Junior Project Manager

About the role

As a Junior Project Manager at SlideGenius , you are on your way to becoming a full-fledged Project Manager. You shall assist the Project Managers and help the team with their day-to-day tasks. You will be depended on for your knowledge and experience in the Project Management Team’s workflow.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Handle more complicated projects, tasks setup, and deployment (batch projects, multiple revisions, and the like).

• Keep track of developments, exchanges in communication, and remaining budgets of projects you are handling.

• Provide assistance to all staff involved in assigned projects to ensure project success and on-time delivery.

• Identify and resolve conflicts and issues through operational risk management.

• Handle minor client escalations to ensure retention, and more complicated projects, task setups*, and deployments* (batch projects, multiple revisions, and the like).

• Assist with the definition of and performance targets of project scope, objectives, checkpoints, and budget.

• Work with the Sales team to confirm client qualifications, requests, and rates.

• Manage resource availability to avoid under/over-allocation.

• Facilitate the development of detailed project plans to monitor and track progress against key milestones.

• Work closely with the Art Directors to delegate and assign projects to designers based on current workload and designer expertise and skills.

• Collaborate with the design team and Art Directors to ensure that designers have the materials necessary to successfully complete the project.

What they're looking for

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Understand that the adjustment may come with additional complexities (client escalations, taking calls, working on tighter deadlines).

• Open to tackling new challenges & the risks that come with them.

• Proactive in the workplace and implement new processes to increase productivity.

• Great organizational skills and customer service/communication skills.

• Manifest critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Education/Experience:

• 1-2 years of business or relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, analytical, and objection handling skills.

• Experience working with European or North American clients is a plus.

• Familiarity with industry standard tools is a plus—Gmail, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite, and Jira.

• Ability to work with management, colleagues, and customers throughout the business and industry at every level.

• Key attributes—entrepreneurial, self-starter, ambitious personality, accountable and action-oriented, etc.

• Willing to work the graveyard shift, shifting schedules, and on weekends.