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You don’t make it 40+ years in this business without good people behind you. At AdFarm, we are driving the evolution of agriculture, and it starts with hiring the right individuals.
We are the bridge between farmers and the brands that serve them. Companies come to us for strategic planning, creative services, public relations, media planning, marketing science, content creation and research. If you’re ready to be a part of a team that does these things, and does them well, we should chat.
We partner with everyone from crop protection, nutrition and seed companies to technology, sustainability, food and animal health brands. If you’re in that space, or want to head that direction, this role will be a great fit.
You will love it here if you follow these GUIDEPOSTS:
Are you being agile? Responding quickly to changes—from the client and in the marketing world. Making actionable decisions. Doing whatever it takes to get it done well—on time and on budget. Developing and following processes that allow for even greater effectiveness.
Are you being smart? Right from the start. Knowing when to ask, when to act and when to use all of your resources to solve a problem? Investing in yourself to keep up with the ever-evolving world of our clients—and our communications industry.
Are you being helpful? Pitching in when it counts and doing whatever it takes to do an amazing job for your clients. Having direct and difficult conversations when necessary. Setting clear expectations for you, your supervisor and those you supervise.
As the Project Manager, you are responsible for supporting work as it moves through all phases of projects through the internal process of the agency and within the delivery of communications and advertising campaigns and projects to the client.
Accountabilities include:
- Estimates/Statements of work
- Build and monitor key project parameters (budget, scope, resources, risk, schedule)
- Manage jobs and tasks in Adobe Workfront
Responsibilities/Deliverables:
- Work with Account Managers to build and nurture relationships with clients: Understand the client: Learn about the client’s business and its needs. When invited by the AM, interact with client on project execution matters.
- Develop, maintain and execute project plans throughout the defined project lifecycle. Accounting for defined activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort and duration.
- Ensure campaigns are completed on time, on budget and on target.
- Review creative brief and reference materials, verifies information is complete and ready for project start.
- Work with the Creative Lead to determine creative team assignments (or freelance is needed) and maintain the resource forecast.
- Project Manager creates and enters estimate in Workfront for approval of the Account Manager, this is to be completed in a timely fashion agreed upon by both AM and PM.
- Develops SOW specifications for approval by Account Manager.
- Schedules input/kick-off meeting with Creative, Account Manager, Public Relations and Media (if appropriate). Identify agency time and materials required to complete project.
- Assign teams, tasks and work orders in Workfront
- If photography applicable, coordinate with Art Director on action steps required for final images.
- Support Creative team on needs for photos, illustrations, models, talent for broadcast production services.
- Update work orders as required. If necessary, communicates job specifications changes to any effected resources.
- Schedule internal creative review with Creative Team and Account Managers. Advises individuals when their hours have exceeded the number of hours estimated for the project.
- Verifies with vendor that information is complete including specs and POs.
- Provides necessary updates and direction for all resource groups to prepare and release files.
- Quality control on requested changes to be sure that they are complete and accurate.
- Other ad-hoc duties as required.
In consultation with Senior Project Management:
- Provide performance measurements (Marketing Science Data) against campaign objectives to strategy team in order to assess necessary adjustments and changes in communications tactics.
- Monitor and control key parameters (budget, scope, resources, risk, schedule) while maintaining quality standards on all deliverables.
- Generate requests for quotation to outside vendors for approval.
- Book meetings with Account Manager after completion of projects to review financial tracking against billings.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 3+ years of experience in project management in a creative marketing agency environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or a related field.
- Previous agency experience is strongly preferred.
- Experience in the agriculture industry is considered a strong asset
- Shown experience creating estimates, statements of work and an understanding of the resourcing processes.
- Shown experience working with cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with project management software. (Company is currently using Adobe Workfront.)
- Proficient in project management methodologies and the creative asset development project lifecycle.
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and deliver results on time.
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to influence, motivate, and ensure collaboration of cross-functional teams.
- Proactively sees opportunities to increase knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as problem-solve and improve processes.
- Design, production, or web development experience is an asset.
The salary range for this role is $50,000 – $75,000 per year. We offer all employees health, dental, and vision benefits, automatic 3% 401K contributions on an annual basis, a health spending account match, health & cell phone reimbursements, and we can offer a hybrid working environment with a wonderful group of top talent individuals.
Culture is everything for us and so we do our best to hire according to alike values and mutual respects.
We are a TEAM and we are looking for like-minded individuals that are eager to contribute as such.
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