Freelance Project Manager

1 Minute ago • 3 Years + • Project Management • $83,200 PA - $104,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Landor is seeking a Freelance Project Manager for their Chicago studio. This role involves managing various client programs, ensuring projects are delivered on scope, on time, and on budget while maintaining client satisfaction. The Project Manager will be accountable for flawless project execution, participating in brand discussions, workshops, and strategic deliverables. They must demonstrate passion for Landor's capabilities and commitment to best-in-class project and financial management. Candidates need 3+ years of project management experience in a branding, advertising, or business consultancy.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of experience in project management within a branding consultancy, advertising agency or business consultancy
  • Strong internal presence
  • Organizational and detail-orientation skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment
  • Strategic and intellectually agile
  • Decisive, but respectful of, and comfortable with ever changing priorities
  • Amazing team player
  • Responsible
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership experience
  • Ensure projects are delivered on scope, on time, and on budget
  • Accountable for flawless project management
  • Ensure all client-facing materials are error-free and of highest quality
  • Ensure all milestones are met with the internal team on all key relationships
  • Participate in brand discussions, client workshops, brainstorms and development of strategic deliverables
  • Embrace and display passion and curiosity with all of Landor's capabilities
  • Demonstrate commitment to best-in-class project and financial management
Perks:
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Hybrid work approach (around four days a week in office)
  • Accommodations or flexibility available upon discussion

Job Details

Freelance Project Manager

Landor is looking for a Freelance Project Manager to join our Chicago studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor.

World-leading brand experts,

underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes.

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).

We are part of WPP.

What you’ll do

You will project manage a variety of “programs” within the client. You are responsible for achieving and maintaining client satisfaction by ensuring that projects are delivered on scope, on time, and on budget. You will be accountable for flawless project management. You will ensure all correspondence, materials, presentations, proposals seen by the client are error-free, of highest quality, relevant to the client’s business challenges, and reflective of Landor's brands. You ensure that all milestones are met with the internal team on all key relationships. You will participate in brand discussions, client workshops, brainstorms and development of strategic deliverables. You must embrace and display passion and curiosity with all of Landor's capabilities including research, strategy, innovation, design, naming/verbal identity, environments, digital, and engagement. You must demonstrate commitment to the best-in-class project and financial management.

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in project management within a branding consultancy, advertising agency or business consultancy. You must have strong internal presence, organizational and detail-orientation skills, excellent written and verbal communication, ability to work in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment, strategic and intellectually agile, decisive, but respectful of, and comfortable with ever changing priorities, amazing team player, responsible, and demonstrated cross-functional leadership experience.

The hourly salary for this position at the time of this posting may range from $40/hr to $50/hr. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.

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About The Company

We are Landor.​

World-leading brand experts.​

Consulting. Design. Experience.​

Connecting business strategy to brand.​

Bringing every facet of brand to life.​

Creating brand-led experiences for talent & customers.​


United in our drive to make a positive difference.​

Proudly part of WPP.​

We build brands, designed to transform.​


The Landor Group also includes leaders in sonic branding amp, workspace & architectural design experts BDG and award-winning motion specialists ManvsMachine.​

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