Sr. Project Manager

Sr. Project Manager

United States - New York, NY

Vayner

X () is the most contemporary family of companies, working together to build and grow brands. Subsidiaries include Vayner Media, Eva Nosidam Productions, The Sasha Group, Gallery Media Group, Tingley Lane Trading, Vayner Speakers, and Vayner Commerce.

Vayner Media is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today's consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today's attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney.

Vayner Media is part of the Vayner

X family of companies.

Project Management at Vayner Media provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics. We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, and tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations. Our team is collectively redefining and modernizing the way our clients harness consumer and cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy and plan for attention.

• Be the hub between media, creative, account strategy, and all other internal teams, driving projects forward quickly and efficiently.
• Serve as client-facing operations lead, managing stakeholder communications and driving delivery across the full project lifecycle.
• Work closely with Account Leads to define project requirements, develop budgets and timelines, write statements of work, and plan resources for all projects.
• Manage the project throughout the full life cycle of projects including but not limited to:
  Brand Creative, Websites & Digital Experiences, Social Content, Digital Videos, and Events. Experience working on TVC, OOH and Print in addition is a plus.
• Build project plans with an understanding of internal resources, third‑party capabilities, time requirements, and business objectives.
• Lead and schedule necessary project related meetings such as kickoffs, brainstorms, inter‑agency meetings, and deliverables reviews.
• Keep all project stakeholders (creative, account, production, analytics, etc.) on track to hit all deadlines by ensuring proper briefings, check‑ins, hand‑offs, and information transfer.
• Work closely with the other Project Managers and Creative & Account Directors to manage and allocate resources in an effective and efficient way.
• Write client SOWs, vendor agreements, change orders, and other contract documents.
• Aid in the management of the freelance process when resources are needed, hired, and utilized.
• Liaise with finance, operations and legal teams on project and client needs.
• Provide guidance, mentorship, and skill‑building to Project Managers and Project Coordinators.

• 7-9 years strategically building brands at a top agency, working for Fortune 500 clients - must have experience understanding the intersection of business strategy, consumer insights and digital behavior in grounding big, purposeful ideas.
• Management experience, recognized for their ability to balance
• Strong leadership experience and recognized for their ability to balance mentorship and empowerment of the team, with ensuring quality of strategic output.
• Ability to review qualitative, quantitative research, and behavioral data and independently be able to dive into research tools to draw and interpret insights.
• Ability to interact with and influence people of an organization, fostering strong cross‑functional teamwork and collaborative results.
• Strategic thinking ability with balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning.
• Understanding of multiple channels for communications and connections, and their role in brand and content marketing.
• Self‑motivated and demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities, discerning a clear path forward and acting upon them swiftly.

• Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
• Employer‑sponsored 401(k) with match
• Medical, Dental, and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO
• Caregiver (Parental) Leave
• Health and Wellness benefits

Base Salary: $115,000 - $125,000 USD

As set forth in Vayner Media LLC’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.