Freelane Project Coordinator

Blink is looking for a Freelance Project Coordinator to join our growing team. If you love working with innovative and exciting clients alongside creative individuals who are highly collaborative, this is the role for you!  The Project Coordinator will play an important role in supporting Blink’s Project Managers as they oversee complex UX research and user-centered design projects for our clients. They will take on increasing responsibility as they build their project management skills. This role will be responsible for keeping our team on the right track by monitoring schedule, budget, and helping to see and remove roadblocks that come up throughout the lifecycle of a project. Our ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, a keen eye for detail, feel giddy around a beautifully organized spreadsheet, and a dedication to delivering extremely high-quality work.

What you will be doing:

• Coordinating research and user-centered design projects through all project phases.
• Planning and tracking project profitability.
• Facilitating change management process – Announce, Quantify, Review, Inform, Pursue, Record.
• Creating project plans and ensuring timely completion of assigned projects.
• Building relationships with clients and internal employees facilitating collaboration across teams.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and promote consistency within the team.

What we are looking for:

• 1+ years of experience in project management or a related field.
• Highly motivated with a focus on the details.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills. Able to build rapport with our clients and cross-functional teams.
• Exceptional writing skills.
• Passionate about process, learning, collaborating, and growth.  
• Ability to juggle multiple, varying projects in a fast-paced environment.

Things that would be nice to have, but not required:

• Experience designing presentation decks in PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides.
• Experience tracking project budgets and financial reporting.
• Experience working in a consulting firm.
• A knowledge of user-centered design, UX research, or UX generally.

About Us: Blink UX is a design consulting firm creating products that people use, love and remember. Blink has over two decades of experience in UX research, strategy, and design partnering with innovative industry leaders including Amazon, Chase, Gates Foundation, Google, Meta, and NASA. For more information visit blinkux.com.  Our Culture Maintaining a positive company culture requires the same careful curation, management, and rigor as any other aspect of a business. At Blink, we consciously design our culture to ensure that employees have the structure and guidance they need to fully develop their skills and abilities for a happy and rewarding career. Be sure to read up on the unique aspects of our company culture framework and ensure they align with your working style.  EEO When hiring, we aim to build teams of compassionate people with diverse experiences, thoughts, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual preference, gender identity or age, disability or length of time spent unemployed.  Following your application submission we encourage you to disclose personal demographic information in order to help us comply with federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity record-keeping requirements. We will also use this information in an anonymous aggregated form to help us measure and improve diversity at Blink.