.

Source: Movers+Shakers careers (Greenhouse)

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