Maricich Health is a dynamic healthcare branding, advertising and marcom agency known for our transformative strategies, ideas and creative executions for integrated branding and marketing campaigns. Our team is one of big consumer brand / agency veterans freed to do what they do best. We have a close-knit culture that’s a great fit for smart, collaborative, proactive people who enjoy being hands on and making things happen. We're located in Irvine, CA, featuring one of the most beautiful climates in the world and a stone's throw from the beach and great hiking / biking trails.   

We work with major brands across the integrated healthcare ecosystem including health systems, medical groups, payers and others. We are outstanding at leveraging the challenges of today’s changing medical marketplace into opportunities to help our clients not only gain market share, but improve the health and quality of life of more patients in the process.

The contract / freelance project manager is responsible for developing comprehensive project scopes, creating project plans, and driving activities to execute both digital and non-digital client deliverables. The person in this role will work with project managers and cross-functional teams to manage output to ensure client projects are executed on time, with desired results, and within budget.  

Project managers are expected to contribute to the growth of the project management function through new techniques and process suggestions for owned, earned and paid media as well as assist in training and development of other project managers.

Responsibilities:

• Has a strong knowledge foundation of all print, digital, and video functions; knows what it takes creatively to develop projects (i.e. project steps, capabilities, technologies, creative responsibilities and skills). Utilizes this knowledge in working with the appropriate resources/core teams
• Has a strong understanding of the digital creative process (i.e. requirements gathering, discovery/research, concepts, architecture, visual design, development, and QA) and is able to effectively communicate to stakeholders and non-technical clients
• Simultaneously manages execution of multiple projects with increased complexity across several clients
• Develops, maintains, and refreshes project timelines, which outlined crucial milestones (i.e. pre kick-offs, kick-offs, print and digital dependencies) to ensure that all pertinent concerns have been addressed and agreed upon
• Identifies, manages, communicates, and mitigates risks to timing, scope, and budget to ensure projects are progressing according to plans
• Engages and schedules/allocates appropriate internal and external team resources to deliver on project requirements and scope
• Collaborates with internal team to develop and maintain project documentation including timelines, processes, project briefs, contracts, and project deliverables
• Provide clients with all production schedules and critical milestones
• Work with client’s legal teams to ensure compliance guidelines are met

Requirements:

• B.A./B.S. Degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 2-5 years of project management experience, advertising agency and healthcare experience is a plus
• Minimum of 2-5 years experience working on digitally focused projects
• Demonstrated success managing and executing projects by managing time, quality, and multi-disciplinary teams
• Proven success creating and maintaining schedules for internal and external clients, while managing expectations
• Experience managing design / development using workflow / project management software and/or formal project management training
• Experience with various project types, including print and digital 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.