Job Description

Project Manager

Paris & New York City

We seek a Project Manager with agency experience and the skills needed to successfully take design and interactive projects from inception to completion. In addition to an unflappable disposition, impeccable communication style, and a sense of humor, qualified candidates must be able to gracefully manage multiple projects across two offices.

The ideal candidate is passionate about the web and is (or aims to be) a respected contributor to the community.

  • Status — Full-time with benefits (or Freelance if necessary)
  • Reports to — Director of Production
  • Salary — Based on experience

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Projects: Scoping and management of deliverables, budgets and schedule
  • Team: Coordinating on/offsite designers and developers
  • Requirements: Defining client business needs
  • Clients: Managing day-to-day client relationship
  • Quality: Responsible for the quality assurance process
  • Documentation: Writing documents such as statements of work, meeting notes, etc.
  • Meetings: Host all internal and client meetings related to your projects

Required Skills:

  • 3-5 years of creative management experience (or similar)
  • Expert organizational skills with an insane attention to details
  • Solid presentation skills with the ability to sell your teams work and ideas
  • Ability to write with clarity and style, this job is big on writing
  • Project managers in Paris must speak/write French and English fluently
  • May require international travel

Desired Skills:

  • Solid understanding of user interface design process and methodologies
  • Solid understanding of web development process and methodologies
  • Solid understanding of web standards and best practices
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript, Flash, etc.
  • Working knowledge of the capacities and limitations of web development
  • Familiar with Mac OSX environments, we have no PC’s
  • Up-to-date with current technologies and web methodologies

Would be nice if you also did:

  • iPhone and Android app experience
  • Technical Project Management
  • Web Product Management
  • Print Design and Production
  • Web design

Application Requirements:

To apply, we first ask you to send us a thoughtful cover-letter stating your intentions and a link to your portfolio and/or work examples. Links to live work is preferred.

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