Project Manager II

MW Partners is currently seeking a Project Manager to work for our client who is a leader in the media and entertainment industry.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Manage up to two (2) different design verticals made up of primarily designers and design managers in our domestic production design team
• Tasks may include but not limited to managing the complete content and design life cycle for multiple projects resource allocation and scheduling stakeholder sign off and risk management.
• Outside the box ideas on bringing nondevelopment resources into an agile framework is key to this position.
• Project manage various creative initiatives that our multiple teams depend on ranging from production design content media management tracking content releases to production and coordination with cross functional teams
• Run team stand ups and team design meetings unblocking the teams impediments within the team and outside dependencies
• Ensure project documents are complete current and organized appropriately
• Plan and track tasks in Jira and documentation on Confluence and Google Docs and devise opportunities to improve team efficiency and trackability
• Work with various teams such as marketing content strategy video operations and various stakeholders to prioritize and coordinate design efforts to deliver on schedule ensuring team collaboration proper planning execution and delivery are timely for the overall success of the projects.
• Coach facilitate and start consistent and beneficial Agile process methodologies for the production design team driving process and transparency by conducting agile frameworks that can help designers do their best work.
• Communicate with the business around the teams health and project status not just for your own teams but supporting the PMO in reporting on all status weekly

Requirements:

• BS/BA Degree
• Scaled Agile experience Leading SAFe certification
• Scrum Master certification with good understanding of all things Agile (Scrum Kanban and other methodologies) including the ceremonies of backlog grooming standups sprint planning sprint review and retrospective
• Previous use of Design asset tools like Zeplin and Figma
• Experience with Content Management Systems (CMS) Subscription or Membership sites Publishing Systems Digital Media sites development video and/or knowledge of advertising concepts (traditional and/or online)
• Expert Admin JIRA user
• Previous experience as a designer media producer or content manager
• 3 years multiproject/program management experience in fastpaced deadline driven technical (SDLC) and video production environments across CMS Web Mobile Applications or OTT platforms
• Experience working with Designers Curation content managers Creative Marketing and/or Video Operations teams building agile methodology and process from scratch
• Strong proficiency in tools: Jira Confluence Airtable Google Suite Slack and ability to whip up a presentation or project plan as needed
• A proactive efficient and resourceful approach and ability to thrive in a creative and deadlinedriven environment
• Strong communication and status sharing skills and excellent listening skills
• Lots of ideas to bring to the table to help organize and manage complex and timedriven requests for the creative teams

For a confidential discussion or to find out more contact Rhea Ann onor apply now.