Project Manager

Laughlin Constable

Laughlin Constable is an idea-driven, independent agency, offering a suite of integrated and best-in-class services for high-profile brands. OUR BUSINESS CREATES IDEAS. We strive to be a leading creative agency in the digital age. We challenge ourselves to combine fresh insights and technical skills that can help attract, connect and engage our clients' best prospects to their brands. We cherish the independence that allows us to answer to no one other than our clients and ourselves. We listen. We hold each other accountable. We seek results. OUR IDEAS CREATE BUSINESS.

http://www.laughlin.com


Position Details

Project Manager
Job
Full-time
Office/WFH
100% remote
1/19/2016
Southeast Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Project Manager – Chart a Course and Steer the Ship

About Laughlin Constable:

Join a team that lives and breathes a unified, multi-disciplinary approach to communications. As a leading creative agency in the digital age with offices in Chicago, Milwaukee, New Jersey and New York, we believe our ideas create business, and our business creates ideas. It’s a credo that has guided us for over 35 years as an independent agency, leading to award-winning work and very happy clients. We’re proud to have been named a winner of the Sloan Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility for 5 years in a row, and have also been honored as a top place to work by Ad Age and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Join us, and find out why.

Job Statement:

Recent company growth has created an opening for skilled project manager who can bring experience and leadership to this critical role. At Laughlin Constable, project management is about more than Gant charts and critical path milestones – it’s about demonstrating team leadership, developing great client relationships, balancing conflicting priorities, and facilitating great outcomes that everyone can be proud of.

Essential Responsibilities

Oversee the design, development, and deployment of custom software, websites, email campaigns, social pages and more, from conception to completion

Work closely with all project team members as well as agency partners and client stakeholders to achieve on-time and on-budget results that satisfy all defined objectives

Manage a concurrent mix of medium-to-large projects with cross-discipline teams of 5 – 15 individuals, with little supervisory oversight

Monitor project scope, identify risk, track budgets, adjust task-level schedules, help define requirements, communicate status, solve problems, and provide positive team leadership in a collaborative work environment

Develop and maintain excellent relationships with clients (both internal and external), vendors/contractors, and industry professionals

Encourage creative problem solving; evangelize a commitment to quality

Requirements:

+ Must be a proven team leader with a passion for excellent project management and successful project execution; must have a demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies, tools and philosophies

+ 3 – 5 years managing projects of varying size and complexity within a software development or digital-minded agency environment; working knowledge of the software development process, especially for web-based solutions

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong presentation skills

+ The ability to organize yourself and others in a deadline-driven environment where priorities may shift rapidly

+ Strong interpersonal skills, good sense of humor, and the ability to motivate and work collaboratively with all project team members, vendors and clients

+ Proficiency with MS Office suite, including MS Project

+ Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Advertising, or related field

+ Willingness to travel on occasion

Nice-to-Have:

+ Project Management certification (PMP, Agile/SCRUM Master Certification)

+ Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM software development methodology

+ Experience with Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Sitecore, Kentico, SharePoint, Sitefinity

+ A generalist’s knowledge of inter-related disciplines such as account service, web-based creative design, content development, user experience and usability, development languages and platforms, search optimization, and analytics a huge plus

+ Strong understanding of marketing and accounting principles; experience with traditional (core) marketing/media a plus



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