Overview

The Marketing Store has a long, exciting history as a highly innovative, inspirationally creative, global marketing agency. And now, we’re helping to build a new kind of fully integrated agency from scratch with our partners at Omnicom. We are assembling some of the sharpest creative minds in the industry and we’re looking to add to the team.  Our Retail Merchandising Group will be focused on turning out the most effective, brand building, behavior changing, print and digital marketing materials imaginable for one of the most iconic brands in the world.

Our through-the-line model is led by data, fueled by cultural insight and focused on retail activations that drive the business. Our solutions are built around the ways real humans actually behave. And we behave like real humans too. We’re super collaborative, supportive of one another, respectful of everyone, and generally fun to be around.

We are looking for a Project Manager to organize, oversee and direct multiple projects at a time, ensuring they meet client expectations and are delivered on time and on budget.  This role will communicate frequently with daily client contact to communicate project information (e.g. status, risk, issues, deliverables) and to assure that the solution is understood and addresses business requirements. The Project Manager will also ensure that the challenge and requirements are understood by the team (Account, Marketing Operations, Creative, etc) and will plan, organize and control the activities of team members to deliver the project to expectation.  This role is also responsible for the accurate financial management of their assigned projects and may also participate in business development process. 

Responsibilities

PROJECT PLANNING

• Develops and demonstrates an understanding of the client’s business, needs, expectations, and requirements.
• Collaborates with project team to drive the approach, deliverables, schedule and tools to deliver the project within established constraints.
• Partners with Account team and other project team members to estimate costs and timing for tasks, utilizing established estimating process and tools.

PROJECT EXECUTION

• Coordinates all activities of the project team and ensures that project tasks are completed by: scheduling and facilitating project-related team meetings (i.e. kick-offs, status, reviews, etc.), and communicating action steps to team.
• Develops, maintains, reviews and/or distributes all project documentation including requirements, project schedules, budgets, status reports, invoices, change orders, and post mortem reviews.
• Ensures that all project documentation is produced in the standard format, follows internal documentation processes and is reviewed and approved. 
• Collaborates on the content and presentation of key client deliverables as required to ensure relevancy, strategy, quality and timeliness. 
• Acts as a point-of-contact to the client on all day-to-day project related issues.
• Manages and controls project scope and the change control process to ensure that projects are completed according to schedule and within budget. 
• Responsible for delivering work within sold margins. Also responsible for identifying and communicating issues causing margin changes.
• Responsible for raising and maintaining awareness of all project issues and risks and for identifying and working with appropriate parties to develop solutions.
• Manages project financial lifecycle, including estimates, revenue forecasts, invoicing, payables, receivables, etc. 

RESOURCES

• Works with the Account Management lead, Operations and HR to ensure that projects are appropriately staffed, including both employee and contingent workers. 
• Follows internal processes and adjusts staffing needs in a timely manner based on project shifts.
• Manages vendor/third party relationships.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
• 4+ years of experience managing marketing projects including work on retail and production, preferably in a consulting or agency environment.
• Experience within an integrated marketing agency or environment strongly preferred.
• Experience in QSR, Food, and/or Retail Marketing strongly preferred.
• Solid knowledge of one or more of the following: Agile software development life cycles, web and mobile technologies and development processes, and the delivery of solutions with creative and engineering components, media and advertising projects, digital strategy projects.
• Solid understanding of project management methodology including the ability to identify and resolve issues, manage risk, develop detailed work plans and specifications, perform resource allocations and run team meetings. PMP Certification a plus.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems with keen instincts and organizational experience.
• Strong Microsoft Project, Jira, Visio and MS Office skills.
• Must be able to simultaneously focus on details and driving results.
• Working knowledge of contract interpretation and negotiation.