Project Coordinator, Contract

Smith & Connors, LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Smith & Connors, LLC is seeking a contract project coordinator with agency experience to support web development, brand projects, strategy work, and marketing campaigns. You will help manage projects, maintain processes, and drive small initiatives across a fully remote US team.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable working across design and development pipelines.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in project coordination at a creative agency.
• Open-minded, kind, honest, enthusiastic, growth-mindset.
• Extraordinary attention to detail.
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of projects, tasks, and responsibilities.
• Highly collaborative and communicative.

Responsibilities

• Assists project managers, partners, and team in managing projects for the company
• Assist in maintaining and managing processes and tools
• Manage and drive forward small projects independently

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

QA awareness

Collaboration

Tools

Trello

Slack

Harvest

Job description

Our studio is looking for a contract project coordinator with demonstrated agency experience in supporting on web development, brand projects, strategy work, marketing campaigns, and more.

Our baseline (the non-negotiables)

Across the agency, we do our best to always show up in the following ways, regardless of role:

• Be curious: Ask “why” until you fully understand the task or concept.
• Be transparent: If it’s not in Trello or Slack, it didn’t happen.
• Be brave: Raise red flags and actively participate in ideas and suggestions.
• Be direct: Give and receive feedback openly.
• Be present: Engage with the work, the team, and our culture.
• Be proactive: Own both your mistakes and your wins, and move ideas for

About you

You might be the right fit for this role if you:

• Have solid knowledge of both the design and development processes.
• Are excited to support complex teams and projects.
• Are extremely organized, detail-oriented, and fastidious about QA.
• Love to work collaboratively, and are comfortable leaving your ego at the door and putting the work first.
• Take initiative and think beyond the checklist about the nuances of complex teams and projects.
• Are open to feedback and learning from the team.

Experience & other skills

• Open-minded, kind, honest, enthusiastic, growth-mindset.
• Extraordinary attention to detail.
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership of projects, tasks, and responsibilities.
• Highly collaborative and communicative.
• Preferred: 2+ years experience in project coordination at a creative agency.

Software skills

A strong candidate will be expert in the following tools:

• Strong ability in project management tools such as: Trello, Slack, Harvest

The role

Your core responsibilities will be:

• Assists project managers, partners, and team in managing projects for the company
• Assist in maintaining and managing processes and tools
• Manage and drive forward small projects independently

What you’ll achieve with us

• Elevate organizations on a mission.
• Deliver high quality brands and experiences for purpose-driven clients.
• Career path toward project management.

Compensation

• We offer a weekly retainer of 25 hours, with hourly compensation for any hours worked on top. Hourly rate is dependent on experience and typically ranges between $22–$25/hour.

Location

• We are a fully remote team and are open to all US locations.

Our agency

We are a brand-focused strategy, design, and website development firm. Our work encompasses brand identity, marketing and communications, website design and development, and more. The partners work directly with clients across disciplines to produce exceptional strategies and assets for our purpose-driven organizations and businesses. We have extremely high standards, employ a collaborative design approach, and run a fast-paced environment. Our ethos: humanity, honesty, directness, clarity, and quality.

Smith & Connors specifically seeks diverse perspectives and ideas among project management candidates. We are an inclusive studio committed to equity and diversity. This is an equal employment opportunity open to applicants within the United States.