Associate Project Manager

Fingerpaint Group; Cedar Knolls (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerpaint Group in New Jersey is seeking a Project Coordinator to organize schedules, budgets, and project details across departments. You will communicate changes to the project plan, organize reporting, and provide updates to project managers.

You will liaise with clients, break work into actions, assign tasks, and help manage budgets while identifying risks and opportunities to keep projects on track.

Qualifications

• Must have proven work experience in project coordination or similar role.
• Experience managing projects from conception to delivery is required.
• Ability to prepare and interpret schedules and action plans.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment, and information.
• Break projects into doable actions and set time frames.
• Liaise with clients to identify requirements, scope, and objectives.
• Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management.
• Ensure client needs are met as projects evolve.
• Help prepare budgets and analyze risks and opportunities.
• Oversee project procurement management.

Skills

Project coordination experience

End-to-end project management

Flow charts and schedules

Multitasking and time management

Client-facing and teamwork

Job description

Reset your expectations of a health and wellness agency. From our inception, Fingerpaint has been driven by an unstoppable collective spirit of possibility. It’s that curiosity that’s at the heart of everything we do. From our legendary people-first culture to the hundreds of Fingerpainters who define us, we’ve reimagined what it means to be a healthcare and wellness advertising agency. Here, creativity happens naturally—we attract top talent and collaborate.

Objectives Of This Role

Project coordinators are responsible for ensuring the schedule, budget, and details of a given task are well organized. They communicate with various departments to keep everyone on board about any changes to the project plan. In addition, they organize reporting, plan meetings, and provide updates to project managers.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Coordinate project management activities, resources, equipment, and information
• Break projects into doable actions and set time frames
• Liaise with clients to identify and define requirements, scope, and objectives
• Assign tasks to internal teams and assist with schedule management
• Make sure that clients’ needs are met as projects evolve
• Help prepare budgets
• Analyze risks and opportunities
• Oversee project procurement management

Job Requirements

• Proven work experience as a project coordinator or similar role, 0 to 2 years preferred
• Experience in project management from conception to delivery
• An ability to prepare and interpret flow charts, schedules, and step-by-step action plans
• Solid organizational skills, including multitasking and time management
• Strong client-facing and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Good communication and interpersonal skills, capable of maintaining strong relationships
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Team management and leadership skills
• Documentation management and ability to use project management tools
• Attention to details even under pressure
• Time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines

Don’t meet every single requirement? That’s okay! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Fingerpaint, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles! Our team of qualified recruiters can match you with the right opportunity. Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to all applicants and employees. We are proud to recruit qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or citizenship status.