At a glance:

This is a mid-level advertising agency position, partnering with the Client Services team in creating and maintaining campaigns for our clients. Experience building client relationships, and first-hand knowledge of the day-to-day workflow across multiple teams makes for a great addition to this team.

What does a Project Manager do at Rain the Growth Agency?

Manages complex, multi-discipline projects from inception through completion.

• Ensures that all projects are delivered on time, in-line with client and campaign expectations and within scope of budget
• Extensive experience managing creative projects including digital, social, print, and direct mail. Radio and video a plus.
• Manages agency media activation process and assigns roles and responsibilities to other departments as needed
• Works closely with Client Service on projects to ensure client's needs are met by partnering on creative estimate request forms (CERFs) and assignment briefs (specs)
• Actively monitors and manages client deliverables across agency teams including Brand Strategy & Research, Media Planning and Buying, Analytics, Creative and Production
• Coordinates internal resources ensuring that they are correctly booked and managed
• Creates and maintains project documentation by requesting project codes/job numbers, creating project schedules, creating estimates, providing financial summaries, documenting meeting notes.
• Executes campaign and research deliverables, with an ability to manage constantly shifting priorities and ensure on-time execution
• Manages the timing and receipt of client-provided creative assets
• Archives final creative assets and working files

Fosters continuous communication with team and client on project progress.

• Keeps managers and account leaders apprised of client needs, feedback and updates
• Represents client project priorities in the daily/weekly creative resource meetings.
• Documents meeting notes to capture key actions, decisions and next steps, as needed based on the nature and focus of the meeting (e.g. creative review meetings)
• Keeps the project team up to date of schedule changes or challenges
• Possesses awesome client-facing skills: self-presentation, clear verbal and written communication and the ability negotiate and manage client concerns

What makes a great Project Manager at our agency?

• 3-5 years of experience following structured Project Management Methodologies.
• Prior media agency strongly preferred.
• Understanding of the creative development process, marketing and CRM concepts, brand strategy, digital media landscape, digital technologies, and video production.
• Ability to translate client goals into tangible marketing solutions, using independent strategic thinking, while receiving guidance of senior team members
• Excellent organization and time management skills. Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-moving environment with a tolerance for surprises.
• Ability to build positive, collaborative relationships within your project teams and throughout the agency
• High-level proficiency in Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, and the Google Suite
• Impeccable attention to detail, exceptional organizational and analytical skills
• Proactively seeks opportunities to increase knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Appreciation of our agency Core Values

Why work at Rain the Growth Agency?

• We are a national leader in DTC marketing, and an award-winning fully integrated creative and media agency specializing in both linear and digital channels.
• We represent many successful companies such as: Headspace, Shopify, Athletic Greens, Mercari, Adore Me, Humana and Consumer Cellular.
• We believe in Transactional Brand Building. Meaning, we deliver on our clients' brand and sales objectives at the same time, often with the same work and the same media plan. This proprietary Rain the Growth Agency philosophy has helped build many iconic brands such as Peloton, Wayfair, Humana and Chewy.
• There are about 260 of us all over the U.S. so were big enough to have all the bells and whistles, but small enough to have a warm welcoming culture where everyone's voice is heard.
• We are collaborative. We care about, appreciate, and respect each other, value diversity, and treat our staff very well.
• We proudly invest in our employees, technology, and tools to ensure the best possible work environment.
• We like to have fun! There is always an opportunity to join in group activities, book clubs, contests, parties, and events.
• Transparency is valued. Everyone in the company knows how we are doing and where we are going. We encourage open communication and reward success with performance-based bonuses.
• We are built for stability. We've been in business for more than 20 years and invest in keeping and enhancing key talent. Our average tenure is nearly 3x that of most of our competitors.
• We are selective with our clients though we have a large and diverse roster, we only take on organizations that we believe can scale because our motivation is our clients winning, not just revenue.
• All of the above because we are privately-held. We make big decisions quickly and answer only to our clients and to each other.