Digital Project Manager

Ready to make your mark on the marketing world? Are you the kind of person who gets that warm and fuzzy feeling making lists, checking them twice, accomplishing to-do’s, and herding cats? Are you looking for a work-life balance with a true 40-hour work week?

We are actively seeking a Project Manager to join our team. You have a bachelor's degree with internship experience or a year of professional experience, and a passion for design, writing, and marketing. You may be a recent graduate, looking for a career change, or returning to the workforce after a hiatus.

This is a remote job, with working Central hours.

You Live Our Core Values:

• Learn every day
• Support one another
• Ask why, then ask again
• Communicate sincerely and directly
• Celebrate wins and grow from mistakes

Project Management:

• Manage small projects, assist medium and large projects
• Maintain day-to-day workflow for internal and client-facing projects
• Set project timelines
• Monitor project deliverables
• Maintain budgets, status sheets, and timelines
• Coach and support project team members with tasks you assign them
• Update relevant stakeholders or team members on project progress
• Creatively problem-solve to meet client needs in efficient and effective ways
• Use written and verbal communication skills to make a bridge between the client and the designers and developers
• Learn how to manage website design and development projects
• Assist digital projects with content population, SEO, and training the client in our Content Management System
• Assist marketing projects with creating plans, calendars, campaigns, and social media management
  

Client Management:

• Learn to develop client relationships
• Be responsive to clients’ requests
• Be a good ambassador for Glantz Design
  

Strategic Work:

• Understand client industries, their business drivers, and tailor communications to address their specific challenges
• Collaborate with creative directors, designers, and developers to understand and execute the goal of the client
• Understand the principles of being insight-led, and apply those principles to smaller projects
• Assist in user research to better understand the customer, contextualized with data
• Author simple creative briefs and documents
• Support writing and editing across channels

Mentorship:

• Mentor interns and future project managers
• Mentored by the senior team and full account team
  

Growth Plan:

• In 6 months: Run small projects autonomously.
• In 1 year: Assist strategically in medium-sized projects, and tactically in large projects. Kickoff medium project client presentations and become autonomous in client communication. Leverage two professional development PTO days to develop a new skill for continued learning. Take on new responsibilities to train and level up experience based on Account Manager goals.
• In 2 years: Promotable to Account Manager, where you would run small accounts autonomously, contribute significantly to larger projects, and offer simple strategic solutions on projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Entry-level, Minimum 1 year of relevant internship experience
• Relevant experience in marketing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong business acumen in project planning
• Attention to detail
• Outcomes focused
• Break down complexity
• Deadline driven
• Analytical
• Organized
• Intellectually curious
• Bonus: Copywriting

Benefits

Check out our benefits such as:

• Fully remote with local teamwork opportunities in the Chicago area
• 15 days of PTO plus the week of Christmas to New Year (that's a month total in PTO!)
• Casual work environment (favorite band t-shirt a must)
• Multiple insurance options (adulting at its finest)
• 401K (future you thanks you)
• Short-term disability (cause you never know)
• Professional development (two extra PTO days a year for upping skills)
• A true 40-hour work week, with rare evening or weekend work (horray!)

Apply and send your resume and cover letter, along with why you want to join the team.