Digital & Website Project Manager (Contractor) - Entertainment & Youth Brands
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Trigger is a digital agency specializing in interactive entertainment and youth brand marketing. We make immersive marketing-driven websites, Flash/iPhone/3D games, original animations and social networking applications.
Trigger is currently looking for experienced Project Managers to build our pool of contract positions to support our Los Angeles office. Here are some details about this position:
• Contract positions from 2 weeks to 6 months
• We prefer you to work on-site in our Los Angeles office (but are flexible)
• You’ll typically manage 1 large project, or 2-3 smaller projects
• You’ll lead our team of art directors and developers, who are located in both the Los Angeles and Shanghai offices.
• Typical working hours are Monday through Friday, 10am to 7pm, with some Sunday hours. There are 2 hours of overlap between the China and US office hours. This time falls between 5pm to 7pm, Sunday through Thursday night.
WHY JOIN TRIGGER?
We're looking for a hyper-organized, friendly and enthusiastic person. We promise that you'll experience some terrific brands, and you will never, ever get bored. Because Trigger also has an office in Shanghai, China, you’ll get valuable experience working with the some of the best talent in the emerging dragon that is China.
WHERE YOU FIT IN
Once projects are kicked off, you alone are in the driver’s seat, leading the team as the sole point of contact for our clients.
Experience with web development methodology is required, as well as dedication and love for the career and art of project management. In a typical day, you’ll be talking to clients, updating calendars, tracking changes, writing detailed tasks for your team, scribbling bits of creative copy, and in general doing one of the hundreds of things good Producers do to keep their projects moving forward on time and within parameters.
Our projects represent some of the best in the industry, and as such are typically complex. You’ll need to have a good memory, a mind that can quickly categorize, communicate and compartmentalize complex tasks, a hand that takes amazing notes, and an eye for details.
There will also be some superheroes, dog hair, orange paint and a few scary movies.
MORE ABOUT THE ROLES
We’re interviewing for a contractor PM with the following attributes:
- Someone with at least 3 years direct experience in digital & website project management.
- Candidate should have experience leading projects with budgets between $20k and $100k.
- Candidate should be prepared to talk about specific website projects managed, how goals were met, and how challenges were handled. There may be a short quiz for the candidate to take to verify proficiency.
- Candidate must have sample documents that demonstrate organized, experienced planning: project scope outlines, budgets, calendars, etc.
- Recent references required from both a supervisor and a creative team member.
- Experience with the direct management of creative and technical project teams required.
- Experience managing outsourced and overseas team members a plus.
- Excellent communication skills.
If you fit the bill, please send a cover letter and resume to us via email to hr_pm@triggerla.com.
You can see our corporate website here =
http://www.TriggerLA.com
A blog about our recent work is here =
http://blog.TriggerLA.com
This position is in our Los Angeles office, close to Santa Monica at the intersection of the 10 and 405 Freeways.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
- Location: West Los Angeles
- This is a contract job.
- Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
- Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.