Associate Project & Production Manager

At space150, project management is not a discipline; its the baseline for our Operations team.

As an Associate Project & Production Manager, you are focused on building competency in the tactics of project management and production, and demonstrate a strong desire to learn, grow, and adapt.

You will have strong manager and mentorship relationships to accelerate your growth and build confidence so youre prepared for whatever the next challenge may be.

There will be many projects that you support, and when appropriate, opportunities to own internal initiatives that serve as a safe proving-grounds for honing your quickly developing skill set.

Curiosity pushes you to think beyond checking the boxes and seek out pathways to learn more about technology, how to grow your internal team leadership capabilities, and how our agency functions as a business.

How You Add Value

* Manage multiple projects across one or more clients in partnership with an operations partner, business partner or producer
* Support production delivery across clients and projects by facilitating external vendors and internal teams
* Proactively manage up to mentors and managers within your department so they can better support any challenges or roadblocks you may encounter to mitigate risk and capitalize on opportunity
* Prepare content and documentation for internal and client meetings, with peer/mentor/manager review/oversight

The Baseline Essentials

* Support operational logistics across the Client Operations and Production team, including opening projects, updating budgets, pulling reports, and more
* Draft and manage project estimates and timelines primarily for content/video production projects for approval by Producer, Sr.

Director, Client Operations or VP, Operations
* Outreach, manage and coordinate external production partners and vendors
* Help identify appropriate production resources and partners based on workload and pipeline
* Create production authorizations and manage out-of-pocket costs incurred against
* Facilitate the processing of 3rd party production invoices with accounting, production and client operations teams
* Support rotational department deliverables, including Weather Report and agency-wide timesheet validation
* Create and maintain accurate project forecasts for resource usage and costs incurred
* Define project scopes for approval by Sr.

Director, Client Operations or VP, Operations
* Contribute to client status reports, specifically in regards to budget usage and progress of scoped deliverables and services
* Escalate challenges, roadblocks and risks to project budget goals as they arise
* Submit your individual time usage on a weekly basis

Requirements

Qualifications

* 0-1 years experience managing content production or creative projects in an ad agency, marketing department, or production environment
* Experience using Google Docs, Google Sheets, Keynote/Google Slides, Zoom, slack desired
* Extraordinary, proven teamwork, communication, and collaboration skills
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Strong verbal and listening skills
* Strong writing skills
* Ability to effectively manage virtually and in-person

Interpersonal Skills

* Ability to quickly develop relationships of mutual respect and trust across all of space150 disciplines, internal and external partners
* Ability to identify, navigate and escalate problems as they arise
* Value-oriented individual with a high degree of integrity
* Ability to interface effectively with all levels of internal employees, and external contacts on an as-needed basis
* Ability to react positively to high pressure situations
* Portray an enthusiastic attitude toward all internal and external clients
* Must be a self-starter and results/goal oriented

Benefits

* Competitive salary and benefits package, including:

* Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and a host of not-so-typical company benefits
* An inclusive and diverse crew that will support you, coach you, and celebrate you