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Creative Project Manager (New Orleans - Remote Office)

Employer
Zehno
Location
Louisiana, United States
Salary
$60,000.00 - $75,000.00
Date posted
Dec 1, 2021

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POSITION AT A GLANCE

Status:  Full Time

Location: New Orleans, LA (virtual considered - must work on US Central time)

Application Deadline:  December 15, 2021

Salary: $60-75,000 salary (plus bonus + benefits)

Reporting to: The President + CFO

 

WHO YOU ARE

You thrive on helping others succeed, diving into the unknown to find answers and problem solve, as well as seeing opportunities for business growth and expansion. You are conscientious, but nimble. You act thoughtfully and strategically, always looking for ways to drive progress. You are a natural leader and bring needed structure to everything you manage. You anticipate and work around problems and seize opportunities for improvement. 

 

WHO WE ARE

Zehno teams with smart people at smart institutions to strengthen brands and marketing communications for schools, colleges and other education organizations.

With over 35 years of expertise in educational marketing communications, while joining us at Zehno, you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most prestigious schools in the country. We encourage and facilitate all personal development necessary to stay current in our industry, which means you’ll have lots of opportunities to cultivate your skills.

THE ROLE 
The project manager acts like an air-traffic controller, coordinating all project aspects to ensure everything is thought through and delivered beautifully, on time and on budget. The project manager proactively oversees and directs multiple projects simultaneously – from short-term, quick-turn initiatives to longer-term, integrated endeavors – and ensures they meet or exceed expectations from inception to delivery. The project manager interfaces with team members regularly by setting up and driving team meetings, creating schedules, project documentation, and seeing that the right information is communicated to team members or vendors. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

    Acts as an agency advocate internally and externally. Scopes timelines and drafting proposals. Keeps projects on-quality, on-time and on-budget. Breaks down complexity into actionable tasks, decisions and outcomes. Optimizes project processes, documentation and communication. Facilitates projects from estimation through launch and ongoing execution. Manages project-related freelancers/contractors.  Ensures vendor quotes align with project budgets and deliverables are met. Maintains and monitors project budgets and schedules daily. Informs all parties of any changes to scope/assumptions/issues that arise. Anticipates issues and sets mitigation plans in place or course corrects before they occur. Maintains client projects in approved technology - technologically proficient. Schedules appropriately based on staffing and capacity projections. Works closely and collaboratively with project leads to ensure changing resource and project requirements are addressed – including identification and documentation of any changes in scope. Facilitates effective and efficient meetings and discussions with clearly stated objectives, ensuring they stay on track and lead to a solution, decision or next steps. Leads project debriefs to identify successes and failures, identify action items and drive improvements to course correct or to benefit future projects. Motivates staff and project teams, inspires teamwork, and takes a leadership role.

 

YOUR PERSONAL QUALITIES

    Personifies the agency’s core values. Displays excellent communication skills with internal and external audiences at all levels. Has strong analytical, time management and organizational abilities. Works well with a diverse range of personalities.  Demonstrates deep understanding of project workflow. Thrives in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple projects at once. Focuses and works under pressure with humor, tact and professionalism.

 

YOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

    Minimum of 3 years of project management experience, preferably at an agency or a branding firm or with creative teams. (Education marketing experience is a plus). Media buying experience is not needed. Workamajig expertise required, along with proficiency in the Google suite of online applications, Asana, Basecamp and/or other project management software.  Knows how to prioritize work, with a great instinct for what moves the needle. Has solid experience with content strategy, marketing and creative work in both traditional and digital processes.

 

Because many of our clients are mandated to require vaccines and because much of our work requires us to work on-site at educational institutions, a condition of employment at Zehno is to require vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

 

HOW TO APPLY


Sound like you? We’d love to hear from you! Reach out to us with a cover letter as to why you are a good fit for Zehno and your resume - and we’ll take it from there! Please send all applications to careers@zehno.com with the subject line: Creative Project Manager Application.

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