Project Manager
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At Telegraph, we dont work in siloed departments, but rather highly collaborative teams. Everyone is accountable for creating award-winning, nationally-recognized work that builds and drives our clients business.Telegraph is seeking an experienced Project Manager who can oversee and direct multiple projects at a time, ensuring these projects meet or exceed internal & client expectations and are delivered on-time and on-budget. Impeccable communication and organizational abilities are a prerequisite for consideration.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day management of digitally-based projects in collaboration with sales & account teams and with direct engagement with the client, creative and development teams
- Responsible for helping to prioritize projects and deliverables; keeper of the creative teams schedules and owner of resourcing and workflow management
- Fuel inter-department relationship and liaison between account leadership, creative and other functions
- Develop project critical paths and timelines
- Manage budgets, completing projects within estimated hours and costs
- Manages/works with vendor/third party relationships as necessary (i.e. hosting, stock photo services, and video production)
- Maintain and update necessary reporting
- Quality control and mitigate risk
- Internal systems expert and keeper of process
- Contribute to ongoing process refinements and ways of working
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in advertising, marketing, business or related field
- 3-5 years of marketing or advertising experience, agency experience
- 2-4 years experience in project management, coordinating or related field
- Strong background in digital media including custom website page development, advertising, digital display ads, search, email, and social media
- Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to manage time, adhere to strict timelines, multitask and work well under pressure
- Detail and ability to ensure that projects are developed in line with clients brand style and guidelines
- Proactive nature in the seeking of work/responsibility
- Exhibits strong listening skills and the ability to tactfully communicate position on relevant issues to reach team consensus
- Dependability in execution of work and as member of assigned team
- Enthusiastic, solution-oriented attitude in accepting work/new challenges
- Effective interpersonal skills working well across functions
- Conscientious work ethic