Freelance Project Manager

Summary

Movers+Shakers is seeking a Freelance Project Manager to support large-scale creative campaigns. The role oversees project scoping, budgeting, scheduling, resource management, cross-functional coordination, and execution across complex, multi-phased work, while also helping improve operational processes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for success of project execution, delivering on time, on budget and as scoped
• Track hours and budgets against those set in SOW & internal tracking systems
• Map out project planning, including overall phases, key deliverables or goals, important milestones, and what resources are needed when
• Provide operational support to ensure team members are on track with delivery dates by scheduling meetings, hosting internal check-ins, drafting and posting meeting notes, developing lists of action items, and communicating assignments, deadlines and needs
• Provide project-level input that furthers the efficiency and quality of the work and advocate for the agency/client relationship
• Understand staffing and scope requirements, with ability to inform scopes of work
• Facilitate business objectives and expectations and communicate changes/directions to internal team members
• Facilitate communication between all departments (Account, Creative, Strategy, Media, Production, and Executive Leadership)
• Assess projects to proactively identify blind spots and roadblocks, then move quickly to resolve issues as soon as possible
• Pre-project - work with cross-functional teams to estimate hours from each team for each phase to inform budget, then monitor hours burned against the estimate
• Schedule resources for each phase, including estimated dates and resources that will be needed
• Work with team leads to assign best team members based on expertise and background
• Escalate to team leads if deadlines, hours burned or scope are in jeopardy
• Actively drive projects forward by keeping cross-functional teams on target with an eye on the horizon for potential pitfalls
• Work with the account team to secure client input, feedback, and approvals on our work
• Work with production team to manage deadlines, timelines and budgetary needs
• Audit, support and recommend/build processes, systems, and documents to improve strategy and operational efficiency
• Work simultaneously on multiple clients’ programs within tight deadlines and moving parts, seeing projects through from start to finish
• Potential client integration on key projects as needed
• Spread joy!

Skills

• 4+ years of project management in a creative agency setting, managing innovative social media campaigns, video content production, and influencer campaigns
• Experience managing large-scale, complex projects with multiple phases and moving parts, ideally having worked on campaigns $2M+
• Solid background working with cross-functional teams across client service, strategy, creative and production
• Proficient with Google Suite
• Experience with project management software, such as Asana/Salesforce & Harvest, etc
• Extensive experience and fluency in social media, supporting campaign management across omni-channels w/in social media
• Stellar communication skills and ability to “speak the language” of each department
• Passion for delighting clients and going above & beyond
• Keen eye for detail with the foresight to think about the bigger picture
• Super organized, able to manage a ton of things simultaneously and follow tight deadlines
• Proactive
• Adaptive

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 4+ years of project management in a creative agency setting, managing innovative social media campaigns, video content production, and influencer campaigns
• Experience managing large-scale, complex projects with multiple phases and moving parts, ideally having worked on campaigns $2M+
• Solid background working with cross-functional teams across client service, strategy, creative and production
• Proficient with Google Suite
• Experience with project management software, such as Asana/Salesforce & Harvest, etc
• Extensive experience and fluency in social media, supporting campaign management across omni-channels w/in social media
• Stellar communication skills and ability to “speak the language” of each department
• Passion for delighting clients and going above & beyond
• Keen eye for detail with the foresight to think about the bigger picture
• Super organized, able to manage a ton of things simultaneously and follow tight deadlines
• Proactive
• Adaptive

Benefits

• Movers+Shakers’ is committed to personal and professional growth.