Project Manager - Consulting and/or Marketing & Communications [Remote, Contract]

Lead & manage small to large, simple to complex HR marketing projects to keep them, and us, organized, on schedule and on budget.

ABOUT NEXUS

At Nexus, we are all about Connecting People with Purpose. We build culture for our client organizations. We facilitate people growing their careers. We help companies connect with their people in more meaningful, authentic, and impactful ways.

Specifically, our communications work spans across our clients' 'employee experience' - from recruiting, to orientation & on-boarding, values and culture, pay & benefits, leadership, learning/training, engagement & recognition, and beyond. We are a full spectrum communications firm, developing targeted strategy, insightful content and outstanding creative work for all platforms, from traditional media to video, digital, podcasts, e-learning and more.

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Job Description

At this time, these are remote working opportunities, with the potential to evolve into full-time positions..

At Nexus, we are committed to delivering with excellence.

Help bring our clients' employee-facing programs to life through effective project management. Your contributions will ensure tight organization of your assigned programs, ensuring seamless development and delivery of creative materials and impactful communications materials in multiple formats: Web, video, presentation, interactive learning, PDF, Posters, Digital ads, etc.

Your Project Management abilities and ability to remain calm, cool and collected when dealing with competing priorities is key. Our supportive and collaborative PM team awaits, who will provide orientation of "The Nexus Way" to set you up for success.

Highly organized and process-oriented people will enjoy working with both our clients and internal teams to deliver seamless experiences for all all phases of complex, multifaceted learning and culture communications projects, targeting key stakeholder groups: executives, people leaders, and individual contributors.

We are actively looking for creative problem solvers, with excellent communication skills and a positive attitude – attributes that will equip you to negotiate and influence participants at various levels and in various geographies, while influencing positive change through awareness, understanding, acceptance and engagement with key project milestones.

Your efforts will include:

• Full project life cycle ownership for a range of project types – everything from short lifespan, single deliverables to complex, omni-channel programs, all of which can include Video, Digital/Web, Internal/External Communication & Learning projects, Paid Media etc.
• Keeping team members focused on project goals, their functional responsibilities and project milestones by acting as a primary point of contact for project status. This includes coordinating with multiple stakeholders (internal and external) to provide leadership for all aspects of project engagement - from planning, stakeholder communications, scope documentation, resourcing, scheduling, budget tracking, financial controls, change order management, quality control and risk management.
• Participate in production meetings, quick scrums, internal and client-facing calls
• Develop and deliver comprehensive, formal scheduled (day/week/month and/or quarter) status reporting, as required.
  
  

Requirements

Knowledge and Experience

• At least 2 years of Project Management experience in Consulting, HR, Marketing and/or communications - client or agency side
• Experience in various communications channels (interactive, video, traditional, paid media)
• Knowledge of Human Resources, internal/corporate communications and B2B are strong assets.

Software

• Working knowledge of Project Management software, Monday.com and MS Office - Outlook, Excel & Word
• Accreditations
• PMP certification is an asset
  

If you are confident and enthusiastic with a proactive approach to project management and program leadership, and looking for interesting work with purpose, your efforts will contribute to making a difference for a lot of people.

Please submit

• Your resume
• A short cover letter highlighting your relevant experience
• A single attachment citing examples of your work experience in project/program management. These examples can be descriptions and links to successful completion of a range of projects. PLEASE NOTE: We are interested in the story behind projects that highlight your contributions, so any assets you have authored or co-authored, which may have been used, such as presentations, project plans, etc. would also be suitable.
  
  

Nexus Communications is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace.