Junior Project Manager

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences. 

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results. 

Role: Junior Project Manager

Location:  Detroit Metro Area

About the role: 

We are seeking a Project Manager to join a new dynamic team. You will oversee projects to support brand, marketing, and communication strategies in a high-volume environment for our Consumer Product Manufacturing client. 

You will coordinate with internal and external teams, work closely with the Account Manager and Sr. Project Manager, and ensure client satisfaction and identify growth opportunities. 

Our ideal candidate excels in a fast-paced team setting, understands client insights, and can offer innovative marketing solutions while facilitating integrated planning. 

Responsibilities include overseeing digital and print projects across various channels and working with account and creative teams from brief to delivery. We seek a courteous, positive, high-energy individual with outstanding interpersonal skills. 

What you will be doing: 

• Work closely with the Business Director, Studio Manager, and Creative team to understand project requirements and ensure work is aligned with brief requirements, in scope, and on time.  
• Taking overall ownership of integrated creative projects from brief to fulfillment. 
• Working closely with account and creative teams in preparing milestones for the client. 
• Liaising with clients to determine campaign scope and produce estimates and schedules. 
• Identifying, exploiting, and managing ad hoc opportunities when they arise. 
• Working with account teams to agree and create timing plans and estimates within our internal time and tracking system. 
• Estimating complex, cross-platform projects. 
• Manage the flow of projects through design and artwork, creating timelines, schedules, project plans, resource planning and managing costs and budgets   
• Develop and maintain an accurate and up-to-date record of all projects and their status using our workflow management technology   
• Manage the system for obtaining client feedback in a structured manner, reporting any concerns or creative and/or growth opportunities to the Account Lead   
• Identify and troubleshoot workflow or asset management system concerns  
• Works closely with Clients and Core team to understand project requirements while ensuring work is briefed and on time  
• Owner of status meetings  
• Ability to think across projects and brands with a holistic POV 
• Help resolve and document blockers, gaps in processes, and pursue resolutions, sharing results with management and cross-functional teams. 
• Communicating the progress and status of the project to the senior management and the client, and resolving any conflicts or challenges  
• Coordinating with the existing teams and the client stakeholders to ensure a smooth handover of the work  
• Schedule projects in line with the correct internal resource and help to source external resource where necessary. 
• Ensure projects follow the agency process and compliance standard, and completed on time and on budget. 
• Motivate and manage teams under tight deadlines. 
• Educate and manage internal stakeholders in rel