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Our agency philosophy reflects the moment when “just a little bit cool” meets “just a little bit funny” (or in some cases, a lot of funny). It’s the ethos which defines our work, our culture and our people. Whether you’re a seasoned advertising veteran or yearning to break into the industry with a non-traditional background, we are always looking for top-tier talent to join our growing West Loop office. Check out the openings below and let us know why you’d be a great addition to the OKRP team…and don’t worry, teetotalers may apply.

Sr. Project Manager

Job Summary

OKRP Project Managers are experts at delivering digital projects across a wide range of clients. They are orchestrators, motivators, and unflappable problem solvers. But most of all, truly believe there is both an art and a science to delivering on time and on budget. Because there is.

While driven expediters, they absolutely must be empathetic to what makes creativity bloom and relationships thrive. They’re direct, transparent communicators and evolved listeners who, simply put, are smoothest at crunch time. At OKRP, egoless collaboration is key.

As the Project Manager, your responsibilities include project delivery oversight and active management for 1-3 key clients, ongoing project assessment and governance, and resource management.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

The Project Manager is responsible, in the area of Project Management, for:

Working with account and team leads to develop the scope of work based on functional and business requirements.
Developing, implementing, and managing the project plan.
Developing the staff plan.
Resource allocation and schedule conflict resolution in conjunction with the resource manager.
Day to day management of projects from initiation through implementation and deployment.
Ensuring project documentation is complete, current, and accessible to creative team members.
Communicating status of project to the team on a regular basis, including reports on progress as well as problems and solutions.
Ensuring changing resource and project requirements are communicated to all members of the project team, and that the changes are understood by all members of the team.
Monitoring creative team hours against budgets.
Monitoring project constraints and out of scope requests elevates issues to initiate additional billing.
Supporting the creative team in their efforts to deliver consistently superior creative output.
Will perform other duties as required or assigned that are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Education

Bachelor’s degree and project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent

Experience

3-8 years’ experience in project management roles
Strong recommendations

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

Proficiency in project management software tools
Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Flexibility and adaptability in the face of ambiguity and change
Strong organizational and time-management skills
Ability to remain calm and focused under pressure and when facing heavy deliverables

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