Project Planner (Local)

Salary Range: $54,000 - $75,000 annually

This salary is based on experience and qualifications, in alignment with the level of responsibility assigned. This role offers opportunity for professionals at various career stages to contribute meaningfully and grow within our organization. For a list of our benefits please click here ( .

Posting Date: May 7,2025

Expiration Date: May 28, 2025

This is a Local position. Although this is a local role, we offer a hybrid schedule. This role requires you to be in the Peoria, IL office Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday with the option to work from home Monday and Friday.

As a Project Planner, my objective is:

To manage marketing campaign projects and resource allocation between departments from the initial start of a project to final delivery, facilitate scoping conversations with clients to create estimates and project schedules, manage client budgets and uphold marketing processes as they relate to financial and workflow management.

The outcomes I need to produce for clients are:

Manage all aspects of workflow efficiency to ensure marketing campaigns are completed on time

Provide financial management on assigned accounts, including creation of project estimates and statements of work for clients as well as on-going management of billing actions and budgets

The outcomes I need to produce for the agency are:

Supporting regular communication around estimating and budgets, implementing adjustments to project quotes for our clients and internal resources as needed to keep client projects within budget

Resolving workflow or budgeting issues that directly impact the bottom line, including engaging with both internal teams and clients as needed

Organizing effective start-up and scoping workshops by acting as a key facilitator for the teams’ alignment to achieve project efficiency

Managing tasks, timelines, and deliverables for multiple client projects concurrently, with specific focus on dependencies and deadlines and future planning on what’s to come to help ensure agency resources are adequately utilized

Proactively support balanced workloads of resources by collaborating within the department, running traffic meetings or 1:1 resource discussion as needed

To produce these outcomes, I need to:

Set and understand full estimates and scopes for each project/campaign

Effectively kick-off each project with completed budgets, scopes, schedules, and resource allocations

Be a diligent note-taker and own the responsibility of multiple forms of detailed documentation and file organization

Clearly and effectively communicate details, priorities, and expectations in a team environment

Successfully own the quality and efficiency of each project, while driving forward to meet deadlines

Manage the overall financial health of each project including estimating, budget management and invoicing

Facilitate effective meetings

The skills and abilities I require are:

4-year college or university degree or equivalent experience in marketing or business (or similar concentration)

Previous agency experience (or other related environment) in project management ( considered a plus)

Experience working in fast-paced, marketing campaign-driven environments and/or three years of relevant experience (considered a plus)

A focus on details with an interest in managing multi-faceted projects with similar deadlines

Willingness to build relationships with all team members and take initiative to have honest conversations to move a project forward

Strong facilitation skills with the ability to probe for key project details that will impact scope or timing

Organization, detailed documentation, and file management

Ability to multi-task, manage and prioritize projects for multiple clients at the same time

To produce these outcomes, I have decision-making authority over the following:

When to send materials through proper approval processes required by the agency and the clients

Budget concerns and when to elevate them to the Account Planner or Executive Director team to have proper discussions regarding the impact to the bottom line

Daily schedules and timelines aligned to project budget and deadlines

Prioritization of work for assigned resources

Leading indicators of my success are:

Ability to build effective and impactful relationships with clients and internal teams

Demonstrating forward thinking and problem-solving abilities

Confidence to ask questions, identify gaps/issues and be assertive when necessary

Effective communication and ability to manage multiple projects/clients

Solid understanding of current state and future deadlines for all projects

Management and knowledge of project statuses for marketing campaigns and proactively determine how delays or future plans may impact agency resources

Long-term indicators of my success are:

Demonstrated ability to effectively lead project scoping and client estimating initiatives

Completion of detailed, accurate statements of work developed with an understanding of the financial aspects of each project

Proactive resource and financial management

Demonstrated understanding of billing terms and how billing actions impact the agency’s bottom line

Providing mentorship and guiding new Project Planners

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Simantel offers an attractive compensation package, which includes competitive salary, 401(k) plan, PTO, flexible work arrangements, holiday pay and a comprehensive benefits program.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage anyone interested to apply and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Simantel is not currently hiring individuals for this position who require sponsorship under U.S. immigration laws to be lawfully employed.

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