Director, Project Management

Company description

About Publicis Commerce:
Informed by data, our passionate team strives to deliver Hero Moments for our clients’ brands in the final mile of the retail customer journey. We pride ourselves on being able to provide winning client solutions delivered across 7 core capability areas:
Data & Consumer Insights;
Shopper Marketing & Integrated RTM;
Field Marketing;
Events & Activations;
Promotional, Risk, Reward & Loyalty and Retail POS Strategy.

Overview We are seeking a Director, Project Management. Ideal candidates will have experience managing marketing campaigns within an advertising or marketing agency. Candidates must reside within a commutable distance from our Detroit or Chicago office for a hybrid work schedule.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the day-to-day management and execution of all workflow in collaboration with key Agency cross-functional teams

Responsible for helping to prioritize projects and deliverables

Keeper of the cross-functional team’s schedules and owner of resourcing and workflow management

Develop project critical paths and timelines

Manage job jackets & job-level budgets, ensuring completion of programs within estimated hours and costs

Work closely with Finance leads to support overall billing and budget management

Maintain and update necessary reporting

Quality control and mitigate risk Internal systems expert and keeper of process

Responsible for billing and workflow systems & training/implementation

Contribute to ongoing process refinements and ways of workingSKILL SETS

REQUIRED:

Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, business or related field
10+ years of marketing or advertising experience, agency or project management experience preferred

Experience in retail is a plus Proficiency in Word, Excel and Power Point Ability  to manage time, adhere to strict timelines, multitask and work well under pressure

Detail orientation and ability to ensure that projects are developed in line with client’s brand style and guidelines

Ability to lead and drive alignment across teams and seniority levels

Proactive nature in the seeking of work/responsibility

Dependability in execution of work and as member of assigned team Enthusiastic, solution-oriented attitude in accepting work/new challenges

Desire to learn all aspects of the assigned client scope of work and tactics

Effective interpersonal skills working well across functions

Conscientious work ethic

Additional information

The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things, we offer powerful resources. Our best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:

Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption

Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance

Tuition Assistance Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more Matching Gifts programs

Flexible working arrangements‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances

The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees, are reviewed on an annual basis, and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.

We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance, transportation, and parking benefits, legal benefits, pet insurance, and auto and home insurance. You must be…