Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

• This position is based out of our Anchorage, AK office and will work a hybrid schedule.*

Spawn is a fully integrated advertising agency that is strategy driven, adventure-based, and female led. Spawn is an employee‑owned agency based in Anchorage, and virtual. At Spawn, there are no sideliners — just a bold and resourceful team with courage to summit any challenge. When the agency succeeds, we succeed as individuals too.

At Spawn, our goal is to create a workplace where people do the best work of their lives in an environment that’s flexible and deeply supportive. We’re a 50-year-old agency with a formidable reputation for creativity and culture — recognized by Ad Age as a Small Agency of the Year, and by Outside Magazine as one of America’s 50 Best Places to Work for eleven years running.

We believe in elevation, for everything. That starts with how we treat our people. To elevate the work, we have to elevate the employee experience. That doesn’t mean making things cushy; it means creating the right mix of challenge and support where initiative and accountability are met with flexibility, where expectations are clear, and great work is recognized and rewarded.

We're looking for a project manager.

Project Managers have responsibility for more complex projects and/or larger campaigns with minimal supervision.

The primary role of Project Management is to lead a project from start to finish, ultimately getting work out the door on time, on budget and on brief.

• Project scoping and estimating
• Budget management and tracking
• Timeline and schedule management
• Supervise/facilitate creative routing process
• Review creative for accuracy and adherence to project direction
• Project organization (gather resources and details, decide approach/project strategy, timeline and milestones, anticipate needs)
• Internal communication – communicate project direction, details and updates (timely, correctly, confidently), ensure the team has what they need to execute
• Client communication – keep client abreast of project details, status updates, changes, challenges, etc.
• Project setup and documentation in work management software (Click Up)
• Change management – anticipate needs and mitigate risks, help the team navigate issues and rescope as needed for internal and external project success
• Keep calm in an ever-changing environment
• General knowledge of Agency departments to properly manage different types of projects (media, creative, production, digital)

• Are engaged, resourceful, well organized, detail oriented and thorough
• Must be able to effectively communicate in a clear and concise manner
• Must be proactive and able to work independently
• Are goal oriented and assume ownership and responsibility for their work

• Strong time management
• Effective writing and speaking skills
• Macintosh operating system proficient
• Microsoft Office expertise, Click Up/Netsuite experience preferred

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business, project management or related field required
• 2+ years managing projects, or related business experience and prior agency experience preferred

Spawn benefits include being automatically enrolled in our ESOP, annual performance-based discretionary bonus, 401K, medical, dental, vision, PTO, company paid holidays and summer and holiday hours programs that allow more time with family and more time enjoying the outdoors.

Spawn Ideas is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We support diversity in the workforce. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for individuals of diverse abilities.

• Seeing:
  Able to read reports and use computer
• Hearing:
  Able to hear well enough to communicate with co‑workers, vendors, and clients, in person and on phone
• Other:
  Able to lift at least 10 pounds and mobile enough to change paper in computer printers, must have a valid driver’s license and access to personal transportation