Project Manager

Summary

Go Fish Digital is an engineering-forward performance marketing agency specializing in SEO, Generative Engine Optimization, AI, social commerce, and conversion-focused creative. The Project Manager serves as the operational backbone for complex client accounts and projects, translating strategy into actionable plans, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing timelines and risks, and supporting profitable execution.

Responsibilities

• Translate approved strategy and project decisions into clear work plans, tasks, milestones, dependencies, owners, and timelines
• Build and maintain realistic project schedules that reflect scope, priorities, team capacity, and delivery dependencies
• Monitor execution, adjust plans as conditions change, and ensure decisions consistently move into action
• Maintain strong project structure in ClickUp so teams understand what needs to happen, who owns it, and when it is due
• Ensure assigned work meets Go Fish standards for task clarity, ownership, dates, estimates, prioritization, and actionable context
• Coordinate work across Client Strategy, delivery teams, and other contributors to keep multi-service and project-based engagements moving smoothly
• Translate internal decisions into clear next steps and ensure owners understand dependencies, priorities, and expectations
• Identify handoff gaps, conflicting priorities, and unclear ownership before they disrupt delivery
• Maintain continuity as work moves across teams and help ensure important decisions, requests, and project context are not lost
• Maintain current, realistic project timelines and proactively identify work at risk of delay
• Monitor team capacity and workload constraints, escalating trade-offs before they affect client commitments
• Surface operational risks related to scope, timelines, dependencies, staffing, or workflow and partner with Client Strategy and delivery leaders on resolution
• Use sound judgment to address issues directly when possible and escalate repeated or material risks at the appropriate level
• Regularly review assigned projects to identify overdue work, adjust dependencies, resolve capacity concerns, and protect delivery timelines
• Help protect project and account margin through strong planning, accurate time estimates, workflow control, and visibility into actual effort
• Monitor time tracking and hours against project expectations, surfacing material variances or scope concerns early
• Support deferred revenue forecasting and revenue-recognition schedules for applicable project-based work
• Partner with Client Strategy and Operations to identify when project demands exceed planned scope, capacity, or financial assumptions
• Ensure project-management practices support both high-quality delivery and profitable execution. Project-management KPIs at Go Fish specifically include margin protection, time-tracking compliance, and deferred-revenue forecast accuracy where applicable
• Support onboarding and kickoff for assigned accounts by establishing project structure, timelines, milestones, tasks, and internal ownership
• For project-based engagements, develop the execution schedule and align the internal team before Client Strategy confirms commitments with the client
• Maintain project documentation and structure throughout the engagement so teams have a reliable view of current work, decisions, and progress
• Support smooth transitions when timelines, priorities, services, or team members change

Skills

• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects, preferably in a marketing agency, professional-services firm, or multi-client environment
• Strong ability to translate strategy and broad direction into clear, actionable project plans
• Experience coordinating work across multiple teams, disciplines, and dependencies
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining visibility into priorities, risks, and deadlines
• Strong follow-through and a willingness to remain engaged until work is complete
• Strong ability to build realistic timelines, manage dependencies, and anticipate execution risks
• Sound judgment when priorities compete, information is incomplete, or teams have conflicting needs
• Ability to distinguish between an urgent request and a true project priority
• Confidence challenging unrealistic timelines, unclear ownership, or commitments that do not align with available capacity
• Ability to escalate risks at the right time and level
• Strong working knowledge of project-management platforms; experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred
• Comfort working with time estimates, capacity data, project hours, margin visibility, and execution reporting
• Ability to maintain highly organized project structures and accurate task-level information
• Comfortable using operational data to identify project risk and guide action
• Curiosity about AI and automation and how they can improve project planning, documentation, coordination, or visibility
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to turn meetings and strategic discussions into actionable tasks, owners, deadlines, and dependencies
• Confidence following up with teammates, challenging unclear requests, and holding stakeholders accountable professionally
• Ability to partner effectively with Client Strategy and delivery teams without taking over their strategic or client-facing responsibilities
• A calm, responsive, and practical working style
• Experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Demonstrated experience managing complex projects, preferably in a marketing agency, professional-services firm, or multi-client environment
• Strong ability to translate strategy and broad direction into clear, actionable project plans
• Experience coordinating work across multiple teams, disciplines, and dependencies
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining visibility into priorities, risks, and deadlines
• Strong follow-through and a willingness to remain engaged until work is complete
• Strong ability to build realistic timelines, manage dependencies, and anticipate execution risks
• Sound judgment when priorities compete, information is incomplete, or teams have conflicting needs
• Ability to distinguish between an urgent request and a true project priority
• Confidence challenging unrealistic timelines, unclear ownership, or commitments that do not align with available capacity
• Ability to escalate risks at the right time and level
• Strong working knowledge of project-management platforms; experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred
• Comfort working with time estimates, capacity data, project hours, margin visibility, and execution reporting
• Ability to maintain highly organized project structures and accurate task-level information
• Comfortable using operational data to identify project risk and guide action
• Curiosity about AI and automation and how they can improve project planning, documentation, coordination, or visibility
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to turn meetings and strategic discussions into actionable tasks, owners, deadlines, and dependencies
• Confidence following up with teammates, challenging unclear requests, and holding stakeholders accountable professionally
• Ability to partner effectively with Client Strategy and delivery teams without taking over their strategic or client-facing responsibilities
• A calm, responsive, and practical working style

Nice to Haves

• experience with ClickUp is strongly preferred

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited paid time off
• 401(k) with company match
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• A collaborative culture with autonomy and ownership
• Employee wellness programs and additional perks