Project Manager, Influencer Marketing

Viral Nation specializes in building social-first ecosystems for brands to connect with modern consumers. They are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Project Manager to oversee influencer campaigns, ensuring timely delivery and quality standards while collaborating with internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee agency workflow and help define accountability and responsibilities on a per-project basis
• Ensure consistency in project scope, establish key phases, and set project timelines
• Monitor costs, resources, and scope to ensure projects are on track and budget
• Partner closely with internal and external stakeholders to develop and implement project plans
• Clarify and communicate project objectives and success criteria to stakeholders
• Participate and/or lead project briefings with key stakeholders and ensure expectations are set on deliverables
• Gather the necessary information to plan and implement each client project
• Manage procurements and vendors when needed
• Reviewing vendor contracts, SOWs, and change of scopes for accuracy and completeness
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish costs and time for scope requests
• Provide timely updates and documentation to the internal and external teams, including quotes/estimates, timeline, status, next steps, and budget
• Prepare and consistently update project documentation through all phases of the project lifecycle to keep internal teams and client(s) updated
• Proficiency with project management tools
• Facilitate cross-functional team communication
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills
• Strong analytical, communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills
• In collaboration with Account Director(s) and/ or Sr. Project Manager(s), schedule and assign appropriate resources for task and/or project completion
• Ensure resources are completing tasks on schedule
• Reallocate resources as needed to ensure timelines are met
• Ongoing monitoring and forecasting of resource capacity levels
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with external vendors
• Facilitate and lead internal meetings in collaboration with client service leads
• Participate in client status meetings as necessary
• Participate in collective problem-solving sessions
• Provide input and updates to client service leads on all assigned projects
• Provide client leads with actual hours spent on projects to invoice
• Reconciliation of hard costs & tracker updates

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field
• Minimum 3+ years in a similar role within the marketing industry
• Proven experience in project management, with knowledge and/or understanding of influencer marketing
• Understanding of content strategies and marketing that leverage influencer partnerships to enhance brand awareness
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral to ensure effective collaboration with vendors, influencers, internal teams and clients
• Some knowledge of the influencer marketing landscape, including current trends, best practices, and platform algorithms
• Relevant certifications in project management or influencer marketing would be a plus