Project Manager (Evergreen)

The role

You will lead website development, strategy, and technical consulting projects from start to finish. You will interact with clients and collaborate with UXers, Designers, Strategists, and Developers to turn ideas into actionable tactics, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

What you will do

• Scope, define, estimate, and manage budgets and timelines for strategy, website redesign & platform focused projects
• Work with teams to define product specifications and functional requirements
• Support senior members of the team in managing client relationships and coordination of internal creative and delivery teams
• Manage operational aspects of projects, including communication of client needs to team and vice versa as well as internal team resourcing and financial health tracking
• Lead project status meetings and updates with internal teams and clients
• Manage multiple website build projects simultaneously and understand project priorities
• Minimize exposure to risk on a project by identifying potential scope creep and working with internal teams and client to mitigate this risk
• Manage and participate in testing and quality control for all deliverables
• Lead post project assessments and make recommendations for future projects or project optimization
• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and archived appropriately

Required qualifications

• 2+ of professional experience as a technical project manager with experience in digital strategy and managing agile website development projects, specifically Wordpress or Drupal builds
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with tech folks, business stakeholders, clients, etc.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Team oriented mindset
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced (sometimes chaotic) environment while maintaining a sense of perspective
• Ability to adapt to new situations, solve problems on the fly, and communicate with those around you
• Teamwork and scrappiness required
• Shared passion and curiosity for making change
• Comfort with ambiguity
• A restlessness that resists the status quo
• A commitment to quality that ensures we’re always making progress

Benefits

• Unlimited time-off (inclusive of sick, personal, and vacation days)
• $1,000 annually in professional development funds
• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Inclusive family planning coverage, including fertility, surrogacy, and adoption benefits
• Flexible and health savings accounts
• 401K & employer match
• Generous paid holiday schedule
• 12-week fully-paid parental leave for all parents-to-be
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Remote work flexibility

Before you apply

• this is an "evergreen" job post (i.e not an active job post)
• To enter our US offices or attend Blue State events, staff and visitors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including with a booster shot when eligible

About the company

Blue State is a purpose-driven agency that partners with leading causes, brands, and campaigns to create real change. It is an independent agency in the US and London.