Project Lead (Excel Needed)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 9,600+ employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 50+ additional offices throughout the US, EMEA, and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkleinc.com.

Job Description

Prize Logistics Project Leads are responsible for successfully delivering on the complete winner experience responsibility for client projects. Project Leads will collaborate with Producers to ensure prize logistics related tasks are completed. They will serve as the owner of all prize logistics specific requirements related specifically to verifying winners, authenticating eligibility, and ensuring a fast and accurate prize delivery process.

 

Description & Responsibilities:

  • Manages the day-to-day deliverables for the prize logistics team
  • Responsible for managing strategic and portfolio accounts
  • Act as the primary contact person for all prize logistics related services for all assigned projects
  • Ensure the accurate execution of all prize logistics responsibilities for assigned projects to help expedite the actual delivery of prizes to winners
  • Completes documentation and maintains ownership of documentation to communicate legal and prize logistics scope to supporting teams
  • Reviews promotion Official Rules and other supporting documentation to ensure they accurately reflect promotion specifications
  • Organizes prize logistics activities to ensure tasks and projects are completed on-time and within project scope and budget
  • Monitors project progress against the proposed plans including budgets, timelines, quality criteria, and risk management
  • Acts as an internal quality control check for all programs and projects to ensure they meet client requirements
  • Participates and presents relevant topics in the team meetings

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business or related field
  • 2-4 years of experience in marketing and/or project management
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and planning skills
  • Organized, extremely detail oriented and able to balance multiple priorities
  • Ability to toggle between and use multiple software systems every day
  • Client management experience
  • Excellent time management skills

Additional Information

At Merkle, we believe that a diverse environment improves us as a community and as a business. We want to foster an environment of growth, where all ideas and contributions are encouraged. We need this culture of courage to continue to thrive in our fast-paced industry. We embrace differences of opinion. We value diversity of experience and thought, which help us to challenge and define industry-leading solutions, and support our goal of being a great place to work.

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