Project Manager (Digital Marketing/Advertising)

Leap Group
  • Chicago, Illinois
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Who is the Project Manager?

     

    The Project Manager is a highly organized and proactive operational leader who helps drive the successful delivery of integrated client work across cross-functional teams. This person brings a balance of structure, adaptability, and communication skills, keeping projects moving efficiently while creating clarity and alignment for both internal teams and clients.


    In this role, you’ll lead day-to-day project execution across multiple initiatives, partnering closely with creative, strategy, media, production, account, and development teams to ensure work is delivered on time, on budget, and at a high standard. You’re solutions-oriented, detail-focused, and energized by bringing order to fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and competing deadlines.


    The ideal candidate brings strong project management fundamentals, excellent communication skills, and experience managing integrated marketing or advertising projects across digital, social, production, web, and traditional channels.


    This role may be structured as a part-time or contract opportunity depending on business needs and candidate experience.


    In this role, you can expect to:

    • Lead day-to-day management of integrated client projects across multiple teams and disciplines.
    • Build and maintain project timelines, schedules, documentation, and workflows to support efficient delivery.
    • Partner with creative, strategy, media, account, production, and development teams to keep work moving smoothly from kickoff through final delivery.
    • Facilitate kickoff meetings, status meetings, milestone reviews, and project recaps to maintain alignment and accountability.
    • Monitor project timelines, budgets, scopes, and deliverables while proactively identifying risks, blockers, or changes in priorities.
    • Communicate project status, next steps, dependencies, and expectations clearly with both internal teams and clients.
    • Support project scoping, intake, estimation, and resource planning efforts for new and existing client work.
    • Help ensure deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations before launch or final delivery.
    • Maintain organized and accurate project documentation, including timelines, approvals, financial tracking, and status reporting.
    • Contribute to operational improvements by identifying opportunities for more efficient workflows, communication, and project processes.
    • Collaborate effectively across teams while helping create a positive, accountable, and solutions-focused working environment.

     


    What do You Need?


    • 3+ years of project management experience in an agency, marketing, digital, creative, or related environment required
    • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and deadlines
    • Strong client communication and stakeholder management skills
    • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across creative, media, strategy, production, and/or development disciplines
    • Experience using project management platforms such as Workfront, Asana, Monday.com, Jira, or similar tools
    • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
    • Ability to proactively identify risks, solve problems, and keep projects moving forward
    • Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment while managing shifting priorities
    • Experience within an advertising, marketing, or integrated agency environment preferred
    • Project management certification or completed coursework is preferred, but not required
    • High level of accountability, follow-through, and ownership over project outcomes


    Important note: if you think you have what it takes to be a great in this role but don't necessarily meet all of these qualifications, please still apply! While we work hard to eliminate unnecessary requirements from our job ads, our teams and needs are constantly evolving, and we'd always love the opportunity to connect and see what might be a fit.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, Illinois

    Skills

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    • Budget Managementunmatched
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    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Detail Orientedunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Financial Reportingunmatched
    • Follow Throughunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Media Productionunmatched
    • Multitaskingunmatched
    • Online Marketingunmatched
    • Operational Improvementunmatched
    • Order Deliveryunmatched
    • Organizational Skillsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Project Executionunmatched
    • Project Management Certificationunmatched
    • Project Scheduleunmatched
    • Project Trackingunmatched
    • Project/Program Managementunmatched
    • Quality Metricsunmatched
    • Risk Analysisunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Web Productionunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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