Senior Marketing Project Manager (Onsite - Raleigh/Durham)

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

 

Our passion is telling our client’s stories powered by insights to fuel brand love. We are storytellers who believe that a story has the power to start movements, capture imagination and spark exploration. 

 

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our passionate team and help lead efforts for a key client. As a dedicated resource on this important engagement, the Senior Project Manager is accountable for clearly defining and managing project scope while delivering quality assets in a fast-paced environment.  

 

In this capacity, the Senior Project Manager is the main liaison between the client solutions (account management) teams and the creatives, strategists, performance media team, production team, development team and external PR team. Impeccable communication and organizational abilities are a prerequisite for consideration. Projects will cover a wide range of tactics including but not limited to printed materials, videos, TV and/or radio PSAs, social media content, customer correspondence concepts, website content, copy and graphics, public education.

 

This position requires regular client contact through calls, presentations and onsite meetings along with exceptional internal collaboration across agency service delivery teams. 

 

This position is located in Raleigh, NC, with an expectation to work onsite at the client’s office 4-5 days per week. The anticipated start date is early September.

 

WHAT WE OFFER:

• The salary for this position will range from $65,000 - 100,000 depending on experience, education, geographical location, commute and other factors.
• A full suite of benefits is available following one full month of employment including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with profit sharing, and other ancillary benefits. We even have a Life Balanced Account where you can get reimbursed for things like groceries or a haircut (yes, really!)
• PTO: Vacation, Recharge, Safe & Sick Time, Flexible Holidays + 10 standard paid holidays and a paid Day of Service
• Free financial wellness and planning and a robust EAP
• Additional fun perks like free tickets to the NC Zoo, Greensboro Grasshoppers games, SWARM games, food trucks, and more!
• Check out full details on our benefits at our website: https://www.paceco.com/culture/benefits/

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

 

• Partner with client and client account team to align on project needs, dependencies, scopes of work, resources needed, estimates, status, milestones, burn reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with creative, strategy, developer, analytics and performance media team on deliverables and timelines.
• Ensure project deliverables are on schedule for completion on or before deadlines, communicating any scope-creep to client solutions team.
• Interact with website/app project manager on best practices and project management tool efficiencies.
• Partner with finance team for project plan entries and budget estimates
• Review and approve submitted time entries on a weekly basis for prompt closure of prior weeks’ worked hours.
• Proper assignment of tasks within project management tool, Workfront.
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor progress, and periodically summarize and communicate project status for Account teams and/or upper management

 

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education: 

 

Bachelor’s degree in project management, Marketing, Communications or related field   

PMP or SCRUM Master certifications a plus             

 

Experience: 

 

5+ years of experience in integrated marketing project management

Experience with Workfront for Project Management a plus

 

Skills:

 

• Experience executing fully integrated campaigns
• Client experience across both big and small engagements
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects and identify potential project risks via collaboration with internal creative stakeholders, including escalating where appropriate
• Ability to lead and direct the work of team members
• Organized and detail oriented
• Enthusiasm for delivering superior customer service
• Effective at handling multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and efficiently; superior multi-tasking skills
• Excellent writing, grammar, proofing, communication, presentation, and follow-up skills
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Familiarity in at least one Project Management suite
• Ability to travel to client headquarters in Raleigh-Durham area as needed

 

 

ABOUT PACE

 

Pace is a leading integrated marketing agency & digital storytelling powerhouse. We specialize in brand storytelling and deliver results by continually creating better customer and employee experiences for our clients. We connect the dots across an integrated marketing ecosystem using our six key service areas: strategy, creative, media, social, technology, and analytics.

 

We Create With Heart. We believe everyone is part of creating something wonderful every day. We lead with purpose and empathy. We cultivate a sense of belonging and celebrate diversity in both mind and experience. And we succeed through collaboration. At Pace, everyone has a seat at the table, and unique perspectives are welcomed. Everyone’s voice carries the same tenor, and inclusivity is in our DNA.

 

 

 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Pace we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace, so if you’re enthusiastic about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we urge you to apply regardless. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles we have available.

 

Pace is an equal employment opportunity employer is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. Pace does not discriminate against employees or job applicants based on age, ancestry, color, religious creed, race, sex, genetics, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, national origin, marital status, disability status, military or veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal or state statutes.