The Planet Group is seeking a
Project Managerto join one of our well-known global pharmaceutical clients.
- Pay: $35-$40/hr depending on experience
- Location: Hybrid in North Chicago (3 days on-site)
Project Manager Responsibilities:
- Will support internal agencies Account Team and work with internal staff and external resources to deliver creative and communications solutions that are both cost-effective and high quality.
- Work independently and as a team with clients to execute communications projects, meeting and events and campaigns in alignment with business objectives.
- Follow client direction, create estimates, secure resources, and manage timelines and budgets to meet client expectations.
- Projects may include disease state awareness campaigns, product launches, sales support/training materials, meetings, events, corporate communication initiatives, etc.
- Participate in the creative conceptualization process by providing complete project scope to the creative team.
- Prioritize projects and assure appropriate resources are allocated properly.
- Partner and support the business development team in maintaining business with current internal clients.
- Manage execution of project plans and timelines to meet project deadlines without exception.
- Responsible for estimates, quotes, and invoice projects monthly.
- Meet or exceed financial goal annually.
- Positively influence the improvements in workflow process.
- As an active member of the Account team, share best practices.
- Provide support outside your ‘normal’ client base, as business may demand.
- Partner within internal agency to strategize on ways to improve effectiveness.
- Comply with applicable Corporate Policies, Procedures and Mandatory Training.
- Must be able to communicate project, budgetary, resource or quality challenges and concerns openly with clients/key stakeholders and internal teams.
- Have the ability to adapt to changing external influences and to build relationships quickly will be an asset to the success in this role.
- Must track time on a daily/weekly basis and meet established utilization numbers for this function.
Project Manager Qualifications:
- Minimum Education: BA/BS required. Emphasis in Communication, Marketing, Advertising or Business.
- Minimum Experience: Recent graduates with 3 to 5 years of work experience with 2-5 years of project management.
- Experience in a creative agency or meeting/event planning environment experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Project Manager Ideal Skills:
- Collaboration: Successfully builds strong productive, mutually beneficial relationships while enhancing collaboration with peers, internal stakeholders, and external partners.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills written, presentation and oral that persuades and gains understanding and alignment with others in a professional tone.
- Strong ability to read and display professional non-verbal cues with others. Able to influence and communicate with various levels of the organization.
- Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex problems with innovative thinking resulting in improvements to business solutions and efficiency.
- Customer Focus: Highly skilled at adjusting and adapting service delivery to diverse customer needs and sensitivities.
- Technical Skills: Is SME on related technical, systems and business process skills and consistently seeks opportunity to improve skills to advance business objectives, e.g. training others in department.
- Able to research and learn technical areas.
- Latitude and Attention to detail: Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail.
- Must be able to determine objectives to assignments while prioritizing competing priorities and schedules.
Pluses:
- Working knowledge of InDesign, visual communication design and production, marketing concepts, event production and digital media.
- Management/Account experience.
