Job Openings

Project Manager

As a strategy and design consultancy, Macquarium’s mission is to create valuable, measurable, and high impact online solutions. We approach every design from multiple perspectives. Business Strategy. User Experience. Research and Analysis. Technology. Content. But most importantly, from the point of view of its users. The result? Award-winning designs that achieve sustainable business advantage while seamlessly intertwining strategy, technology, and a compelling user experience.

Successful project managers deliver value to clients by balancing scope, time, cost and quality while maintaining a positive environment that promotes individual development and high performance standards.

Responsibilities

The role requires strong skills in problem solving, verbal and written communication, relationship building, as well as leadership and team management. The project manager must have a solid understanding of project management tools and techniques to manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects and the flexibility to lead diverse and dynamic teams. The project manager will typically:

Manage dependencies within multidisciplinary teams through the design and development of solutions-based web sites and applications (such as E-marketing, Content Management, Portal and application)
Provide project leadership and motivate team
Manage both team and client expectations around scope and enforce change order process as needed
Facilitate multidisciplinary and peer review of deliverables and manage client reviews
Work with the project team to develop and manage project budget, timeline and assumptions
Identify, analyze and mitigate risk
Plan and facilitate kickoff and team meetings
Build and maintain long-term client relationships
Assist sales support by contributing to estimation and proposal development and represent the project management discipline with prospective clients

All interview candidates must be prepared to show a portfolio of representative past work and writing.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience leading clients through the discovery, analysis, and design phases of Web & IT projects
Experience with both creative and technical teams and some understanding of the dependencies between them
General knowledge of the principals of user centered design
PMP certification or equivalent a plus
Experience managing solutions using both Enterprise Content Management tools (Vignette, Documentum, Interwoven, etc) and/or Enterprise Portal Applications (Vignette, Plumtree, Tibco, WebSphere, etc) a plus
Conceptual understanding of J2EE and .NET platforms. Programming ability not required, but it is considered a plus.
Strong influence management, negotiation, leadership and assertiveness skills. Excellent presentation skills. Strong attention to detail with the drive to follow through.
Customer service oriented
Familiarity with various development methodologies such as Rational Unified Process, Agile, etc.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Experience working with executives and senior client contacts

Additional Desirable Experience and Skills

Basic skills with interactive tools and software such as Adobe Creative Suite and HTML are a plus
Previous project management in a consulting environment, specifically one specializing in web development

To Apply
If you are interested in this position, please send an email to Liz Laluyaux at jobs@macquarium.com. Include your resume and samples of your work. Also include a reference to an online portfolio, if available.

By Mail
Macquarium Intelligent Communications
Attention: Human Resources Department
1800 Peachtree Street NW Suite 250
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Macquarium, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.