Doner is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Project Manager. The person in this role will be expected to seamlessly switch from being proactive - driving delivery of all assets, solution driven- with the ability to think on your feet to efficiently solve/deliver upon client and creative requests.
This person should be equal parts project manager, critical thinker and champion for the work being created by their peers. They must be selfless with zero ego and thrive in the capacity of supporting others.
What You’ll Do:
· Manage internal workflows, processes, resources and delivery of projects.
· Steward agency process and willing to adapt and flex based on client needs
· Manage internal comms: Internal Reviews and Feedback from all stakeholders, not just creative, along with client feedback
· Clearly communicate next steps, critical path and risk
· Create project plans and schedules with special attention paid to shared resources
· Liaison between all internal departments
· Manage a mix of longer-term campaign projects and more volume based executional assignments
· Guide teams to meet milestones and key delivery dates
What You Need to Succeed:
· Confidence to command authority across agency teams.
· Ability to collaborate with clients and understand their project needs
· Understanding of the strategic/creative/production processes and industry as a whole
· Empower Creative and Production to do great work
· High emotional intelligence, flex between coach, warden, or just simply good listener
· Openness to technology and using provided platforms to your teams’ and clients’ advantages
· Willingness to participate in department initiatives and ‘share outs”
· Aptitude to know when key questions are not being asked or when key stakeholders need to be consulted
· Manage up, can operate autonomously while knowing when to involve Delivery Leads and Brand Leads to aid in risk mitigation to ensure successful project delivery