Project Manager (Agency Experience)

Ready to make a real impact on a major financial services firm? As a Project Manager partnering with Aquent, you'll play a pivotal role in orchestrating seamless marketing campaigns across diverse channels. Working with a collaborative team, you'll steer projects from inception to completion, ensuring flawless execution and exceeding client expectations. This is your chance to showcase your project management expertise and contribute to the success of high-profile initiatives.

This exciting opportunity allows you to leverage your agency experience to manage a diverse portfolio of marketing projects. You'll be the central point of contact, collaborating with internal teams, marketing partners, and external technical teams to deliver exceptional results. Your ability to navigate the digital and print landscape, coupled with your strong communication skills, will be essential to your success. This role requires a deep understanding of project management principles and a proven track record of delivering medium to large-scale projects.

Responsibilities:

• Forge strong partnerships with internal teams to present a unified agency perspective to marketing partners.
• Provide expert counsel during project planning, assessing feasibility, resource availability, and scope.
• Oversee projects from initiation to completion, including retrospective analysis.
• Manage client expectations regarding project timelines, scope, and deliverables.
• Utilize project management software (Workfront) to manage workflows, schedules, resources, and communication.
• Proactively identify and resolve project roadblocks, mitigate risks, and escalate critical issues.
• Maintain accurate project information in Workfront for reporting and analysis.
• Facilitate seamless collaboration between technical, strategy, creative, account, and production teams.
• Serve as primary or supporting project manager for various projects.
• Contribute to team cohesion and cross-functional partnership.
• Provide feedback and participate in team and agency initiatives.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Proven success in delivering medium to large-scale projects within an agency, consultancy, or marketing firm.
• Experience managing diverse marketing assets (emails, social media content, webpages, event creative, collateral, motion graphics, strategic messaging).
• Familiarity with campaign management, measurement, and analysis.
• Adaptability to evolving workflows while maintaining a consistent client experience.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
• Solid understanding and application of project management principles.
• Decisive problem-solving abilities and the capacity to offer alternative solutions.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Proficiency with enterprise project management tools (Workfront, JIRA, or Basecamp).
• Positive attitude, flexibility, and ability to thrive in a deadline-driven environment.
• Proficiency with Windows.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Experience in highly regulated environments or at a financial institution.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. . More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.