Imagemakers is a close knit team of dreamers and problem solvers. We’re an award winning digital experience firm where strategists, project managers, designers and developers bring UX and technology together to solve unique business challenges. In our growing company, creativity, confidence and collaboration are valued, and because we’re growing we’re looking for a Project Coordinator to join our team and help us continue our momentum.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities
As Project Coordinator, you’ll work closely with a Project Manager to fulfill the direction established by the Experience Director (XD) team. You’ll help define the detailed requirements for each project and feature. You will also work closely with production teams on the specifications needed to deliver the project successfully. Plus, you’ll work with clients and outside resource partners to set priorities and coordinate details to allow the production team to keep projects moving forward. Responsibilities include:
- Work with the Project Manager to define scope of each project
- Get answers for the team to clarify details as they develop project deliverables
- Be aware of client commitments and communicate timelines internally to assist in the management of priorities
- Work with the production, project management and XD team to prioritize backlog
- Scope and prioritize support work for applications
- Manage dependencies in and across releases
- Facilitates work across production teams to ensure it is completed efficiently and consistently
- Follows the development life cycle of the project as defined
- Manage project related documents by ensuring that all necessary materials are current, properly filed and stored
- Coordinate project correspondence including meeting minutes, email updates, etc.
- Assists project manager and accounting in invoice preparation
- Tracks billable percentage of team members and brings up issues
- Tracks project impediments and presents options for resolution
Professional Experience
- Strong time management, organization and project management skills
- One to three years of relevant experience or proven learning track
- Familiarity with project management and other software applications
- Ability to work autonomously and make decisions with minimal supervision
Physical Requirements
Able to work at a computer and monitor (sitting and standing) for extended periods of time
Who Should Apply
- Do you love to constantly learn new things? And create new things?
- Are you passionate about delivering technology solutions that solve complex business problems?
- Are you looking for an opportunity to use your experience and talent to help Imagemakers continue to grow and expand our impact?
- Do you love working with a team and using your talents to organize projects to help the team successfully deliver to the delight of our customers?
- Do you want an opportunity to make your mark in an organization that’s small enough to work well together, but large enough to have the resources needed to solve big problems?
- Are you intrigued by new challenges that don’t let the team settle for cookie cutter, system maintenance approaches?
If you answered yes to most of the questions, we want to meet you!
What’s it like at Imagemakers?
Imagemakers is a close knit team of dreamers and problem solvers. Headquartered in Wamego KS, (home of the OZ museum) we’re the wizard behind the curtain for award winning digital experiences ranging from core business software and engaging websites, to IoT applications, financial portals and platforms, and 3D product configurators.
Our core values and guiding principles give you insight into what’s important at Imagemakers. Curiosity, grit, resourcefulness, authenticity, making and impact and cultural understanding are the core values that drive our guiding principles.
- Solve the right problem. It’s the best way to deliver solutions that make an impact for our clients and their users.
- Value in every interaction. You’ll see it in the solutions we deliver, and in how we work to get there.
- Everybody benefits in every situation. This is what creative collaboration and focusing on impact does.
- Learn and grow relentlessly. It’s the best way to improve individually and collectively to be amazing.
While day-to-day processes are important, we keep bureaucracy in check to make sure rules and regulations don’t get in the way of our mission to deliver amazing solutions. We’re virtually integrated with flexible hours targeted between 9am and 6pm. You’ll work closely with our designers, some of the best back end developers you’ve ever seen, project managers, strategists, clients and vendors. Plus, you’ll get to experience the world through a wide variety of client industries, from tourism and entertainment, to healthcare, finance, manufacturing, retail and government. All focused on solving human problems in a digital world.
Imagemakers is an equal opportunity employer that embraces the opportunity to build a team representing a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.