Present Studios is an award-winning boutique design firm with an emphasis in real estate, hospitality, private club and lifestyle branding. We are looking for a junior Project Manager who’s highly motivated, obsessively organized, and detail-oriented to coordinate workflow, schedule tasks, and help manage special projects in a deadline-driven work environment.
The Job:
The job of Present Studio’s junior project manager is to schedule and route studio creative content to meet changing deadlines, and aid in client management. The project manager will work directly with internal team members, consultants, vendors, and clients. This person will also manage occasional projects for special events and mailings from start to finish – including deadlines for creative, ordering resources, coordinating assembly and delivery to client. The job requires tenacity, attention to detail, good judgment, and most importantly, a positive mindset.
Long Term Responsibilities:
- Managing day-to-day project workflow
- Prioritizing project requests and working with creative team to gather and assign resources
- Reviewing and proofing client changes and coordinating communication
- Organizing, scheduling, and attending team and client meetings
- Project status reporting
- Managing project expenses and billing
- Special project coordination including ordering, scheduling, and assembling creative assets
- Managing email communications and updates
- Coordinating courier services and shipping, including international shipping/customs
- Office management/admin
Requirements:
- Able to manage multiple tasks, projects, and deadlines with confidence
- A positive, can-do mindset, and a passion for organization
- Good proofreading and copy-editing skills
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Self-driven work ethic
- Ability to work collaboratively with a team, as well as independently
- Proactive and able to take initiative
Additional Helpful Skills:
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Proficiency in Adobe Suite: Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
Experience & Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Advertising, Marketing, or related field
- 1-2 years agency or design firm project management experience
What You Can Expect at Present Studios:
- An opportunity to work on a wide variety of digital and print projects, across multiple brands. Work includes identity development, event branding, invitations, calendars, menus, brochures, websites, email marketing, and more.
- An established workflow process that evolves as we grow, with steady to fast-paced volume of work.
- Collaborative, positive team atmosphere.
- Skill development and growth are encouraged.
- This is a hybrid position: we work from our central Phoenix office 3 days per week (M, W, R) and from home 2 days per week (T, F).
- Central office location with free covered parking, within walking distance Park Central.
- Break room stocked with snacks and coffee.
Benefits:
- Paid vacation
- Health, dental, vision insurance
- 401K matching