Summary
The job is for a Creative Web Project Manager at Blacksmith Agency, a digital agency specializing in custom website design and development. The role requires 5+ years of project management experience in web design and development, proficiency with WordPress, previous experience working at a digital agency or consulting firm, and experience using PM software such as Jira. The position offers remote work, competitive pay, and the opportunity to grow at an award-winning digital agency.
Requirements
- 5+ years of project management experience in web design and development
- Leadership ability to effectively prepare, meet, present, and manage client calls
- Proficiency with WordPress
- Previous experience working at a digital agency or consulting firm
- Experience using PM software such as Jira
- Confidence in driving all aspects of the project’s process to keep the team focused and clients reassured
- Technical writing skills for documentation
- 1+ years fully remote PM experience
Responsibilities
- Establish project scope based on client’s budget, business, technical, creative, and strategic goals
- Expertly prepare for all client meetings and lead all calls with investment, energy, and enthusiasm
- Ensure project/updates scope is clearly defined to client and internally and that work is done on time and within budget
- Gather content from client as needed and make sure client is fully aware of what is needed when to avoid project delays
- Serve as the liaison between the creative team and the client to establish expectations, provide status updates, hand off project deliverables, field feedback, and more
- Work with design team to make sure that client vision is accurately represented in designs created/presented
- Create successfully achieved project timelines that define expected completion dates, milestones, and who is responsible for each task
- Ability to make a strong case while listening and remaining open to other perspectives
- Manage the creative department project schedules, budgets, and scopes
- Take full ownership on all account activities to be the single point of contact both internally and to client
- Results-orientation and willingness to improve process
- Strong leadership skills with ability to inspire and motivate both with and without authority
- Create requirements documents, design specifications, technical specifications, project schedules, project documentation, and other deliverables
- Ability to work effectively and dependably in remote environments
- Confidence to effectively present well-reasoned options to decision makers
Benefits
- Remote – 100% work from home
- Competitive pay
- Opportunity to work and grow at an award-winning digital agency
