Short Term Project Manager

Designit; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled Project Manager to join their remote team. This role involves providing essential project management support for a core client, ensuring seamless continuity across initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing diverse projects, strong communication skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. You'll engage with key stakeholders, drive project goals, and facilitate collaboration using Microsoft 365 tools. Join a global organization that values work-life balance, encourages innovation, and embraces diversity while making impactful contributions to exciting projects.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Culture of learning

Remote work flexibility

Innovation encouragement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience, particularly in creative and technology projects.
• Strong familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools for effective communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term project management coverage and support for tooling initiatives.
• Act as a central coordination point for cross-functional meetings and stakeholder alignment.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Strategic Thinking

Prioritization

Follow-up Abilities

Education

BA/BS Degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

Job description

*This is a short term contract position through September 19, 2025

Remote: 9am - 5pm EST

Do you have strong project manager skills and the ability to meet client deliverables?

Want to be part of an amazing team, hell-bent on crafting a better future? We’re always looking for creative people who care!

We are analysts. Creators. Designers. Doers. Dreamers. Explorers. Geeks. Hipsters. Leaders. Learners. Renegades. Seekers. Strategists. Visionaries. And we fundamentally believe that we’re better together.

We believe in teamwork, fun, complex projects, diverse perspectives, and simple solutions. How about you? We’re looking for a Project Manager with the passion and experience to build what matters – one project at a time.

Our new short-term contract Project Manager will play a role in supporting project management activities and tooling support coverage for a core client. We’re seeking an agile problem solver who can quickly adapt to project needs and create solutions for our internal teams and our clients.

Would you like to...

• Provide short-term program/project management coverage, ensuring continuity across tooling initiatives and operational meetings during employee leave period (12 weeks).
• Act as a central coordination point for cross-functional meetings—driving agendas, capturing detailed notes, and ensuring timely follow-up on action items.
• Engage closely with key stakeholders across a large, matrixed tech organization to align on project goals, timelines, and deliverables.
• Support internal tooling efforts—monitoring updates, collecting feedback, and facilitating team readiness across platforms and systems.
• Demonstrate strong familiarity with Microsoft 365 suite (Teams, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel), leveraging these tools to drive communication, collaboration, and documentation.
• Maintain project trackers, dashboards, and status reports to ensure transparency and alignment across stakeholders.
• Bring a proactive, detail-oriented mindset to help identify process improvement opportunities and potential blockers early.

We would like you to have...

• Experience managing marketing, creative, content production, and technology projects.
• Successful track record of managing projects and workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• Exhibits strong follow-up and follow-through abilities, combined with exceptional communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, triage, and make decisions in real-time.
• Strategic thinking and adaptability to anticipate changes that could affect projects.
• Excellent prioritization and delegation skills with an ability to operate in an ambiguous environment and provide direction to your team members.
• BA/BS degree.
• 5+ years of proven project management experience, preferably at a creative agency that includes technology focused projects.
• Proficiency in Excel is desired.

Would you like to join a global organization that...

• Embraces work-life balance – our employees’ well-being remains a top priority for us.
• Promotes a culture of learning and advocacy across the globe - diversity will enable us to strengthen our impact.
• Encourages innovation and experimentation.
• Understands that changes will occur and adaptability is crucial to assist when it does.
• Emphasizes and rewards collaboration.
• Works remotely. We continue to safeguard the health of our employees so our interviewing and on-boarding process will remain virtual until further notice.

Compensation Range: $40 - $45 per hour

This compensation range is indicative of the role. Compensation offered is on the basis of evaluation during interview process, the candidates range and depth of experience, business and market financials and internal pay parity. This role comes with a variable pay component based on performance.

Want to know more about Designit?

Check us out online: www.designit.com. Just so you know, we don’t have a dress code, but we do have a strict no jerk policy.

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Designit is committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to be considered for employment. Please let us know if you need any reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process.