India Portfolio | Project Manager

VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency built for todays consumers. Asthe Modern Agency of Record it understands the nuances of todays attention landscapeempowering brands to win attention drive relevance and deliver business results. Founded in2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwideincluding Amsterdam Bangkok Chicago New Delhi Kuala Lumpur London Los AngelesMexico City Miami New York Tokyo Toronto Singapore and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part ofthe VaynerX family of companies.

The PITCH

Were lucky that everyone within our walls thinks creatively shares a passion for building communities and understands the world of both big campaigns and social micro-content.

Our Project Executives enjoy working in a fast paced environment and love the challenge of discovering what drives and moves consumers. Our India office is hunting the APAC landscape for a passionate and driven PE that will help lead a global brand account and continually review and optimize the work team produces and collaborate with the project management team to establish effective ways to lead teams and processes.

Heres where you come in.

• Write and execute cost estimates statement of work scope tasks timeline trackers to track project cycles budget and development based on project requirements and plans.
• Project Management - Make magic happen at all internal cross-functional teams during the project lifecycle for all Brand projects that include creative social & digital content builds and events. Ensure project budget and timelines are met and all processes (e.g. usage rights) are followed.
• Contribute to the VaynerMedia processes - Manage and keep project management platforms up to date. Align with finance client partnership operations and legal on project and client requirements.
• Own the final project assets: folders on the server shared documents in the drive and contracts in the box.
• Obsessed with meetings such as kick-offs brainstorms and deliverable reviews just to get things done.
• Live and breathe the agency processes including creative production paid media and digital builds while optimizing those processes.
• Provide timely updates - Give the big picture to the inter-departmental teams such as milestones deliverables and completion.
• Monitor project progress closely and mitigate risks in advance- Sharp in tracking scopes when change occurs - you know exactly what to do.
• Resources Management - Collaborates with creative team leads to manage team tasks next steps manage bandwidth and needed resources.
• Responsible for the operation customization and improvement of team processes necessary for each portfolios business needs
• Work with the Project Director to maximize operational efficiencies and define processes on the team project and portfolio levels
• Nurture cross-functional agency relationships and be the ultimate problem solver to deliver work to Clients

Your Experience -

• 4-5 years of experience with advertising agency - managing projects coordinating teams and other planning-related duties preferably in the creative ad space.
• Time management is your cup of tea.
• Experience in budget development and contract (SOW) writing.
• Thrives in a fast-paced high-pressure environment.
• Out of the box lead and practical hands-on experience in project management.
• You make and lead stuff to happen.
• Hungry for great work (and good food)
• Must have a life outside work.
• And did we mention project scoping

What you should know about VaynerMedia

Think lab and not agency. We get excited about solving business problems not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules try new things and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew work with big brands excites you as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.