Project Manager

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Local well established Marketing agency looking for a talented Project Manager. The talented team consists of professionals that are dedicated to creating good work, professionally representing the company and client.
The Project Manager has 2 primary duties . The PM is responsible for managing:
1 – technical tasks for our web development projects
2 – the workload for our technical specialists and contractors
These tasks or specialists span design, coding, development, copywriting, population, server setup, or any required work to complete the contract.
Working with the Relationship manager, the project manager must develop a strong understanding of the client’s job to be done, develop a scope of work, provide estimates and timelines while gathering feedback from the technical team ensuring feasibility. Communication with the Sales team regarding development load and timelines will be needed as well.
Working with the technical team the project manager will delegate technical tasks to specialists, provide specifications for task completion, discuss, and solve development problems for our technical specialists, provide any access to working environments or resources, and manage task priority, timeline and accuracy.
Much of the day-to-day work will consist of managing inbound request for our development team, writing and reviewing specifications for work, testing completed work, scheduling and prioritizing daily task lists as well as internal discussions. This is not a client facing role, however there will be times where the pm will be expected to assist Relationship Managers and Sales team in client meetings.
Minimum Job Duties:
The PM must
know the project contract/proposal well and recognize when we are leaving scope and bring to the attention of the team.
Efficiently organize, prioritize, and manage their own task list so that the most important things are addressed.
Efficiently manage the workload of our specialists to help them be as efficient as possible and prevent downtime.
Reliably notate progress in our project software.
Maintain timelines at each stage of the project
Clearly communicate turnaround times for each task.
Communicate clearly, with minimal errors, jargon or clarifications.
Completely test out each website before and after launch in all browsers and views, and get all bugs resolved quickly.
Who We Need:
We are looking for someone that:
Does the heavy-lifting decision making, guiding our team on how to move forward amid ambiguity.
Know our client’s goals for the work and can steer the deliverables that will best meet these goals.
Take ownership and leadership of our work and take responsibility to ensure it meets a high standard.
Understands how important setting and upholding expectations is to the success of a service. Specifically, regarding timeline, functionality, the process, obstacles, etc…
Has an expectation of what a completed task looks like before it’s assigned.
Prevents indecision on unknown or difficult tasks from bringing work to a halt and causing scheduling/prioritization problems.
Is very organized and can prioritize well to ensure that the right things get completed.
Communicates clearly and methodically in writing, translating between technical and non-technical audiences.
Requirements
Can work in the Omaha office a minimum of 2 days a week
Excellent project management skills
Excellent communication skills, especially written communication skills
Excellent attention to detail
Excellent understanding of WordPress, WooCommerce and the plugin ecosystem
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as a part of a team.
Passion for problem solving
Moderate functional knowledge of DNS, NS and domain registrar hierarchy
Moderate functional understanding of technical SEO
Basic technical knowledge of web hosting control panel settings
Basic technical knowledge of HTML orCSS or JavaScript
Basic understanding of frontend use cases of dynamic content
Basic functional and theoretical understanding of UI/UX
Basic technical knowledge of Google properties (Analytics, Search Console, Developers Console, Data Studio, reCaptcha, etc…)
Desired but not Required
Project management certification
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Marketing, Business administration
Functional knowledge of web hosting environments
Basic functional knowledge of conversion rate optimization
Basic functional knowledge of Core Web Vitals
Basic technical knowledge of PHP
Basic technical knowledge of MySQL
JM Benefits
Paid Federal Holidays: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, 4
th
of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
In Office and WorkFrom-Home flexibility.
Office Parking Permit
13 hours of vacation and/or sick leave every month.
Up to 3% IRA contribution matching.
40% Health Insurance premium matching.
Positive and encouraging team atmosphere.
Salary Range: $40,000 to $60,000 BOE
LOCATION
Omaha, Nebraska 68144
PAY
$40000

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