Project Coordinator 

Location: Hybrid in Sunnyvale, CA (roughly 3 days/week onsite)
Duration: 3 months with potential to extend
Pay Rate: $34-$38/hr depending on experience 

The Planet Group is seeking a Project Coordinator to join our well-known advertising client on a 3-month contract. This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position and will work a hybrid schedule out of their Sunnyvale, CA office.

The Project Coordinator is responsible for briefing the studio on the production of all screen images that are used throughout our client's marketing deliverables. The primary focus of this position is to manage the process for the production of images by working with the Video Content Project Manager to plan track and drive deadlines for new and existing images. 

Project Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Track assets of projects and provide weekly/daily status updates.
• Responsible for briefing of projects to production studio and ensuring clear annotation and instructions are provided to the team. 
• Experience of managing risk and escalating issues in a timely fashion. 
• Receive, compile, confirm accuracy, and distribute pertinent project information to appropriate parties.
• Work in conjunction with the Digital Asset Managers team to ingest all imagery into the system for tagging and distribution. 
• Schedule and facilitate pre- and post-production meetings with the Image Production team. 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 2+ years working ad agency/production agency experience preferred but not required. 
• Understanding digital asset specifications and formats; resolution, production scaling, and other technical requirements. Including basic knowledge of Photoshop. 
• Must have working experience ideally in an ad agency or production organization. 
• Ability to organize information quickly, at high and detailed levels. 
• Solid understanding and command of project management tools. 
• Flexibility in accommodating rapid change and the capacity to learn quickly. 
• Ability to make sound decisions, focus on detail, problem solve, multi-task, and have an excellent memory. 
• Must possess organization, time management, excellent verbal/written communication skills, interpersonal skills and ability to prioritize. 
• Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding, creative, and production environment. Flexibility is key to this role. 
• Understanding of Apple Products and the iOS ecosystem.
• Ability to work with Numbers/Excel applications.