Overview

Responsibilities

Seeing projects through from start to finish – ensuring the timely and profitable production and coordination of agency resources and client deliverables spanning earned, owned and paid media channels.

Finance/Budgets

• Develop and maintain agency fee and production estimates/budgets, track and report on actuals.
• Translate plans and budgets to inform contracts/statements of work.
• Identify out-of-scope activities and manage change orders with the account team.
• Provide input and recommendations for reducing costs and improving quality.

Project Planning and Production

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans/schedules.
• Help shape the strategic planning process, and clearly communicate requisite budgets and timelines across Haberman departments and team members.
• Facilitate quality control/assurance, ensuring deliverables are proofed and reviewed by the appropriate team members.
• Create, enforce and maintain processes to optimize resources and workflow.
• Ensure timely delivery of projects to clients.
• Serve as liaison with outside production partners, producers, and paid media when appropriate, soliciting quotes and estimates, and procuring products and services as needed for project execution.
• Leverage project management best practices and institute new processes and procedures to drive efficiencies.
• Facilitate project wrap up meetings and documentation.
• Populate the creative portion of final media traffic/rotation worksheets.
• Schedule internal review and status meetings.
• Traffic all final assets to the media team.
• Develop client-facing Production Estimates.

Resources

• Identify team member needs and forecast team member utilization working closely with the resource manager.
• Inform freelance contracts with project details.

Experience

• 3 -5 years experience; prior agency experience in project management and/or production management required.
• Desired experience: integrated marketing, digital campaign management, web/mobile development, and photo/video production, including partner management, asset sourcing and shoot coordination. Print, broadcast and OOH experience a big plus.
• Proficiency in Excel and common project management and time management platforms.
• Attention to detail with strong problem-solving and multi-tasking abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to distill and translate internal/client direction and feedback.

Education

Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree and certifications in applicable fields a plus.

Characteristics of Modern Storytellers

• Our mission speaks to you: To tell the stories of pioneers making a difference in the world.
• “Whatever it takes” is just how you roll. That’s how Haberman gets world-changing results for our clients.
• You’re curious. As in, late night, all day, one more page, one more link, keep asking questions curious.
• You’re a natural born, career-honed, supernaturally blessed, idea weaving communicator.
• You’re brave. You will walk out with a rock and a sling. You will face the blank canvas. Grinning.
• You’re OK with being vulnerable. You’re OK asking for help. You’re willing to trust a team member.
• You either never had an ego or you had it surgically removed. Collaboration is as natural as breathing.
• You assume positive intentions. Gotta problem? No prob. Get past it. Address it in 48 hours, if not sooner.
• When you hear the word “creative,” your immediate response is, “Aren’t we all?” No. Boxes. Here.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter detailing why you feel you’re a fit for this position to careers@modernstorytellers.com. Please include “Project Manager” and your name in the email subject line. No calls, please.

Haberman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.