Project Manager

🏢 Iris · 📍 Atlanta, GA; New York, NY 💰 $70,000 - $80,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

Title: Project Manager
Location: Atlanta or New York
Department: Project Management
Reports to: Senior Project Manager

Purpose

We’re looking for a dynamic and detail-oriented integrated Project Manager to join our team and help lead the charge on a few of our clients including IHG, Clarios and other amazing clients. This is a critical role for an organized, proactive leader who loves the "how" of making great work happen. We are looking for someone who’s comfortable working across multiple workstreams, tight timelines, and can raise flags and hold people accountable.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives and enjoys a keeping a high-volume of projects and deliverables organized and who’s comfortable working across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

Lead the lifecycle of integrated campaigns, ensuring seamless execution across broadcast/video, social, digital, OOH, and retail/in-store touchpoints.
Partner with the Operations to help implement and optimize our new PM/RM tool, ensuring all workstreams are accurately tracked, resourced, and reported on.
Balance several "always-on" workstreams alongside major brand pulses, maintaining clear timelines, dependencies, and delivery windows.
Proactively manage creative and production bandwidth within the new RM tool, flagging potential bottlenecks and helping to solve staffing puzzles before they impact delivery.
Serve as the central hub between Account, Strategy, Creative, and Production. You are responsible for ensuring everyone has what they need to succeed and that "brief-to-ship" is a smooth process.
Maintain real-time project health data. Provide visibility into project status, budget burn, and team utilization.
Own the schedule for internal stand-ups, creative reviews, and stakeholder check-ins. Ensure all meetings have clear agendas and actionable recaps.
Identifying and mitigating project risks, keeping teams aligned, and proactively communicating updates and blockers.
Helping improve how we work by streamlining processes and finding efficiencies in how we deliver.

Competencies

Exceptional client-facing and internal communication skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
A "solutions-oriented" mindset. You can navigate the tension between c

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