Project Manager at Daniel J. Edelman Holdings in Atlanta, Georgia

Job Description:

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.

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

• Assist in planning and defining scopes in partnership with Project Managers or Senior Project Managers, participating in the development of Statements of Work and tracking review/approval status.


• Use project management tools to help create and manage project timelines.


• Support the delivery of larger project work streams and/or own smaller projects with oversight from the Project Manager or Senior Project Manager.


• Anticipate the needs of projects, flagging issues and helping to remove barriers to success for the team.


• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of business financials by collecting project financial data, assisting in the tracking of regular budget reporting, and providing inputs to the monthly forecasting process.


• Communicate hours, tasks and timelines to team members in order to successfully keep work moving forward.


• Schedule and attend internal meetings, gather feedback, and send internal meeting notes with next steps, owners and timing.


• Work with Resource Management and other project managers to coordinate internal staff and freelance resources according to established staff plans, leveraging the established resource management tool.


• Maintain project status documentation and proactively provide project status on a regular basis to the team(s).


• Participate in training sessions and shadow more senior. Project Managers in order to develop project management best practices, team facilitation skills, business acumen, and Edelman structure.


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

Qualifications

• A 4-year degree or equivalent work experience


• 1-3 years of project management, integrated marketing/PR agency, or related experience


• 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.


• Bilingual in Spanish a plus!

$42,000 - $70,000 a year

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.

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Edelman is a global communications firm that partners with businesses and organizations to evolve, promote and protect their brands and reputations. Our 6,000 people in more than 60 offices deliver communications strategies that give our clients the confidence to lead and act with certainty, earning the trust of their stakeholders. Our honors include the Cannes Lions Grand Prix for PR; Advertising Age's 2019 A-List; the Holmes Report's 2018 Global Digital Agency of the Year; and, five times, Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Since our founding in 1952, we have remained an independent, family-run business. Edelman owns specialty companies Edelman Data & Intelligence (DxI) and United Entertainment Group (entertainment, sports, lifestyle).

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