Client Project Manager (promotional products/ swag agency)

Red Rover Promotions (redroverpromo.com) is growing and needs a great, curious mind to grow along with us. We have a crazy fun business delighting our clients, and since every day is a fast-paced, bobbing and weaving Funday, we need the perfect someone to join us and bring along their passion, flexibility, growth mindset, detail orientation, and creative can-do attitude! Picture this: Every morning, you walk into the equivalent of a 2,500 piece jigsaw puzzle in the middle of the floor. You spend your workday putting as many of the pieces together as possible. If this sounds like your kind of bliss, please read on. You just might be our perfect fit! Here’s the deal: 30-35-ish hours/week –working remotely. · Ideal availability between about 9 and 4, M-F Pacific Time, with flexibility within the day. What’s most important is that the job gets done and arising fires get put out! We are committed to acknowledging client communications within three hours of them hitting our inbox, so being in touch with teammates is critical to our success. · We’re a boutique branded merchandise company (swag!) serving client companies across the nation. This position provides strong client support and project stewardship. (We are not transactional!). Coordinating with our team, and communicating clearly and respectfully with our suppliers, shipping vendors, and our warehouse partners is a key component to this role. You’ll also be asked to put on your creative hat, assisting with product suggestions and ideation. Wahoo! 1099 Independent Contractor Responsibilities Include: · Bringing your skills and authenticity to those with whom you work and the projects you oversee. Creative but unrelenting attention to detail is critical to the joy of all the pieces coming together. Handling all details of each project, from initial quotes to purchase order placement, to confirming on-time shipping. This requires maintaining excellent supplier communication throughout the project. Bringing your ability to think and bob and weave while respecting well-developed processes, utilizing your determination to delight internal and external clients. Keeping many balls in the air. And prioritize which balls need your attention before the others. Bringing creative thinking and problem solving to your work. No project is exactly like another. say “Yes”, so finding a solution is paramount. That is both the challenge and fun of our business. Understanding that while we encourage our clients to plan ahead, sometimes last-minute requests and emergencies arise. When they do, we happily support them by operating on very tight turnaround times and do amazing things very quickly. Being proactive in identifying project risks and seeking assistance when needed We provide a rare and exceptional service to our clients, and care deeply about their success. YOU provide them with an ease they’ve never experienced before. You’ll always be the hero. YOU: · Give crazy attention to details while also exhibiting great flexibility and a willingness to bob and weave with changing circumstances and sudden drama. · Nimble thinker, willing to explore and grow. · Comfortable with Office and learning new software (we have some great proprietary tools) · Organization and prioritization pro, all while keeping many, many balls in the air and knowing priorities could shift in a moment. · Able to see life from another person’s shoes. We LOVE our clients and supplier partners! · Internally motivated and enjoy working independently. · Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills. · Able to be assertive yet unfailingly professional to ensure terms and timeframe are met. (No shrinking violets!) · Desire to be an integral part of something meaningful and fun. If you’re interested, we invite you to dig in a little deeper. This exercise will give you insight to our company and what you’d be doing and thinking about each day. Please do not use AI. We want to learn about YOU! If you accept the mission, please send your project off to us at jointhemagic@redroverpromo.com Visit our website. It’s where you’ll find any specific information you’ll need. 1. Select some items that you think would be good options for the client projects identified below. Share the items you selected, and your thoughts behind including them. a. Client Presentation #1 : Our client, a manufacturing company, wants to give a nice gift to 100 customers attending a thank you dinner. The event isn’t until November, so we have lots of time to make it all happen. The attendees are senior level managers. The attendees work hybrid—half of the time in the office, and half from home. The budget for this gift is $100 per person. If something is a little more expensive, but you think it’s the perfect thing, they’d like to know about it. b. Client Presentation #2: Our client, a heavy equipment manufacturer, is attending a job fair in October. Their main colors are yellow and black. Attendees will be high school and college students. They need 500 giveaways, with a maximum unit price of $6.00 each. 2. If you were to join our team, write the bio you would want us to publish to our website. 3. Excel Project. Please show us how you would set up your Excel (or google) sheet in preparation to organize this project: Our client is gathering orders from their employees for a jacket they are giving each person as a gift. After the jackets are decorated with the client’s logo, we will be shipping each one to the individual’s correct plant location (there are 5 plants). There will be a total of 125 employees receiving a jacket. a. There are a total of 6 jacket style options b. Each style is available in red, blue and black. c. Each style is available in sizes XS-5XL 4. A penny for your thoughts: You sit down to start your day. Explain how you prioritize tasks and how you would manage your inbox with multiple and sometimes conflicting balls in the air. Here are a few categories to consider in your answer: a. Check UPS tracking for rush orders that have been shipped but not yet delivered b. Review new supplier product idea emails that have hit your mailbox overnight c. Review emails regarding projects that are in production d. Review emails from the team asking you to take specific action e. Review emails for things that are not yet in process, determining next steps. Thanks for playing! Have fun! And when you submit the project, let us know what you thought about it. Job Type: Contract Pay: $25.00 - $27.00 per hour Expected hours: 30 – 35 per week Benefits: Flexible schedule Schedule: Monday to Friday Application Question(s): This is a 30-35 hours 1099 position. Is this ideal for you? What makes this position interesting to you? Please take the quick quiz at www.16personalities.com and share your results! Location: Washington State (Required) Work Location: Remote