Sr. Project Manager (Temp-to-Perm)

About Known

Known is a modern marketing company engineered for the unprecedented opportunities and challenges facing marketers today. We are about 200+ people strong, pairing PhD data scientists with award-winning creatives, strategists, engineers, and expert research teams to produce some of the most innovative and cutting-edge creative work in culture. We believe that when creative truly collaborates with science, strategy, and technology, amazing things can happen.

Known has earned top industry recognition, including Adweek Midsize Agency of the Year and Ad Age’s Agency A-List for 2024 & 2025, as well as Ad Age’s Data & Insights Agency of the Year for a record third year in a row. Honors include Emmys, Clios, Effies, Cannes Lions Awards, and more.

We couldn’t create this award-winning work without seeking out and hiring the best talent. What does it mean to be a Knowner? We are curious innovators, knowledge-hunters who are constantly challenging ourselves to do better and be better for our clients, for our team and for our world at large. Our offices around the U.S. are open and while most of our people work in a hybrid setting, we are a distributed workforce with a number of Knowners working remotely.

Note

This is a temp-to-perm role with a 2-3 month introductory period prior to conversion to a full-time role with benefits. Candidates located in New York who are available to work in a hybrid capacity will be prioritized.

About the Role

Known is looking for a Sr. Project Manager to join the Studios practice. The Sr. Project Manager will be responsible for seeing projects through from concept to final delivery across AV, Digital, Social, Print/OOH and Experiential. They will engage key stakeholders appropriately through the process, build and manage timelines and budgets, interface directly and regularly with clients, and ensure the on time, on strategy and on budget delivery of all projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage 360 campaigns and projects, inclusive of AV, Digital, Social, Print, OOH, Live Action and Experiential, throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Act as a point of contact for client across workstreams in coordination with Account Management
• Schedule and conduct internal and external project kick-offs
• Working in conjunction with creative strategy teams, organize information and develop the creative brief for each title
• Schedule and conduct internal project reviews, as well as distribute notes to the team
• Manage teams through all phases of concepting, creative development and design, QC, and final deliveries
• Create and manage internal and external master project calendars
• With input from your creative team and Head of Project Management, create SOWs detailing target initiatives, milestones, and deliverables
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to create, track, and re-calibrate project schedules, production calendars based on client briefs, client feedback, and project status and deliverables trackers