Our well-known pharma client is seeking a Project Manager to join their team for a 2 year freelance assignment.
This role is hybrid, 3 days in the office (T-Th), in North Chicago.
In order to be considered for this role, you must have:
1 . 3+ years Project Management experience
2. Time management skills
3. Budget estimation skills/experience
4. Detail Oriented
Team: In support of their Business Services Group (BSG) Account Team, the Project Manager works with internal staff and external resources to deliver creative and communications solutions that are both cost-effective and high quality. The PM works independently and as a team with clients to execute communications projects, meeting and events and campaigns in alignment with business objectives. The PM will follow client direction, create estimates, secure resources, and manage timelines and budgets to meet client expectations. The project manager's clients will be various company employees from all facets of the corporation. Projects may include disease state awareness campaigns, product launches, sales support/training materials, meetings, events, corporate communication initiatives, etc. Having working knowledge of visual communication design and production, marketing concepts, event production and digital media is a plus.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in the creative conceptualization process by providing complete project scope
to the creative team. Prioritize projects and assure appropriate resources are allocated
properly.
- Partner and support the business development team in maintaining BSG business with
current clients.
- Manage execution of project plans and timelines to meet project deadlines without
exception. Responsible for estimates, quotes, and invoice projects monthly.
- Meet or exceed financial goal within the role of $XXXX annually. Positively influence the
improvements in workflow process. As an active member of the Account team, share best
practices.
- Provide support outside your normal client base, as business may demand. Partner within
BSG to strategize on ways to improve effectiveness.
- Comply with applicable Corporate Policies, Procedures and Mandatory Training. Must be
able to communicate project, budgetary, resource or quality challenges and concerns
openly with clients/key stakeholders and internal BSG teams.
-The Project Manager should have the ability to adapt to changing external influences. The
ability to build relationships quickly will be an asset to the success in this role.
- Must track time on a daily/weekly basis and meet established utilization numbers for this
function.
Qualifications:
-Education: BA/BS required. Emphasis in Communication, Marketing, Advertising or Business
-Experience: Recent graduates with 3 to 5 years of work experience. 2-5 years Project
Management/Account is a plus.
-Executive in a creative agency or meeting/event planning environment experience.
-Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
-Excellent oral and written communication skills.
-Preferred, working knowledge of InDesign is a plus.
Ideal Skills:
-Collaboration: Successfully builds strong productive, mutually beneficial relationships
while enhancing collaboration with peers, internal stakeholders, and external partners.
-Communication: Excellent communication skills written, presentation and oral that
persuades and gains understanding and alignment with others in a professional tone.
Strong ability to read and display professional non-verbal cues with others. Able to influence and communicate with various levels of the organization.
- Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex problems with innovative thinking resulting in
improvements to business solutions and efficiency.
- Customer Focus: Highly skilled at adjusting and adapting service delivery to diverse
customer needs and sensitivities.
- Technical Skills: Is SME on related technical, systems and business process skills and
consistently seeks opportunity to improve skills to advance business objectives, e.g.
training others in department. Able to research and learn technical areas
- Latitude and Attention to detail: Ability to work independently with strong attention to
detail. Must be able to determine objectives to assignments while prioritizing competing
priorities and schedules.
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data, including medical data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment. Additionally, drug products may be present in the workplace.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:
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ashley.sella@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Ashley Sella - Senior Recruiter, National Delivery
For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 07/08/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
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