Project Manager

Drake Cooper is seeking a talented Project Manager to join our team. As a Project Manager at Drake Cooper, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the successful execution of projects for our clients. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers, developers, strategists, and account managers, to ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards. Your exceptional organizational and communication skills will be put to the test as you manage multiple projects simultaneously, coordinating and prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and exceed client expectations.

This position is a hybrid role from our L.A. office and you will be working on a Fortune 50 Energy Company.

Responsibilities

• Leads project workflow by planning, tracking, managing, and driving all steps in the project life cycle (including strategy and media milestones) for simple and complex projects.
• Projects could range from UX and website feature development or large fully integrated campaigns (TV, print, digital, outdoor) to smaller email marketing projects
• Collaborates with and communicates with cross-functional teams and PMs to manage expectations and keep teams aligned
• Prioritizes project workflows based on changing dynamics/resource availability
• Raises potential risks to the internal team by proactively identifying issues and proposing real-time solutions
• Asks key questions to gain clarity around project needs to facilitate next steps/action items

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience as a project manager
• Prior advertising agency experience is a plus
• Detail-oriented
• Takes initiative as a proactive problem solver
• Big-picture, methodical thinker to identify potential risks and opportunities
• Adaptable and able to change gears quickly and nimbly when unexpected changes occur
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills to relay information simply and clearly to cross-functional teams
• Collaborative and calm under pressure

Who We Are:

A team of sometimes serious, always dedicated agency professionals working with clients across all kinds of industries. We are creative in everything we do, from developing strategy, to campaign concepts, media plans, or agency swag. Seriously, we’ve got some really cool stuff. We have in-house digital and video production capabilities to go along with our traditional offerings, so bring those crazy ideas and you’ll get to make them here.

We invest in healthy relationships, with our clients, partners, and employees. We respect the time and humanity of the people we work with and seek out those who offer the same to us.

Also, did we mention that we are 100% EMPLOYEE-OWNED? Our people make us who we are, so we give them the keys to the shop. Everyone at Drake Cooper has a stake in the agency’s success. This ain’t no oligarchy.

Does who you are sound like it would fit well with who we are? Let us hear from you!

Benefits:

• 100% Employee Owned
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Parking at our office locations
• Access to WeWork co-working offices
• 401k plan with a match
• Agency-paid medical, life, and short-term disability insurance along with options for vision, dental, additional life, and long-term disability insurance
• A generous time off program including family leaves and volunteer work
• Great clients!!

At Drake Cooper, we embrace differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status and other characteristics that make each of us unique. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and celebrate a culture based on respect, diversity, and inclusion.