Project Manager - Austin, TX (Hybrid - 2 days​/week) - Only locals to TEXAS

Project Manager

Location:

Austin, TX (Hybrid - 2 days/week)

Duration: 6 months contract with possibility to extension

Creative Project Manager works in Client's Creative Services section in the Communications Division and will plan, coordinate and document vendor deliverables for a new marketing and educational campaign project. The goal of the campaign is to convey diverse and complex information to the general public through multiple types of media and educational programs. Work requires extensive contact with project staff, contracted creative agency, governmental agencies, and private entities.

Work involves coordinating the campaign milestones, monitoring the progress and schedule of associated mini-projects, providing oversight by reviewing, and accepting creative deliverables, and communicating with creative agency, project stakeholders, management, and other relevant parties. Work also includes coordinating timelines with the in-house team on design, video, and online and digital needs to keep the campaign on time and on budget.

The candidate will assist with generating contracts, managing, and ensuring compliance by vendors, monitoring project budget, and reviewing invoices. Candidate will also recommend, coordinate, analyze, and apply relevant market and traffic safety research.

Candidate will review all external communications for consistent messaging, branding, etc., and coordinate production and distribution, identifying media (both earned and paid) opportunities as needed. Works with the project team and creative agency vendor to deliver specialized tactics such as media buys, news releases, social media, and video production.

• Coordinates campaign project activities with internal project manager, contracted creative agency, state agencies, governmental jurisdictions, or private sector partners and contractors.
• Develops and manages the campaign's vendor and project budgets, schedules, work plans, resource requirements, and cost estimates and projections, as well as produces written materials and contracts.
• Initiates campaign mini-projects, obtains authorization and commitment, and demonstrates business need and project feasibility to include, defining the target audience to develop educational programs and messaging.
• Manages, oversees, and evaluates projects and contracts using accepted project management methodologies.
• Reviews and recommends proposals and bids to management.