Project Manager

Walton Isaacson is currently looking for a Project Manager. The Project Manager is responsible for organizing, coordinating, and scheduling tasks with various team members, departments and outside partners to complete the overall goal in a timely manner and within budget. The Project Manager is the driving force behind the successful execution of projects and will be at the forefront of ensuring seamless collaboration, efficient processes, and exceptional outcomes.

The Project Manager employs organizational expertise as well as negotiation and leadership skills to resolve scheduling issues and to ensure project goals and requirements are met. They are responsible for monitoring scheduled jobs & projects from planning through close-out. They work directly with all departments to ensure deliverables are on time with the highest quality output, and is responsible for prioritizing workflow and communicating adjustments.

• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path activities.
• Effectively and proactively manage project budget, resource capacity and utilization forecasting.
• Clearly define project dependencies and project deliverables.
• Ensure Project Initiation activities are performed.
• Ensure Project Closure activities are performed.
• Effectively manage client and executive expectations throughout the engagement.
• Proactively manage changes in project scope.
• Identify potential issues/risks and create/manage contingency plans.
• Work with resource managers to assemble the project team resources.
• Able to provide a weekly status report to client teams.
• Effectively facilitate weekly status meeting with Account Management Team and other teams to deliver status on jobs regarding timing, budgets and any issues pertaining to them.
• Maintain accurate historical records to help agency leadership identify efficiencies.
• Prioritize the daily workflow.
• Schedule and facilitate appropriate meetings to keep projects moving and on schedule.
• Motivate co-workers to complete their tasks with personable, cooperative communication, while also maintaining un-biased reporting of issues.
• Additional assignments as needed.

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing
• Enjoys challenging and fast paced work environment with tight deadlines
• Demonstrates high work ethic and professionalism with a team player approach
• Experience maintaining composure and positive attitude as it relates to process enforcement
• Displays high levels of integrity and attention to detail and quality control
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Eagerness to work with cross-functional teams and various personalities
• Enthusiasm for problem solving and identifying opportunities for process improvement
• Must be very hard working, able to work under pressure with the ability to meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and accuracy is a must including outstanding organizational skills
• Ability to work effectively either remotely or in-office
• 3-5 years Agency Project Management experience
• Degree in Marketing, Business Management or related fields
• Experience successfully creating and managing project schedules using tools such as Asana, Workfront, MS Project, Basecamp, or other project management systems/software is a plus.
• PMP or CAPM Certification a big plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Recent experience delivering projects where planning and implementation focus was in traditional 360 campaigns including and not limited to:

- Media

- OLV

- Digital

- OOH

- Agency Project Management

Mac Proficiency:

- Office 360 Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

- SmartSheet

- Ziflow

- Asset Review Tools

- Adobe Acrobat and MS Teams (or similar programs)

TRAVEL Some travel required.

COVID-19 Walton Isaacson, LLC., has a mandatory vaccination policy.

FLSA STATUS Full-Time; Exempt

BENEFITS & PERKS Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Supplemental Insurance401(k) with company match Paid Holidays, Unlimited PTO

The salary range for this position is $75,000.00 to $90,000.00. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; the associated discipline; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee’s/applicant’s background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

At WI we are committed to cultivating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. We promote DEI in our workplace and are a global community who believe our unique qualities should be celebrated. We want everyone at Walton Isaacson to bring their authentic selves to work every day, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.