Manager, Project Management

OMDUS OMD USA LLC; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Omnicom Group is seeking a Project Manager to oversee offline execution of client media campaigns. You will coordinate with Strategy & Investment to implement cohesive plans and manage timelines, assets, and budgets across multiple campaigns.

The role requires 3–5 years in an agency or client services environment, strong Excel and communication skills, and familiarity with media planning/buying. Office-based with potential for collaboration across U.S. offices.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years agency or client services experience preferred.
• Strong organizational and project management experience.
• Extreme attention to detail and ability to manage multiple campaigns.
• Extensive knowledge of television industry and production processes.
• Familiarity with media planning and buying.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Confident, polite demeanor and team player.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for client marketing departments.
• Advocate for the client’s program marketing team internally.
• Manage production timelines, assets, and specs for multiple campaigns.
• Handle multiple projects from pre-planning to execution.
• Maintain daily/hourly copy rotation and offline media elements document.
• Oversee traffic, clearance, and production budgets for client groups.
• Collaborate with Strategy & Investment on plan updates and asset issues.
• Troubleshoot issues across departments including materials and content.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Communication skills

Media planning/buying

Fast-paced environment

Client relations

Budget tracking

Adaptability

Tools

Smartsheet

Asana

Excel

Job description

Agency: OMD Job Function: Account Management and Growth Job Subfunction: Sales and Client Operations Job Description: MOST CREATIVE MEDIA AGENCY NETWORK | 11 TIMES IN A ROW BY THE GUNN REPORT ADWEEK’S GLOBAL MEDIA AGENCY OF THE YEAR 2019 & 2020 OMD USA is a proud part of the global OMD network. In the US, we have 2,250+ people across 9 offices, dedicated to delivering insights that unlock demand potential, ideas that ignite consumer desire and results that accelerate business growth for our clients. We are a dynamic, creative and influential agency network that collectively combines to make OMD the most awarded agency network in the world.

Overview

The Project Manager oversees and manages the offline execution of all our client’s media supported ad campaigns. You will work closely with the Strategic Planning and Investment teams to develop cohesive and streamlined implementations. Project Managers work with client groups on a daily basis to effectively disseminate media plan specs and production information in a timely and efficient manner. A proven record of executing multiple campaigns across various platforms is a must for this position.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for our client’s marketing departments and creative agency.
• Act as an internal advocate for the client’s program marketing team.
• Manage production timelines, creative assets, and specs simultaneously for multiple campaigns.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in different stages that range from pre-planning to execution.
• Develop and maintain constantly changing Copy Rotation excel document (i.e., daily and hourly updates) that details all offline media elements (i.e., Television, Radio, Print, OOH).
• Direct all aspects of the traffic and clearance process.
• Manage Production Budget chart for client groups.
• Work closely with Strategy & Investment teams on plan updates and/or creative asset issues.
• Troubleshoot execution issues with all departments internally and externally – materials, extensions, delays, copy issues, content requirements, traffic instructions, posting instructions, etc.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years agency and/or client services experience preferred.
• Possess strong organizational and project management skills.
• Must exhibit extreme attention to detail.
• Extensive knowledge of the television industry (i.e., buying and clearance process).
• Production knowledge preferred.
• Familiarity with media planning/buying.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Strong Excel skills required.
• Confident and polite demeanor.
• Familiarity with Smartsheet and/or project management tool (i.e. Asana).

$50k - $95k

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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