Project Manager

Edelman is a voice synonymous with trust, reimagining a future where the currency of communication is action. Our culture thrives on three promises: boldness is possibility, empathy is progress, and curiosity is momentum.

At Edelman, we understand diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) transform our colleagues, our company, our clients, and our communities. We are in relentless pursuit of an equitable and inspiring workplace that is respectful of all, reflects and represents the world in which we live, and fosters trust, collaboration and belonging.

The Edelman Project Management team is passionate about finding smarter ways to deliver exceptional work. We sit at the center of our business, collaborating across best in class teams to ensure Edelman’s ideas make a real world impact for our clients.

From cars to consumer goods, fashion and retail, financial services, food and beverage, luxury, technology, and healthcare, we are obsessed with integrated project management that empowers our creative, strategy, and account teams to deliver intelligent, world class programs.

This is an exciting opportunity for a process oriented go getter who wants to be a key part of a forward thinking, integrated team. We are looking for someone who brings passion, curiosity, and courage, someone unafraid to ask questions, challenge conventions, and learn from some of the best in the business.

Our Project Managers are defined by their tireless enthusiasm, commitment to flawless execution, and constant drive to elevate both their craft and the quality of the work we deliver.

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.
• 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 author and 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.
• With oversight from the Senior Project Manager or Project Director, pull and report on project burn, identify and flag scope creep, and participate in the monthly forecasting process.
• 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.
  
  
  

About Your Background:

• A 4-year degree or equivalent work experience
• 4-5 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.
  
  
  

About You:

• A multi-tasker, with the ability to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
• A detail-oriented mindset, with a knack for creative and head-on problem solving
  
  
  

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.