Project Manager (On-Site)

About the position

The Project Manager at DK Global is responsible for overseeing the production of animations, illustrations, videos, and graphics presentations for legal clients. This role requires managing multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring timely delivery, adherence to budgets, and maintaining high-quality standards. The Project Manager will collaborate with various teams, communicate effectively with clients, and proactively address any workflow challenges.

Responsibilities

• Manage project workflow from planning through implementation.
• Identify and secure project resources.
• Routinely manage day-to-day progress for projects.
• Manage scope progression for projects.
• Meet with other Project Managers and the creative team daily to update project status.
• Communicate and clear any roadblocks in the workflow.
• Assist in ensuring that project status and billing are up to date.
• Provide clear and effective verbal and written communication with legal clients.
• Coordinate with nationwide contractor pool.
• Draft agreements and purchase orders and assist with budget adherence.
• Create detailed daily forecasts and schedules for all creative team members and follow up on assigned projects and tasks throughout the day.
• Track each project's progression and percentage to help ensure that projects are delivered under budget.
• Identify issues or potential overages early on and provide course correction to help bring the project back on track.
• Review all work for internal and external delivery, conducting internal reviews for all storyboards, previews, drafts, and finals before sending each to the Quality Control Team for review and final approval.
• Ensure milestones and quotas are met and provide course corrections to the schedule as needed.
• Proactively track team usage through weekly monitoring of time-tracking software.

Requirements

• 5-7 years' experience in project management and media development.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Consistent responsiveness to clients and colleagues.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Superior written and oral communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Creative problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to switch gears quickly.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Products.
• Superior level of competency with Windows operating systems.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Vision insurance
• Employee matching simple IRA program
• Starting at one week of paid vacation
• Bi-annual bonus opportunity