Communications Project Manager

smartdept.inc. is searching for a Communications Project Manager for a client located in Ada, MI. The ideal candidate will come with 3+ years of experience. This is a full-time, 3-month contract. This is an onsite position in their office.

• Facilitate the development of creative work ensuring it meets objectives as well as quality and brand standard requirements.
• Execute campaigns and jobs per agile workflow processes.
• Initiate work via Workfront, mitigate job risks, enforce quality assurance standards, and manage schedules across multiple touchpoints and deliverables.
• Set and facilitate creative kick-off and review meetings per Agency Day protocols.
• Ensure timely delivery of creative and content briefs, confirm key details are included in briefs before download.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and creative agency partners to ensure mutual understanding of key expectations and deadlines.
• Work with stakeholders, creative agencies, and other vendors day to day so that plans are executed with distinction and reflect established brand standards and style guides, communications objectives, and quality standards.
• Facilitate work evaluation, lessons learned, and post-mortem reviews of jobs and campaigns and adapt plans to incorporate learnings.

• Minimum of 3 years experience facilitating development/delivery of corporate or other communication types including digital, print, video, packaging, physical presence, and other outputs.
• Project management, corporate communications, and/or other creative agency experience preferred
• Proficiency managing work via Workfront or similar platform preferred