Director, Project Management

Gallery Media Group, voted Most Innovative Publisher, is a modern day publisher that builds brands that capture audience attention across content, experiences and talent. Our trusted network of editors, contributors, talent and experts drive our audience-first approach to ensure brand partnerships siphon our IP and relevance to drive business outcomes.

Gallery Media Group includes women’s lifestyle brand PureWow, the iconic fashion and style brand Coveteur, and a collection of social-first media brands, such as @cocktails on Instagram and TikTok that reach over 200M consumers. Additionally, GMG has an expansive experiential arm rooted in Gallery Houses—a fusion of social content, creators and cultural moments at scale—as well as a robust influencer marketing business.

The company was founded in 2010 by CEO, Ryan Harwood and is now part of VaynerX, the Gary Vaynerchuk-owned holding company.

Project Management at GMG provides a crucial perspective on the business dynamics.  We are a human centric, culture obsessed discipline where we dive deep into audience insights, media trends, cultural shifts, and tech innovations that inform our strategic recommendations.  Our team is collectively redefining and modernizing the way our clients harness consumer and cultural intelligence, develop brand strategy and plan for attention.

Core Responsibilities 

• Be the hub between creative, strategy, and the operations all other internal teams, driving projects forward quickly and efficiently.
• Possess a demonstrated ability to lead teams through high-pressure situations.
• Work closely with creative and strategy to define project requirements, develop budgets and timelines, write statements of work, and plan resources for all projects.
• Manage the project throughout the full life cycle of projects including but not limited to:  Brand Creative & Social Content. 
• Build project plans with an understanding of internal resources, third-party capabilities, time requirements, and business objectives.
• Lead and schedule necessary project related meetings such as kickoffs, brainstorms, internal meetings, and deliverables reviews.
• Keep all project stakeholders (creative, strategy, analytics, etc.) on track to hit all deadlines by ensuring proper briefings, check-ins, hand-offs, and information transfer.
• Work closely with the Creative & Strategy teams to manage and allocate resources in an effective and efficient way.
• Write client SOWs, vendor agreements, change orders, and other contract documents
• Aid in the management of the freelance process when resources are needed, hired, and utilized.
• Liaise with finance, operations and legal teams on project and client needs

Experience & Knowledge Required

• 7-9 years strategically building brands at a top agency or publisher, working for Fortune 500 clients - must have experience understanding the intersection of business strategy, consumer insights and digital behavior in grounding big, purposeful ideas. 
• Management experience, recognized for their ability to balance 
• Strong leadership experience and recognized for their ability to balance mentorship and empowerment of the team, with ensuring quality of strategic output.
• Ability to review qualitative, quantitative research, and behavioral data and independently be able to dive into research tools to draw and interpret insights.
• Ability to interact with and influence people of an organization, fostering strong cross-functional teamwork and collaborative results.
• Strategic thinking ability with balanced analytical and creative approach to integrated marketing planning.
• Understanding of multiple channels for communications and connections, and their role in brand and content marketing.
• Self-motivated and demonstrates initiative in identifying opportunities, discerning a clear path forward and acting upon them swiftly.