Project Manager (Integrated)

Location: Chicago, IL, us

Company Description

gyro is the Global Ideas Shop. We are 600 creative minds strong, united by a single mission: to produce ideas that are humanly relevant.

We bring together a myriad of talents, including visionaries, artists, strategists and experts across a range of disciplines, to fulfill this mission for our clients. We are bound by our core beliefs in open thinking, the desire to embrace change and the belief that great ideas can come from anyone and anywhere. We call this unconventional culture UNO. It celebrates inspiration, collaboration and mutual respect and it is what defines us.
As a vital part of gyro, you’ll be comfortable building the kind of closeness with others that means you know the punch lines to each others jokes, what everyone’s favorite pizza is and quite possibly share the stories that you shouldn’t. You will smile, even when it’s tough because you know you are not alone. We talk to each other, we work together and we share all the challenges and triumphs a creative life brings.
This is UNO.

If you choose to join us, this is what you will do while you are here.
Supporting the Strategy & Planning team across all on-going client work and new business development. Support strategic initiatives through intelligence gathering, research design-analysis and strategic support materials (e.g. research findings, briefing materials).
We’re looking for an independent thinker with a creative edge, who is curious and passionate about people, brands, marketing, social and digital. The Junior Strategist must be a natural collaborator across the Strategy team, and other disciplines, including Account, Creative and Project Management.

Job Description

Integrated Project Manager will be responsible for supporting a Senior Digital Project Manager across multiple large scale website projects. Additionally, this individual will be directly responsible for managing small scale digital projects including
emails, banners, landing pages, microsites as well as ongoing site maintenance tasks. This person must be digitally savvy and have experience managing digital projects from strategy, through user experience and design, to development.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Work with Senior Project Manager to generate estimates and statements of work.
• Develop project plans and manage project timelines, budgets and deliverables according to the statement of work.
• Regularly communicate status of projects by means of weekly meetings, status reports and updates.
• Assist in documenting project technical and functional requirements.
• Ensure that workflow processes are adhered to.
• Internal trafficking between account management, creative, programming and/orproduction. (e.g. - Tracking creative/digital revisions and ensuring they are implemented accurately.)
• Interface with clients to manage the delivery of projects.
• External vendor communication and management.
• Creating and revising job updates and change orders.
• Must be able to diplomatically enforce deadlines.
• Willingness to do what it takes to see jobs through to completion and meet
deadlines.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/TRAINING/EXPERIENCE
• 2+ years experience as a digital project manager on emails, banners, landing pages, microsites, etc
• Be passionate and informed about the digital space
• Must have experience managing programmers
• Must be able to put together a detailed project plan in Microsoft Project, Basecamp experience a plus

Additional Information

What you will get from us in return is:

Experience working in a culture of inspiration, education, collaboration and celebration — an environment where you will grow as an individual within the advertising and marketing communications profession. The opportunity for advancement in the strategy and account planning discipline, or in other agency disciplines that may peak your interest along the way. And of course, the bragging rights that come with working for the B2B Agency of the Year.