Freelance Project Manager

Job Summary:

Omnicom Production is searching for an experienced client-facing Project Manager to work in a fast-paced agency environment. This is a part time role (~20 hours a week) and will work directly with our high profile financial news/media client in NYC. The candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment where you will be the sole project owner working to deliver small-to-large multi-channel projects across multiple brands.

You should be comfortable and experienced with direct client and agency partner communication/relationship building, estimating/scoping projects, creating project schedules/timelines, managing multiple clients and projects, and working with internal Account, Strategy, Creative, Production, Post Production, Studio, Asset Management, Compliance/Quality Assurance, and Finance teams. Building strong trust and rapport with the client, team and stakeholders throughout planning, production, post production, and delivery is essential.

Reports to: Account Director

Location: Remote + Midtown NYC (on an as needed basis)

Salary Rate Range: $900-1050/week

The ideal candidate will possess the following: 

• Values being a part of a high-functioning team.
• Works with honesty and integrity.
• Brings a confident and tenacious "make-it-happen" attitude.
• Is a seasoned collaborator who can organize, coordinate, influence, and lead.
• Operationally excellent with an eye for detail; views organization and prioritization as second nature.
• Is motivated by a strong desire for optimization, productivity, and nurturing project success from inception to completion.
• Has a strong bias for action and adaptability to change; someone who feels comfortable pivoting between different types of processes and is receptive to feedback.
• Possesses keen instincts, a sharp mind, and the agility to think quickly and act appropriately to solve client and business challenges.
• Demonstrates tenacity to execute timely and effectively.
• Possesses an acute awareness and innate ability to think critically to solve problems.

Responsibilities:

• Manage small-to-large multi-channel video/photography, digital, and print projects including photo/video shoots, social, paid media, toolkits, emails, websites/landing pages, and more
• Vet new project requests and briefs for scoping requirements (e.g. deliverables, timing, budget, assumptions, etc.), updating or creating briefs as needed
• Develop small-to-large scale project schedules, estimates, SOWs, and resource planning
• Manage day-to-day tasks, performing proactive identification of potential challenges and ensuring on-time project deliverables
• Manage project scope, timeline and budget and execute change documentation when additional requests are made
• Manage project communication internally and externally and document key meetings and decisions
• Define project scope and develop SOWs and Change Orders
• Responsible for project status and financial tracking including monitoring POs and invoices
• Report overall project status internally and externally on status meetings
• Assign individual resource responsibilities and help identify appropriate resources needed on a per-project basis
• Partner with production to complete rights management/usage documentation and asset metadata
• Coordinate handoff of final assets to our asset management platform

Desired Skills and Experience:

• 2-4 years of project management experience with 2+ in an agency environment
• Client-facing experience required
• Extremely well organized and detail-oriented
• Team player, positive attitude and strong work ethic
• Emotionally intelligent, collaborative, adaptable and solution-oriented
• Comfortable with a high level of quick turn projects
• A strong knowledge of best practices in project management
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Experience with global campaigns and regional localization a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Smartsheet

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