Senior Project Manager

Dieste, an Omnicom agency, is the industry’s leading Multicultural Ad Agency and the only four-time Ad Age Multicultural Agency of the Year winner. Dieste delivers creative solutions to world class brands. Dieste is a full-service agency with offices in Dallas and Los Angeles, as well as several smaller field offices throughout the country.

We currently have an opening for a Senior Project Manager to join our Los Angeles team.

The role of the Senior Project Manager is to act as the link that keeps the various disciplines integrated and abreast of information by maintaining an accurate view of all jobs on assigned accounts. This role is responsible for keeping all the work and the information flowing efficiently, accurately and timely throughout the agency and ensuring all internal workflow processes are followed.

Responsibilities include

Process jobs/work ordersManage production project workflow between brand leadership, media, creative, broadcast, digital, social, print/art buying and financeDevelop initial timeline when opening job (Broadcast, Digital/Social & Print)Controls workflow against approved creativePrepares client estimates from production estimates, maintaining files of backup documents and approvals, also processes signed estimates and issues Purchase Orders to vendorsSets up/coordinates internal meetingsMaintains weekly status report of all production jobsMaintains daily hot sheets for each client team

Qualified Senior Project Managers should possess exemplary organizational skills as well as be a good communicator with a high level of written and verbal skills. They will also be a multi-tasker with ability to prioritize tasks and manage time. They will also understand production steps and costs/time factors associated with Broadcast, Digital/Social and Print. Candidates must have 5-7 years Project Management experience. An undergraduate degree preferred; language proficiency in both English & Spanish also preferred.