Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

Location: Hybrid in Sunnyvale, CA (roughly 3 days/week onsite)
Duration: 3 months with potential for extension
Pay Rate: $34-39.38/hr+ depending on experience

The Planet Group is seeking an Project Coordinator to join our well-known advertising client on a 3-month contract. This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position and will work a hybrid schedule out of their Sunnyvale office.

Project Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Track assets of projects and provide weekly/daily status updates
• Responsible for briefing of projects to production studio and ensuring clear annotation and instructions are provided to the team
• Receive, compile, confirm accuracy, and distribute pertinent project information to appropriate parties
• Work in conjunction with the Digital Asset Managers team to ingest all imagery into the system for tagging and distribution
• Schedule and facilitate pre and post production meetings with the Image Production team

Project Coordinator Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2+ years working ad agency/production agency experience preferred but not required
• Understanding digital asset specifications and formats; resolution, production scaling, and other technical requirements
• Basic knowledge of Photoshop
• Must have working experience ideally in an ad agency or production organization
• Ability to organize information quickly, at high and detailed levels
• Solid understanding and command of project management tools
• Flexibility in accommodating rapid change and the capacity to learn quickly
• Ability to make sound decisions, focus on detail, problem solve, multi-task, and have an excellent memory
• Strong organization and time management
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, interpersonal skills and ability to prioritize
• Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding, creative, and production environment
• Understanding of Apple Products and the iOS ecosystem
• Ability to work with Numbers/Excel applications
• Experience with managing risk and escalating issues in a timely fashion