As a global marketing experience company, Quad’s goal is to help our clients win every day. We use our data-driven integrated marketing and manufacturing platform to streamline solutions for our clients, reduce friction and enhance their marketing spend effectiveness. We’ve built a rich legacy by believing in our people, allowing them to act like owners and to take charge of their own success. Whether an operator, sales rep, a graphic artist or a clinician, we’re all driven to perform at our best— for ourselves and our clients. At our core, we’re a company that believes we can always create a better way.

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager (Temporary role) as the lead point-of-contact on an exciting Fortune 500 retail account. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented with a big-picture mindset. You’ll push for continual process improvement and workflow efficiency.

Come join a fun and collaborative team! You’ll jump right in—managing multiple complex projects from beginning to completion and with exceptional results.

This is a temporary role.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop timelines for multichannel projects, including timing for each step of the development process, from strategy to production.
• Facilitate daily/weekly status meetings to refine workflow process to meet the need for speed and quality.
• Demonstrate stewardship of the client’s brand and project expectations to ensure deliverables and objectives are met with precision and timeliness.
• Create job schedules, progress analysis, status updates, and reporting to ensure all parties are aware of all feedback, action items, and next steps.
• Manage projects through all lifecycle stages, with accountability for project deliverables and execution.
• Ensure the scope-of-work is clearly defined to forecast proper timelines, answer questions, and define missing information.
• Work cross-functionally to negotiate, creatively problem-solve, build relationships, and think strategically.
• Develop and guide team in their client knowledge, skillset, and utilization of project management tools and processes.
• Proficient written and oral communicator with the ability to articulate project reports to all stakeholders easily, clearly, and effectively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, communication, marketing, or a related field is required. Appropriate education and/or experience may be substituted on an equivalent basis.
• Minimum 2-4 years of integrated project management experience in an agency or retail setting
• Experience with Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to respond quickly and effectively to the client’s needs and issues.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of all multichannel functionalities (project scope, technologies, team responsibilities, QA/QC processes)
• Proven record of accomplishment leading projects and team goals by taking ownership and driving results.
• Ability to effectively aid team in problem-solving and issue resolution.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and project management methodologies.
• Strong background in retail business and the retail space.
• Ability to learn client-specific project management programs and processes, prior experience with Workfront or similar project management tools preferred.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and management skills. 
• Negotiate, creatively problem-solve, build relationships, and think strategically.
• Experience in B2C marketing is a plus.

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