Description
Chicago Digitas USA
About Digitas
Founded in 1980, Digitas—one of the world’s leading digital marketing and media companies—is at the forefront of the new digital age. As an independent global network within the Paris-based Publicis Groupe, the world’s fourth largest communications group, Digitas is the first global digital network with offices in the USA, Europe, and Asia. Serving global marketing clients, we create brand experiences in digital and direct channels that engage and excite their customers. Through user-generated content, branded entertainment, digital video production, and social media programs and more we tap into people’s passions and create loyal, motivated relationships.
Our people are at the top of their industry — inspiring innovation, creativity and results. We're artists, analysts, technologists, writers, and producers. We're passionate, creative, thoughtful, and above all, we are committed to our clients, inspired by their customers, excited by change, and fueled by a passion for collaboration and bold invention.
Summary
Delivery Management is the project management practice at Digitas. We are responsible for delivering projects on time, on budget, and on quality, across various channels, including direct mail, web sites, and e-marketing.
An Associate Director within the Delivery Management group is responsible for professionally project managing client engagements with a focus on balancing quality, cost and schedule in order to exceed client expectations.
Qualifications
Job Experience
› Minimum of 6 to 8 years of professional product or project management experience, preferably in a marketing related field
› Experience successfully managing complex/integrated projects
› Advanced experience with risk management, change management, communications management and financial management
Education
› Bachelor’s degree
› MBA or Master’s degree is a plus
Skills
› Able to manage complex and/or multiple projects
› Capable of assembling and managing budgets including bottoms up budgets, and developing detailed work breakdown structures
› Advanced Microsoft Project ability
› Experience/knowledge in Web technologies
Traits & Distinguishing Characteristics
› Professional presentation, training and client facing skills
› Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
› Expressive and communicative written and verbal skills required
responsibilities
Essential Job Functions
› Partner with team to plan and manage for highest-quality client experience and results; monitor all project processes and operations for time and resource efficiencies, cost management, and process improvement opportunities
› Partner with team to oversee development and management of budgets; support development of forecasts, P&Ls, and management reports
› Partner with leaders of the team to coordinate and manage internal teams, client teams, vendors, third-party providers, etc.
› Oversee coordination of Quality Assurance efforts and partner with capabilities to ensure highest quality deliverables
› Possess a working knowledge of Digitas’ capabilities and processes to integrate planning with Strategy, Creative, Marketing and Engineering
› Responsible for all deliverables to the client including the aspect of time, deliverable definition and development, and quality assurance
› Monitor and take corrective action to stay within time and expense limits
For more information, visit www.digitas.com
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