About the job
We are Sherpas and Ninjas. We aren't order takers, we're visionaries and advocates for our client's success. Leading the way to the peak of a brand's potential is our win. We are precise, persistent, efficient perfectionists. And, we have really cool outfits.
We are the elusive SherpNinja.
Come join our Tribe!
Digital Yalo is hiring a talented Digital Project Manager who is looking to move from a Junior PM to the next level in their career. This role is key in driving project success through exceptional organization, leadership, and communication.
The Digital Project Manager will collaborate closely with team members and clients, ensuring that projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. You will be responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously and will require strong problem-solving skills to overcome challenges.
In this role, you will:
- Proactively work to move the Digital and Development team members toward project completion of project deliverables for our clients
- Support the team in various administrative activities by building project schedules, coordinating with different teams to ensure that projects start and finish on time
- Oversee project management systems:
- Monitor incoming project and task requests with account team
- Collaborating with the team leads to prioritize/sequence and assign projects and tasks
- Create efficiency by forecasting, monitoring utilization, identifying opportunities to move projects to lower-cost resources, as well as client approvals
- Manage team communications through Asana, Slack, and email
- Provide weekly Asana status reports
- Oversee artifacts and assets:
- Draft requirements and project plans
- Build Asana Timelines for EP and Project Team Review
- Monitor Budgets in Harvest
- Guide asset collection as needed ensuring all assets are stored and distributed properly
- Maintain Server organization in Dropbox and Google Drive
- Provide Monthly Client Account Reviews
- Ensure timelines are met:
- Think critically: Balance multiple asks
- Articulate trade-offs for competing priorities
- Identify and escalate issues or risks
- Set and vigilantly manage project expectations:
- Manage all internal meetings and touch bases for project teams to be client-ready and on timeline through project management systems and communication
- Understand and enforce roles, responsibilities, and contributions of cross-functional team members of all levels
- Collaborate with peers to consolidate work streams and drive efficiency
- Track workflow to ensure deadlines are being met, dependencies are established, and risks are mitigated
- Facilitate project meetings:
- Develop agendas
- Consolidate feedback
- Assign follow-up tasks, etc.
- Manage the scope of work according to SOW
- Accountability for communicating internal plans/methodology
- Facilitate clear, consistent communication across the project team (and leadership when needed), including weekly team meetings and other ad-hoc meetings/discussions as needed to advance the work
- Ensure on-time, accurate program execution
- Prioritize & manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Produce timely and accurate project reports for internal reference
- Attention to detail and proactive in evaluating recommending, and implementing opportunities to improve internal tools and processes
- Digital support in content administration within digital accounts for website updates
Requirements
To excel in this role, you will need:
- 2-4 years experience in project management IN AN ADVERTISING/MARKETING AGENCY ENVIRONMENT
- Self-motivated with the ability to take the initiative to drive solutions
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and conflict resolution
- Experience with project management tools, preferably Asana
- Ability to work collaboratively and lead cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with digital marketing concepts and strategies
Benefits
- $750/year in Concert Benefits or Continual Learning
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Work From Home
- Free Food & Snacks
- Wellness Resources
Your brand has something to say. We’ll help you say it right, loud enough for the world to hear.
In Fiji, the word Yalo means soul—your essence and passion. At Yalo, we bring out the soul of your brand. We are a team of strategists, creatives, technologists, and all-around problem-solvers who are inspired by music and art to create brands, websites, experiences and more. We turn inspiration into strategy, strategy into creative, and creative into results.
The Yalo Way means respecting each other’s individuality. We don’t hire people so they’ll fit in, but so they’ll stand out. We’re a small agency, so if you have a cool interest or background, we’ll probably know about it and nurture it. Since we’re all working from different places, we don’t pressure you to conform to one kind of working style or downtime activity or even dress code (although leggings still aren’t pants).
We are a zesty, funky, hungry, unified Tribe that celebrates diversity. We are Run DMC and Aerosmith with Garth Brooks* on slide guitar. We walk one way, talk another way and go our own way.
*minus that weird Chris Gaines phase