Project Manager

Agency:
Weber Shandwick

Job Function:
Projects and Performance Improvement

Job Subfunction:
Project and Program Management

Job Description:
Who We Are

Weber Shandwick is more than a leading global PR agency - we're an engagement agency and we're working in and around the cutting edge of the new media landscape. We'e storytellers, content creators, and we engage people IN the story. Our success is built on a deep commitment to client service and to our people. We embrace creativity and collaboration, and we engage stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputations.

Manager, Project Management
Weber Shandwick is currently seeking a dedicated Project Manager, Integrated Project Management to join our winning team! In this role you will work closely with an integrated team across account, creative, influencer, social, analytics, and strategy, as well as report to a Director or VP of Project Management, to lead projects across a growing portfolio of brands.

Responsibilities:
- Independently manage multiple small to medium-scale integrated campaigns; collaborating with internal stakeholders, coordinating with various partners and managing vendors
- Demonstrate understanding the full project lifecycle from client brief to final delivery
- Own and manage project lifecycle with extended team, inclusive of scoping deliverables, resource management, hour estimates, timeline development, and project requirements/processes
- Coordinate with creative, strategy, account management and other internal teams to help drive best-in-class solutions, deliver award winning results and mitigate risk and potential overservice
- Manage financial performance of accounts including scopes, burn report summaries and forecasting
- Lead internal team members on day-to-day project milestones and deliverables
- Partner with WS account team to manage team on-boarding processes
- Support in educating the team on roles and responsibilities, process and templates

Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of project management experience, preferably in an agency setting
- Strong financial management skills, including scoping, burn report tracking, resource allocation across project tasks
- Demonstrated success in managing different types of programs and deliverables, such as creative ideation, social and/or digital
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and skilled at driving clarity in complex projects
- Motivated and curious, a true team player eager to jump in, problem solve and lead teams to success
- Proficient in Microsoft Project/Smartsheet, Excel, and PowerPoint

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

#LI-GHSalary Range: $75,000.00 - $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; 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.

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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