Senior Marketing Project Manager

Brief Description

The primary role of the Senior Project Manager is to clearly define and manage project scope while delivering quality assets in a fast-paced environment. In this capacity, the Senior Project Manager is the main liaison between the client solutions (account management) teams and the creatives, strategists, developers, and other internal teams. Impeccable communication and organizational abilities are a prerequisite for consideration. Projects will cover a wide range of topics, including creating brand content, social assets, websites, print magazines, custom emails, marketing campaigns, social media content, and videos.

Essential Functions

• Partner with client account team to align on project needs, dependencies, scopes of work, resources needed, estimates, status, milestones, burn reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with creative, strategy, developer, analytics and performance media teams on deliverables and timelines.
• Ensure project deliverables are on schedule for completion on or before deadlines, communicating any scope-creep to client account team.
• Interact with other project managers on best practices and project management tool efficiencies.
• Partner with finance team for project plan entries and budget estimates.
• Review and approve submitted time entries on a weekly basis for prompt closure of prior weeks’ worked hours.
• Proper assignment of tasks within project management tool, Workfront.
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor progress, and periodically summarize and communicate project status for account teams and/or upper management.
• Monitor budgets and help to develop a strategy to stay on budget.
• Works with head of Project Management team to follow existing processes and suggest improvements
  
  

Requirements

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Marketing, Communications or related field

PMP or SCRUM Master certifications a plus

Experience

5 years of experience in digital project management

Experience With Workfront For Project Management Required

Experience at a marketing agency a plus

Skills

• Flexibility and the willingness to adapt to meet the needs of the team.
• Someone who is comfortable in a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment.
• A life learner who is constantly working to improve their professional knowledge.
• An entrepreneur, always looking to improve processes.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects and identify potential project risks via collaboration with internal creative stakeholders, including escalating where appropriate
• Ability to lead and direct the work of team members
• Effective at handling multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and efficiently; superior multi-tasking skills
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofing, communication, presentation, and follow-up skills
• Exceptional organization and resource planning skills
• Extreme attention to detail
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency in Workfront
• Familiarity with bug tracking tools like JIRA
• Familiarity with at least one CMS (Content Mgmt System) such as WordPress, Expression Engine, Alfresco, etc.
  
  

Summary

WHAT WE OFFER

• The salary for this position will range from $63,000 - 80,000 depending on experience, education, geographical location, and other factors.
• A full suite of benefits is available following one full month of employment including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with profit sharing, and other ancillary benefits. We even have a Life Balanced Account where you can get reimbursed for things like groceries or a haircut (yes, really!)
• PTO: Vacation, Recharge, Safe & Sick Time, Flexible Holidays 10 standard paid holidays and a paid Day of Service
• Free financial wellness and planning and a robust EAP
• Check out full details on our benefits at our website: https://www.paceco.com/working-at-pace/
  
  

About Pace

Pace is a leading integrated marketing agency & digital storytelling powerhouse. We specialize in brand storytelling and deliver results by continually creating better customer and employee experiences for our clients. We connect the dots across an integrated marketing ecosystem using our six key service areas: strategy, creative, media, social, technology, and analytics.

We Create With Heart. We believe everyone is part of creating something wonderful every day. We lead with purpose and empathy. We cultivate a sense of belonging and celebrate diversity in both mind and experience. And we succeed through collaboration. At Pace, everyone has a seat at the table, and unique perspectives are welcomed. Everyone’s voice carries the same tenor, and inclusivity is in our DNA.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Pace we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace, so if you’re enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we urge you to apply regardless. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles we have available.

Pace is an equal employment opportunity employer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Pace does not discriminate against employees or job applicants based on age, ancestry, color, religious creed, race, sex, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, national origin, marital status, disability status, military or veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal or state statutes.