Frankel Media Group

Frankel's Project Managers manage, from coordination to completion, all client campaigns through the project lifecycle. As a Project Manager (PM), you'll scope projects and timelines, create estimates, and manage budgets and work-back schedules. We'll depend on you to facilitate consistent communication between the agency's Creative, Digital, Project Management and Brand Management teams, and assure the on-time delivery of all client campaigns to ensure they remain on-budget, on-time and on-quality.

You'll work closely with the vendors/contractors assigned to your campaigns, managing them within scope and budget, as well as ensuring their elements are executed on-quality and on-time in support of the overarching campaign deliverables. We're looking for someone who prides themself in being an effective problem solver on a day-to-day basis - and who is adept at anticipating problems and recognizing opportunities to realize efficiencies and minimize scope creep and budget waste.

Project Lifecycle Management Responsibilities

• Leads Project kickoff, presenting key deliverables, initial Spec Sheets, timelines + budgets
• Monitors project budgets + schedules daily
• Catches project scope creep
• Accountable for staying within agreed upon budget and informing all parties of any changes to scope/assumptions/issues that arise
• Manages + updates project work-back schedules
• Identifies and proactively resolves any deliverables that might fall behind schedule
• Manages tactical quality of all client partner deliverables (specs)
• Ensures smooth handoff of deliverables from Creative Services and Digital Services

Project/Program Administration Responsibilities

• Responsible for the consistent successful facilitation of project(s) from estimation through launch and maintenance
• Manages project transactions (reviews and adjusts) on a weekly basis
• Manages all projects on-quality (tactical), on-time and on-budget
• Schedules, facilitates and circulates notes and action items for internal check in meetings 
• Responsible for gathering project assets prior to the start of a project 
• Responsible for creation and maintenance of server files/ folders

Vendor Management Responsibilities

• Facilitates estimate development and confirmation of vendor(s) selection and final production schedules for print and production work
• Ensures hand off of print/production ready files to vendor(s) for production, with Print Production manager when needed
• Ensures all project outside costs are accurately represented in WMJ
• Works with Brand manager to ensure all project outside costs are accurately coded and represented in internal billing systems 

Required skills for success in role:

• Advanced project management skills, including strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple demands simultaneously in a fast paced environment.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
• Thorough understanding of studio/graphic arts and creative workflow processes.
• Strong working knowledge and proven experience with digital development and production processes and techniques (web, mobile, social, etc.)