Project Manager

Project Manager

Candidate Profile: 
Our client recognizes that significant changes in the marketplace demand a new perspective on branding – elevating clarity, authenticity, empathy and future-forward thinking in our strategic deliverables. These include Vision +Purpose, Value Proposition, Brand Positioning + Personality, Brand Architecture, Portfolio Strategy and Verbal
Branding, including naming. Possessing a real passion for brands, you have a talent to engage with a wide range of partners successfully and an inherent ability to synthesize disparate inputs into actionable frameworks, strategies and designs.You are a self-starter and a confident leader. You have a high level of purpose and will only deliver excellence in work quality.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• You are responsible for communicating project status to the team, including project meeting minutes and updates, performance-to-project plan, project risks and other critical details and data as warranted
• You will coordinate scheduling and planning; communicating across all levels inclusive of the project team, stakeholders and external vendors
• You have the ability to manage multiple projects at one time, and will coordinate research activities, including logistics, scheduling, planning and documentation coordination
• You will bridge design and business disciplines, evaluating and gauging appropriate risks and future opportunities

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Up to 3 years of project management experience
• SCRUM certification preferred
• Previous experience working in a creative / design environment highly preferred
• Project management training, excellent planning and project management skills desirable
• Project management certification a plus but not required
• Strong experience using Microsoft Project required
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong analytical aptitude with creative abilities
• Ability to facilitate the generation of detailed and accurate, risk-adjusted project plans and track against the
• Above all else
• Friendly, thoughtful and perpetually curious
• Humble to your core with a sharp emotional intelligence
• Able to build trust, even when communicating a dissenting point of view