Are you our next Project Manager?
Job Description
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.
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.
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 thank 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.
Qualifications
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
Other Opportunities
While we may not always be hiring, we are always looking for future Glantzers. If one of these roles suits you, please apply and you will hear back from us.