Project Manager

United States - New York, New York , United States - Parsippany, New Jersey Work Arrangement: Regular - Hybrid Job Description JOB SUMMARY: The Project Manager owns and manages the full range of client deliverables for an assigned brand, from project planning to final delivery, ensuring timely, high-quality, and budget-conscious execution. The PM is a creative problem solver whose expertise allows them to guide development efforts for multichannel tactics. The PM collaborates cross-functionally with agency departments, including Account Management, Finance, Production, Creative, Editorial, Technology, and Strategy, among others. Whether it's advising on the feasibility of creative concepts, planning resource assignments, ensuring priorities are managed in alignment with Account Management, identifying bottlenecks and proposing solutions ahead of time, the one thing that's certain is that no two days are ever the same. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Project Management: Understands and contributes to agency and department processes, procedures, and workflows for assigned projects. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Supports and communicates with the cross-functional team by tracking and sharing the process and progress of projects. Administration: Maintains a timely, detail-oriented, and accurate approach to administrative tasks. JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES: Project Management Owns and manages mid-complexity, multichannel project deliverables from concept to deployment under the guidance of the Senior Brand Project Manager, providing direction and vision as needed. Follows and enforces internal procedures and IPGH internal tools (WorkFront, Egnyte, and Teams) for project management. Speaks to pertinent information during internal status meetings to provide updates or changes in project plans. Follows up on documentation from internal meetings to ensure project progress, next steps, and deliverables are met, thereby maintaining project timelines. Acts as point-of-contact for project-related routing; accountable for quality control, preparing projects, accuracy, and timely execution. Manages 3rd party vendors and client digital team relationships, collaborates on timelines, and identifies challenges and risks to stay on schedule. Ensures the distribution of job numbers, enters project estimates, and runs and circulates various reports, including financial and timesheet reports. Proactively escalates and suggests solutions to project-related issues to management. Supports Senior Project Managers, Supervisors, and Associate Directors in developing the scope of work and meeting requirements. Participates in reviewing financial output reports, incoming briefs, and timelines and estimates. Participates in discussions related to process optimization and improvement. Can be client-facing as a content matter expert around timing and estimates to answer project questions that may arise. Cross-Functional Collaboration Demonstrates understanding of and maintains relationships with different agency departments including Editorial, Account, Finance, Creative, Technology and Strategy. Communicates ideas and messages professionally, effectively, and across multiple mediums (e.g., verbal, written), tailored to the audience. Informs team members about the start of new projects, upcoming deadlines, quality control, revisions, and next steps. Proactively approaches the supervisor with new ideas and suggestions for personal career growth and team efficiencies. Supports new business activities as needed. Helps and supports the training of junior team members. Participates in finance meetings by attending, contributing, and implementing takeaways in collaboration with the Account. Solves project or client challenges in tight collaboration with internal stakeholders. Administration Maintains accurate and organized files of past and present projects in accordance with agency-established protocols. Demonstrates a detail-oriented and organized approach to daily responsibilities. Completes timesheets, expenses, and all other administrative duties accurately and on a timely basis. Salary: $60,000 to $80,000 annually The salary range for this position is noted within this job posting. 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; 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. It is the policy of IPG Health and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F. #J-18808-Ljbffr