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Publicis Groupe Senior Associate, Project Management in Boston, Massachusetts
Company Description
Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by Ad Age as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.
Our Account & Project Management teams enable and execute great work in the smartest way possible. We are passionate about transforming ideas into results as we constantly negotiate, organize and understand the ever-changing landscape of digital marketing and technology.
To help with this, we’re looking for an outstanding Sr Associate, Account & Project Management – someone with a passion for using collaboration, the fully integrated campaign process and emerging technologies to produce world-class interactive experiences for our clients. You’ll help create dynamic digital experiences and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. You’ll help create dynamic digital experience and integrated campaigns for Fortune 500 clients. Our project work includes digital and social media campaigns, digital partnership activations and promotions, and much more. As a Sr. Associate, you will help develop and execute the plans that allow our teams to create exciting work and endeavor to make the work better. To succeed, you will need to be a team advocate, have a passion for technology, maintain a deep project management toolkit, and exercise excellent communication skills. Sound like you? Read on.
Overview
What you’ll do:
At Digitas, we know that to produce great work, you need great talent – and that talent needs to be developed and nurtured. To this end, we developed the Associate Management Program, or “AMP”, which redefines the entry-level experience. In AMP, you will learn the foundational skills necessary for a successful career delivering marketing programs and experiences. This program accelerates and expands your learning through curated training, mentorship, peer guidance and a meaningful connection to diverse project experience. We will take you under our wing, integrate you into the agency, and provide you with an unmatched platform for career growth and development. Whether your path leads you to becoming a Project Management Professional, a Client Lead, or a Marketing Maven or an all-around Agency All-Star, AMP will provide you with a solid foundation for a career in digital marketing.
As part of the AMP Team, you will focus on five key areas of development as you learn the fundamentals of digital marketing:
Project Management: You will own key project management functions such as timeline mapping, scoping, team management and risk mitigation
Client Coordination and Management: You will facilitate projects with your client counterparts and develop client-ready documents such as status trackers, SOWs, timelines, and action plans.
Marketing: You will be expected to understand your client’s business and the craft of marketing, while delivering effective campaigns that meet strategic objectives
Communication and Engagement: You will learn to use the right communication tools at the right time, understand how to communicate effectively and lean into your work with active participation in meetings and on your projects
Financial Operations: You will be expected to understand the fundamentals of business financials including forecasting, promoting great margins and managing Digitas operational processes
Responsibilities
Day-to-day, your role includes:
Project managing our internal team’s quick-to-market social process from end-to-end.
Collaborating and partnering with our clients and activation partners (North America) to ensure timelines match up and work in harmony.
Overseeing and managing budgets for various campaigns.
Setting up projects for success (right team, properly planned, client alignment)
Keeping clients and internal teams moving in the same direction
Anticipating the needs of your projects, heading off potential pitfalls
Removing barriers to success for the team
Actively seeking and sharing knowledge with your project teams and within the Account Management & Project Management capabilities
Partners with client and internal cross-capability team members to ensure documentation for clients is “client-ready” prior to any client meetings while actively participating in both internal and client meetings
Experiencing something new every day
Qualifications
We’re looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:
A four-year degree
Working or school experience examples that demonstrate leadership, attention to detail resilience and diligence
2-4 years of Account Management, Project Management, Marketing, and/or related experience
Working knowledge of enterprise tools (JIRA, MS Project/Smartsheet, Excel, PowerPoint,)
You are the right person if you:
Demonstrate grit and extreme ownership
Inquisitive and curious natured
Great attention to detail and comfort learning/training in new tools/platforms
Enjoy collaborating with various team members across capabilities and problem-solving
Exude positivity
Aren’t afraid to share your ideas
Meet problems head-on and view them as opportunities
Are self-reliant and motivated
Communicate fearlessly
Are comfortable operating on occasion outside business hours to accommodate working schedules with our friends in Europe & Asia (not immediately within this role but potentially in the future).
Got what it takes? We’d love to hear from you.
Additional Information
Digitas is an equal opportunity employer.