Project Coordinator/Associate Project Manager

The Medical Knowledge Group LLC is a best-in-class organization dedicated to the design and execution of creative and compelling medical communications initiatives. Guided by unique strategic insight, medical acumen, innovation, and client service, MKG specializes in a broad range of health care marketing and communication services. We are seeking candidates to join our growing Project Management team.

Our project management group is composed of high-energy team players committed to holistically managing a diverse array of marketing tactics. Project management team members have extensive career-path potential within the organization, with opportunities to not only advance within the PM discipline – but to also pursue integrated and/or digital-only producer roles as well.

The Project Coordinator/Associate Project Managers have a pro-active, can do attitude, with a sense of urgency to support the PM team in its mission to deliver on time and within budget. Details and consistency are key, but commonsense is a must have. This role requires a strong personality and directness in team communications, while maintaining a high degree of professionalism and diplomacy. Are you able to communicate in a positive manner to colleagues? Can you think on your feet? Are you eager to become a part of a growing agency? If so, we want to meet you!

Responsibilities

• Support the PM team with meeting coordination and meeting contact notes
• Facilitating updates to status and hotsheets
• Routing deliverables to team reviewers
• Updating timelines
• Learn agency process & policy; comply with and help enforce standard procedures
• Develop and demonstrate risk assessment skills
• Make recommendations to assist planning and resource allocation
• Opportunity to directly manage smaller or lower complexity projects with supervision

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience
• 0-3 years of experience within the Medical Education or Healthcare Advertising field
• Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; MS Project nice to have (will train)
• A willingness to learn new technologies and methodology
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• An independent thinker and solution-oriented; able to work well under pressure
• Self-motivated and works well independently, as well as collaborates favorably in a team environment