Project Manager

Position Summary

We are looking for you - dynamic, best-in-class talent - to join the growing KINESSO Commerce team as a Project Manager. In this role they will be responsible for developing detailed project plans, managing timelines, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring that all deliverables are completed on time for media & creative. You’ll work closely with account/media team and the creative team.

KINESSO Commerce is a specialty group that focuses on the planning, buying, execution and measurement of Commerce media. Commerce media is any specific media elements that are retailer focused/tagged. This can be in-store signage such as a coupon machine, a billboard driving shoppers to a Walmart store, buying digital ads on Amazon or a Kroger.com site, tapping influencers that support certain retailers or working with shoppable technology companies to ensure ease of conversion. The team supports client’s commerce/shopper/customer marketing teams—our end goal measuring product sales both online and in-store.

Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead and manage commerce projects, ensuring all deliverables meet client expectations and agency standards.

• Develop comprehensive project plans in conjunction with the account/media team, including timelines and milestones.

• Coordinate with internal teams (creative, strategy, legal and account management/media) to ensure seamless project execution.

• Monitor project progress and make adjustments as necessary to ensure successful completion.

Creative Oversight

• Review and approve creative deliverables, ensuring they meet project requirements and quality standards.

• Work closely with internal creative teams, including designers, copywriters, and strategists, to ensure that creative deliverables align with project objectives.

• Provide clear direction and feedback to the creative team, ensuring that revisions are made promptly and align with project goals.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for client internal production team, ensuring clear and consistent communication throughout the project lifecycle.

• Manage client expectations, providing regular updates on project status, deliverables, and potential risks.

• Gather client feedback on creative work and collaborate with creative teams to implement necessary revisions.

Coordination with Legal 

• Liaise with legal to ensure all creative materials comply with legal guidelines and industry regulations.

• Manage the review and approval process for all creative assets, ensuring that legal feedback is incorporated in a timely and accurate manner.

• Facilitate communication between creative and legal teams to resolve any issues that may arise during the approval process.

Collaboration with Retail Media Partners

• Work closely with account/media team and retail media partners to make sure all necessary processes  

• Ensure that all creative deliverables meet the specifications and requirements of retail partners.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven track record of managing creative projects from inception to completion, with a focus on shopper marketing.

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to create detailed project plans and manage timelines.

• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain client relationships.

• Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.

• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Asana, Trello, Basecamp) and Microsoft Office Suite.

• Knowledge of retail media strategies, shopper marketing principles, and creative processes.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in project management within a commerce/customer marketing or retail media environment.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

• Gravitas + adept influencing- the personal and professional credibility to carry the system with it

• Humble confidence - confident in skills and willing to provide a proactive point of view

• Constructive discontent – always looking for ways to improve and enhance the work and self to challenge the norm and strive for continued improvement

• Innovative drive – comfortable in ‘white space’ work areas and willing to take risks, test the norm, measure and learn forward

• Proactive personal accountability – if it’s to be, it’s up to me

• Authentic + humanistic – be approachable, real and human

• Team first – a cultural force for building the best team

• Humor - willing to have fun and not take ourselves too seriously

We See You 

At IPG Mediabrands, we are unified behind a commitment to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging. Together, we shine through a set of shared values and behaviors. We take pride in our responsibility to our clients, communities, and to each other. We embrace differences and recognize the unique value that each of us brings to our community. 

We encourage you to apply, as unique backgrounds, perspectives, and lived experiences are welcomed.  

We See You at IPG Mediabrands.

Wage and Benefits

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes medical and dental coverage, 401(k) plans, flex spending, life insurance, disability, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and paid family benefits to support you and your family. To give you the ability to better meet your personal needs, and in support of your physical and emotional well-being, you will receive discretionary time off days and company-wide Appreciation Weeks and Wellness Days.

We also offer a competitive Total Compensation package, including a competitive salary and eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award or a relevant incentive award.

The salary range for this position is posted below.  Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position, market considerations, budgetary considerations, tenure and standing with the Company (applicable to current employees), as well as the employee’s/applicant’s skill set, level of experience, and qualifications.  

Employment Transparency

It is the policy of Mediabrands, division of the Interpublic group, to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity. Essential and other job functions are subject to modification. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

For applicants to jobs in the United States: In compliance with the current Americans with Disabilities Act and state and local laws, if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position with Mediabrands, please email accommodation@mbww.com.

About IPG Mediabrands

IPG Mediabrands is the media and marketing solutions division of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). IPG Mediabrands manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients across its full-service agency networks UM, Initiative and Mediahub and through its award-winning specialty business units Healix, Kinesso, MAGNA, Mediabrands Content Studio, Orion Holdings, Rapport, and the IPG Media Lab. IPG Mediabrands clients include many of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands from a broad portfolio of industry sectors including automotive, personal finance, consumer product goods (CPG), pharma, health and wellness, entertainment, financial services, energy, toys and gaming, direct to consumer and e-commerce, retail, hospitality, food and beverage, fashion and beauty. The company employs more than 18,000 diverse marketing communication professionals in more than 130 countries. Learn more at www.ipgmediabrands.com.