Associate Creative Project Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

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The Edelman Project Management team is passionate about finding smart ways to deliver great work. We sit at the center of our business, collaborating with best-in-class teams to ensure Edelman ideas make an impact in our clients' real worlds. From cars to consumer goods, fashion and retail, financial service, food and beverage, luxury, technology or healthcare - we are fanatics about integrated project management that enables our creative, strategy and account teams to deliver smart and brilliant programming for our clients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process-oriented, go-getter who wants to become a key part of a forward-thinking, integrated team. We want passion and excitement. We want someone who is unafraid to ask questions, is willing to challenge the norm and is eager to learn from the best in the business. Our Project Managers have tireless enthusiasm, the drive to ensure flawless execution, and the motivation to up-level their knowledge and skills within the Project Management craft.

About Your Day-to-Day:

Edelman Project Managers will apply day-to-day project management, financial management and team facilitation skills to the delivery of projects, while demonstrating an understanding client business goals. They support senior Project Managers to track project deliverables that connect with creative intent, while meeting time specifications and achieve quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Develop business acumen by assisting in defining scopes and building estimates in partnership with Senior Project Managers or Project Directors, account leads and specialty teams.

• Track the development and approvals of Statements of Work with Finance, Contracts, and Account teams.

• Use project management tools to maintain project schedules, project briefs, cost estimates, budgets and other relevant project documentation with input from team members and oversight from a Senior Project Manager or Project Director.

• Support the delivery of larger projects and/or own smaller projects with oversight.

• Anticipate the needs of your projects, resolving project issues and removing barriers to success for the team.

• Proactively communicate and manage hours, tasks and timelines with integrated team members in order to successfully keep work moving forward within established time and budget constraints.

• Schedule and attend internal meetings, communicate next steps, and assign ownership of tasks; attend client meetings to understand client feedback, next steps and project implications.

• Partner with Resource Management to manage staff plans and project future staffing requirements in established resource management tool.

• Oversee, manage and communicate the status of deliverables across multiple integrated workstreams.

• Ensure the quality and consistency across all projects is consistent with brand guidelines

• Collaborate with account and specialty teams to ensure successful delivery against client assignment and scoped deliverables.

• Balance a sense of urgency with calm and confidence at all times.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

• 1-2 years of project management at an integrated marketing/PR agency, or related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong passion for and demonstrated knowledge in project management and integrated programming

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Smartsheet (or other similar project management tool) is required.

• Multi-tasker, with the ability to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment

• Detail-oriented mindset, with a knack for creative and head-on problem solving

• Motivation to demonstrate grit, proactive initiative and the ability to confidently support projects and teams

• A "get things done" and positive mentality

• Passion for both the art and the science of problem solving

• Strong and fearless communicator, both verbally and in writing

• Eagerness to learn and develop skills as a specialist in the craft of project management

$50,000 - $70,000 a year

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An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, travel requirements, revenue-based metrics, any contractual agreements, and business or organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of DJEH's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, a Paid Time Off policy, and region-specific benefits.

DJEH offers a wide range of benefits: medical and dental insurance, vision, 401K, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, travel assistance and wellness programing.

DJEH is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and believes in diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek applications from all qualified candidates without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. If you require a reasonable accommodation in any part of the employment process, please let us know.