Project Manager, Accounts (Remote / Hybrid)

  • Full-time

Company Description

At Viral Nation, we specialize in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with the modern consumer journey. Our integrated solutions align strategy, talent, media, and technology with culturally relevant creativity to scale the world’s fastest-growing digital brands.  Viral Nation offers a fluid, creative, and growth-oriented environment that will support your ambitions to apply your talents in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced culture. We’re driven to push boundaries and think beyond today to deliver strategies, and we’re just getting started. Our ability to stay at the forefront of the industry has fueled our success and will guide us in paving the path forward.

2021 was a transformational year for Viral Nation, having grown by 200% and we have even bigger ambitions for 2022 and beyond.  While we continuously exceed our goals, we need your help – our success is only as great as our people.  Strong performance leads to high expectations and we need to keep raising the bar!

Our Values:

We Constantly Evolve: Embracing change is both an opportunity and a necessity!

Courage: Challenging the norm drives us forward!

Diversity: We strive for excellence and recognize that our differences make us stronger. We respect and seek out the inclusion of differences, realizing we can learn from each other!

Resilience: Adversity is a springboard

As a Project Manager, you will be an integral member of the team by providing support and assistance in managing the various projects and ensuring that day-to-day activities run smoothly. You will set the tone for how the projects are managed by ensuring focus on key client objectives and delivering first-class experiences.

Job Description

  • Partner closely with the account team, creative and digital resources, and other departments to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
  • Ensure consistency in project scope, role definition, and performance expectations within individual capabilities and among project teams.
  • Responsible for all internal communications and day-to-day deliverable management related to your projects.
  • Oversee the agency workflow and establish client-specific processes to ensure efficiencies and the highest quality of deliverables.
  • Prepare deliverable schedules, communicate project statuses and adjust resources and priorities accordingly.
  • Maintain a clear vision of the direction of all projects and keep production focused in that direction.
  • Understand and effectively communicate business needs and technical requirements to team members.
  • Manage and communicate status to the internal project team, ensure that issues and risks are properly identified, considered, escalated, and resolved.
  • Manage project change in accordance with the change management plan to control scope, quality, schedule, cost, resourcing, and procurement.
  • Manage all financial metrics related to all projects – billability, utilization, and revenue forecasts.
  • Develops all project schedules with the Business Development team, Senior Executives, Account Directors, and various department heads to ensure all campaigns' timeframes and deliverables, production coordination, critical path, and resource allocation plans are met accordingly.
  • Attends consultant and coordination meetings, conference calls, etc. and relays info back to the team in form of minutes and /or scheduled meetings.
  • Creates and monitors contractual scope of work relative to client or consultant requests. Identifies areas that may fall outside the established scope of work as additional services or extras.
  • Writes and reviews strategic documents for client presentations, POVs and campaign/project plans/RPFs – as well as program wrap and analysis reports.
  • Identifies and problem-solves program challenges and consults with senior management to avoid them from going forward.
  • Monitors program progress and recommends adjustments as necessary.

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years influencer marketing project management experience, with an excellent understanding of digital development processes and technologies.
  • Complete knowledge of start-to-finish project tasks across the multiple digital disciplines, with demonstrated ability managing full project portfolios.
  • Able to analyze and distill complex information to other team members.
  • A strong leader and a team player who understands how to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving organization.
  • Experience with developing project schedules within task or project management software.
  • Experience working with relevant influencer marketing campaign management software.

Additional Information

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

Viral Nation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion in our agency. Viral Nation welcomes applications from people with visible and non-visible disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruiting and selection process.