"Project Manager"

Michigan Creative, the largest provider of creative services to the University of Michigan, is looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our team. You will manage a wide variety of projects for the Office of the Vice President for Communications and other clients across U-M's 19 Ann Arbor schools and colleges, U-M Dearborn, U-M Flint, Michigan Medicine, and multiple institutes and centers.

The Project Manager will be a member of an existing Project Management team that operates as a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Communications. You will report directly to the Director of Project Management.

• Manage discovery, proposal, and creative brief processes.
• Work closely with the Strategy team to prepare and implement strategic marketing plans.
• Manage detailed project plans in our project management system (Wrike).
• Manage all jobs in our project database and diligently track actual fees and expenses against agreed-upon project budgets.
• Manage all project expenses, ensuring all project expenses are posted correctly.
• Lead cross-functional project team meetings to ensure understanding of project details.
• Oversee team execution of project deliverables following the established project plan.
• Identify and raise budget, scope, or timeline concerns and offer ideas for solutions.
• Serve as primary contact for the client throughout the project to ensure dependencies are met.
• Share project updates with clients and the Managing Director, including schedule or scope changes.
• Collect and share/report data measuring project performance against established goals.
• Identify additional projects and new business opportunities from clients.
• A cover letter should be attached to the first page of your resume.
• 5+ years in a professional project management position.
• Experience managing a wide variety of marketing projects, including paid social/digital marketing, websites, and print.
• PMP or similar project management certification.
• In-house or agency experience.
• Marketing and advertising experience.
• Capability in managing many details across many projects.
• Higher education experience.
• Experience managing video projects.
• Leadership and motivational skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Handle deadlines and creative chaos well.
• Customer-focused mindset.
• Strong presentation skills.

Michigan Creative is hybrid, working in the office twice a week.