Freelance Marketing Project Manager

Ignite Visibility, a fast-growing award-winning digital marketing company based in San Diego, is looking for a talented international Freelance Project Manager to join our team for a full time temporary, 12-16 project. The Project Manager is a client-facing role that oversees the entire life of digital projects across various marketing channels from the inception stage to the launch of the completion of the project for franchise clients. They collaborate with external stakeholders, internal team members, and vendors on the scope of the projects; lead teams in the development of marketing project and prepare project status reports. This person will enjoy rapidly changing environments and be able to stay abreast of shifting schedules, changing expectations, and the management of resources.

Responsibilities:

• Be a strategic partner to our clients
• Provides positive client experiences through strong customer service skills
• Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for all web projects
• Assists in the initial onboarding of new client web projects
• Manages client expectations and strategies from inception to delivery
• Sets and prepares the budget, tools, scope, and timeline for web projects
• Ensures project profitability and efficiencies while utilizing agency resources
• Collaborates with internal departments to ensure the delivery of timely quality work
• Creates deadlines and action items for every project team member
• Oversees code development and testing
• Manages project launch activities
• Leads daily or weekly project team meetings to review progress
• Communicates regular project status updates for the external stakeholders
• Responsible for obtaining client approvals for all new estimates and change orders
• Addresses bottlenecks and adjusts the timeline and deliverables
• Works with team members individually to resolve any issues
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates current operational processes and performance regarding web projects, recommending solutions for improvement when necessary
• Builds and maintains relationships with all department heads, account management team, external partners, and vendors to assist in making decisions regarding web project activities
• Schedules and participates in a weekly update meeting with the Director of Operations to discuss priorities, accomplishments, and hurdles
• Uses all of the company’s business management and communication platforms to keep stakeholders informed, tasks assigned and projects well managed in accordance with deadlines
• Ability to communicate rapidly and effectively with all parties involved in the projects
• Performs ongoing professional development to keep pace with changes and trends within the digital marketing industry
• Stays on top of industry trends in order to stay on the cutting edge
• Assists sales team with presentations and proposal development
• Performs other duties as assigned by management

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of experience as a client-facing project manager in an agency or creative services environment
• Minimum 4 years of experience managing end-to-end marketing projects redesign and development projects from discovery to launch
• Ability to manage cross-disciplinary teams from strategy, design, content, and development phases
• Knowledge of project management frameworks
• Demonstrated experience managing and leading multiple concurrent projects across SEO, Paid Media, Email, CRO, social media, and more
• Well-developed English communication skills with a focus on clear, intentional, friendly written and verbal communication
• Ability to forecast, benchmark, and analyze project budgets both from an hour based as well as costs/profits approach
• Demonstrated skills and ability in project management and planning, project risk management, resource management, budget management, and team coordination
• Hands-on experience with project management software such as Monday, Asana, or similar
• Communicates effectively and is comfortable leading internal and external meetings
• Demonstrates excellent time-management, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Strategic and critical thinking skills, including exercising professional judgment

CompensationR 30,000 - R50,000 based on technical skills