Senior Project Manager

Company Description

Hyperquake is an independent creative strategy, branding, and experience design marketing agency founded in 1986, with locations in Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, and Brooklyn. We specialize in strategic innovation, branded experiences, and scaling organizations for growth, working with companies ranging from small startups to global enterprises. Hyperquake builds ambitious brands and experiences for those eager to activate a vision.

Role Description

This is a full-time hybrid Senior Project Manager role at Hyperquake located in Cincinnati, OH, with some work from home flexibility. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing assigned client engagements and leading the Hyperquake agency team to successful completion of all project work.  Critical to success, is delivering work on-time, on-budget and on-strategy. Project Leaders will have outstanding project management skills, a solid understanding of effective marketing strategy, and the ability to build great personal and professional relationships internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the client leadership team to develop project scopes, including approach, deliverables, timelines and budget
• Set-up and manage multi-functional projects and track scope throughout the project lifecycle
• Manage project shifts and changes and ensure all parties are aligned
• Own and manage project budget and partner with all team functional leaders to define project assumptions, communicate project risks and mitigation plans to make sure all work is delivered on budget
• Create and manage internal and client-facing timelines and milestones for all projects owned
• Partner with all team functional leads to plan project team assignments and manage needs based on team capacity and availability
• Work to identify risks on all projects early and provide excellent problem solving skills to resolve potential issues while keeping the team involved
• Work with project team leads to identify and manage vendors for projects on an as-needed basis
• Own all internal status documents and traffic meetings as well as schedule all planned/project internal team meetings
• Partner with client leadership on all client meeting and status needs
• Own process in partnership with client lead to capture all notes, action items, and next steps for planned meetings
• Own management and maintenance of project financials within reporting systems and run reports as necessary to support budget management and progress, including owning the final budget reconciliation at the project close
• Identify project learnings and improvements through project wrap summaries or reviews
• Identify and implement new processes that improve team performances and gain efficiencies in internal workflow
• Support and grow current client accounts by listening for extension opportunities on current work and making strategic recommendations that extend the client’s business objectives and long-term goals
• Assist with the evaluation of new business opportunities as needed by Client and Business Leads
• Participate in new business pitches/RFP development with Client and Business Leads

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional experience in some of the following areas: project management, marketing services, creative services
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with varying budget requirements in a non-linear environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and client relationship building skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills
• Team player who possesses the ability to work well under pressure
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage a large multi-functional team
• Ability and willingness to adapt to change
• Project Management experience
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Experience in the marketing or design industry is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Business, or related field is preferred but not required