Senior Project Manager (Contract)
About the role
Overview
Movement Strategy is looking for a Senior Project Manager who will report into the Pod Lead on a high profile, non-profit account. We’re looking for someone with experience in this space along with high-volume social expertise. You will act as a strategic operational partner within the pod, helping steer account health, team performance, internal process and client success. You’ll guide day-to-day work while supporting the Pod Lead in setting vision, ensuring alignment across departments, and elevating the quality of our output. You will serve as the primary point of contact for client communications and project coordination.
Above all, your strongest skill should be problem-solving. You may not always have immediate answers, but you’re the first to raise your hand, identify challenges, and develop solutions to get the job done.
A Bit About Us
Movement Strategy creates content and campaigns for the world’s most exciting brands. We win awards, make headlines, shatter engagement numbers and celebrate the journey along the way. It’s why companies like Netflix, Amazon, Spotify, and Intuit come to us again and again.
We’re fully remote with hubs in New York, Denver, and LA, and a presence all across the US. We believe collaboration is what takes our work from good to great, and at times, even to legendary status. We champion diverse opinions and creativity in every department, and provide professional development and learning opportunities with the goal of helping you discover your best work today, and learn how to make it even better in the future.
Key Focus Areas
- Project Management:
- Support the Pod Lead to uphold the strategic vision, and work in a collaborative and creative manner.
- Serve as an extension of the Pod Lead in reinforcing process, team norms, and cross-functional collaboration.
- You will manage multiple projects within the business unit via Asana, leading internal cross-functional teams throughout project lifecycles, including: social content, campaign development, influencer strategies, event activations, etc. You’ll be responsible for running internal team-status and always knowing where we stand with each project.
- Collaborates with internal teams (creative, production, media planning) to develop and execute social-first creative content and campaigns.
- Creating and seeing timelines through is second nature for you, and you’ll continuously look to see where the team can improve in achieving each step in a timely/realistic manner.
- Productivity: in addition to timelines, you’ll be tasked to execute against a scope of work and budget for your client projects and retainers. Both will require detailed collaboration with other department leads to ensure accuracy in resources and time. Once work is complete, you’ll work with the Account team to report on hours/time spent on each project.
- Working in collaboration with resource management on budgeting resources and developing staffing plans for projects and client-retainers.
- Producing necessary contracts and paperwork for partner-vendors and working with finance/operations to ensure payment is processed within the proper budgets
- Able to identify bottlenecks and provide solutions across departments
- Client Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships within day-to-day communication and meetings.
- Participate in social-centric recommendations that will achieve client goals and business objectives.