Project Manager

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’re 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.

As the Project Manager for General Motors, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of foundational projects across our integrated social and influencer teams. You will help shape and manage the overall team process, workflow and project planning. You will provide operational support across the team, including scheduling meetings, internal check-ins, drafting and posting meeting notes, developing lists of action items, communicating assignments, deadlines and needs to ensure projects follow the proposed schedules. You will make sure everything is running like clockwork and that our creatives, account team, strategists and cross-functional partners are informed and supported. This role requires a highly organized self-starter who has a thorough understanding of both paid and earned influencers, creative development, and a proven track record for managing multiple projects in an iterative, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage team process and workflow, ensuring projects are properly kicked off, resourced, and tracking from strategy development through production.
• Act as a direct liaison between creative, strategy, account management and other internal teams to ensure all parties are aware of project requirements, resources, and deadlines.
• Develop timeline to monitor and oversee progress of creative output.
• Oversee completion of assignments and projects, including but not limited to routing, content planning, and production.
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills when dealing with creative feedback and project constraints, escalate as necessary.
• Ensure projects adhere to timelines. Identify and communicate any potential issues and identify solutions.
• Manage project deliverables across medium size campaigns and help coordinate various functions including creative, strategy, insights, paid media, and analytics.
• Professionally and proactively manage engagements with account team partners, focusing on balancing quality, cost and schedule, while exceeding client expectations
• Set expectations at the beginning of a project: as any issues arise, find solutions without compromising quality, team morale, or budget.
• Owns and manages project brief with extended team, inclusive of scope of deliverables, hours, timeline, and project requirements/processes.
• Demonstrate strong, professional work ethic and financial acumen.
• Ability to escalate and provide resolve conflict opportunities with management.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience managing the making of or delivery of influencer marketing content in a creative agency or an in-house social media team.
• Strong project management experience and the ability to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to organize information quickly and at a high level to address potential roadblocks and define the best way forward, keeping in mind the quality of the work and giving it room to develop.
• Understanding of  automotive, social, digital and video asset creation and approval cycles.
• Experience forming strong team relationships.
• Flexible, adaptable, and responsible when quick turnaround is required.
• Experience using collaborative team communication and project management tools like SharePoint, Teams and Smartsheet.
• Ability to collaborate with a variety of people and teams.

 Salary: $70,000 USD - $85,000 USD

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.

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.

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