This Hired Guns client, a world-class ad agency, seeks a seasoned project manager (senior PM or Associate Director level) to take the reins with a creative team that’s redesigning a blue-chip company’s global website. What they need: an extremely poised and organized taskmaster and coach who can lead this effort every step of the way.
Gun Profile:
You have a great deal to say about best practices for managing the creative flow for complex, many-tiered projects, and you also know how work gets done in top-ranked agencies. Be ready to show us a solid track record of successfully developing projects from start to completion within the tightest of timelines — and also evidence that you can interact effectively with senior-level clients without intermediaries.
Nitty Gritty:
The deliverable here — the creative and IA for a multinational corporation — will incorporate multiple language versions, tons of video and other content, and have back-end integration with content management systems and databases. In short, it’s a beast. As a result you need to be extremely buttoned-up in your work, and be extremely responsive with the tracking and reporting on project status, issues lists, risk mitigations, schedules, and budgets.
You should be hands-on and ready to give the members of the team the benefit of your experience — and also be able to spot problems and errors before they move any farther down the line.
Because our client will be handling only the creative and not the actual build, it’s important that you know how to work well with handoffs and be a skillful diplomat who can defend project borders — and also be a 360-degree negotiator and trouble-shooter.
Net-Net:
This is a great opportunity to put to use all that PM experience and organizational know-how you’ve accrued on other major projects — and to do it at a premier agency.