Junior Project Manager

As a Junior Project Manager at SlideGenius, you are on your way to becoming a full-fledged Project Manager. You shall assist the Project Managers and help the team with their day-to-day tasks. You will be depended on for your knowledge and experience in the Project Management Team’s workflow.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Handle more complicated projects, tasks setup, and deployment (batch projects, multiple revisions, and the like).
• Keep track of developments, exchanges in communication, and remaining budgets of projects you are handling.
• Provide assistance to all staff involved in assigned projects to ensure project success and on-time delivery.
• Identify and resolve conflicts and issues through operational risk management.
• Handle minor client escalations to ensure retention, and more complicated projects, task setups*, and deployments* (batch projects, multiple revisions, and the like).
• Assist with the definition of and performance targets of project scope, objectives, checkpoints, and budget.
• Work with the Sales team to confirm client qualifications, requests, and rates.
• Manage resource availability to avoid under/over-allocation.
• Facilitate the development of detailed project plans to monitor and track progress against key milestones.
• Work closely with the Art Directors to delegate and assign projects to designers based on current workload and designer expertise and skills.
• Collaborate with the design team and Art Directors to ensure that designers have the materials necessary to successfully complete the project.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Understand that the adjustment may come with additional complexities (client escalations, taking calls, working on tighter deadlines).
• Open to tackling new challenges & the risks that come with them.
• Proactive in the workplace and implement new processes to increase productivity.
• Great organizational skills and customer service/communication skills.
• Manifest critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Education/Experience:

• 1-2 years of business or relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical, and objection handling skills.
• Experience working with European or North American clients is a plus.
• Familiarity with industry standard tools is a plus—Gmail, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, and Jira.
• Ability to work with management, colleagues, and customers throughout the business and industry at every level.
• Key attributes—entrepreneurial, self-starter, ambitious personality, accountable and action-oriented, etc.
• Willing to work the graveyard shift, shifting schedules, and on weekends.