Project Manager (Evergreen)

About this role

Interested in joining Blue State's Media Team? Submit your application here to ensure you're first in line for future opportunities. Please note: this is an "evergreen" job post (i.e. not an active job post), but your expression of interest matters to us. While interviews aren't ongoing, we're excited to connect with talented individuals who share our commitment to Blue State's mission.

If you came across this job via LinkedIn, please note that it is an evergreen role; Linked In does not differentiate, but we prefer to.

What to know

Help run digital projects transforming the way people engage. As a Technical Project Manager, you’ll jump right in, interacting with clients, collaborating with diverse teams of UXers, Designers, Strategists, and Developers, leading website development, strategy and technical consulting projects from start to finish. You’ll help turn progressive ideas into actionable tactics, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.

The company

Blue State is a purpose-driven agency. We partner with leading causes, brands, and campaigns and create real change. From AARP and Doctors Without Borders to Amnesty International and Oxfam, we transform how brands and causes raise money, influence policy, build platforms, and grow communities of supporters. Led by the most creative and analytical minds from the political, nonprofit, and brand worlds, Blue State is an independent agency in the US and London.

A day in the life

• 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 in the context of agency and client expectations

• 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

The team

You’ll be a part of our global Project Management team. You will also work with a cross-disciplinary team of Account Leads, Designers, Developers, Strategists, and other creative folks to get the job done.

What we offer

• 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

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