Project Manager

Who We Are

Teal Media is a full-service creative and design agency with a conscience. We believe purposeful design can transform organizations, inspire action, and enable progress. Our clients and nonprofit partners are committed to creating positive social change—and we pour every ounce of our passion and skill into helping them succeed.

We offer a variety of strategic, creative, and technical services, including brand strategy, web design and development, and creative support.

We’re a woman-founded and woman-led firm with a team that reflects a broad range of lived experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. At Teal, we value our people above all else and choose to work with partners and clients who share those values.

Teal Media is looking for a Project Manager who thrives on collaboration and bringing big ideas to life. You’re organized, adaptable, and unafraid to dive into complex creative and digital projects. You know how to keep teams aligned, clients informed, and work moving forward with clarity and purpose. You communicate with empathy, stay calm under pressure, and always look for smarter, more effective ways to get things done. Most importantly, you care about the impact behind the work and love helping ideas make a real difference! 

What You’ll Do

Project Management

• Lead and independently manage all project types (Design, Branding, Web, and Digital Marketing) with minimal oversight.
• Successfully handle complex projects involving intricate scopes, subject matter, or high-stakes deliverables.
• Serve as a change agent within projects, influencing positive outcomes and driving innovation. 
• Facilitate cross-functional team collaboration, enhancing team performance and alignment.
• Adapt quickly to unforeseen challenges, pivoting strategies as needed to meet project objectives.
• Effectively manage competing demands and skilled at shifting from multiple projects with little assistance from managers.
• Contribute to project strategy and research, providing insights that align with client goals.
• Independently resolve resource allocation and team capacity issues. Rarely needs intervention by Sr Management.
• Own project budgets, ensuring adherence while preventing scope creep or overruns.
• Functions well in ambiguous and uncertain situations, adapting when needed.
• Expert at inter-department communication and aligning teams.
• Ability to collaborate with other PMs on a project, delegate and divide duties in an efficient and practical manner.

Client Management and Team Collaboration

• Communicate consistently with clients and internal teams, sharing project updates, budget insights, and key milestones.
• Good inter-department communication skills.
• Lead project kick-offs, facilitate presentations, and conduct project close-outs. 
• Handle complex client dynamics with strong interpersonal and soft skills, ensuring relationships are managed tactfully
• Manage client expectations, ensuring satisfaction while delivering high-quality results.
• Independently resolve resourcing challenges, collaborating across teams as necessary.
• Strong soft skills needed to navigate typical client issues and challenges, surfaces larger issues to AM or higher when needed.
• Educate clients on process and best practices while nurturing the client relationship.

• Expert at navigating the client relationship with instinctive and powerful soft skills. 
• Strong soft skills needed to navigate typical client issues and challenges, collaborates where needed to resolve.
• Convert amorphous conversations to solidify into tangible next steps.

Process and Methodology

• Strong understanding of project management tools and how to best apply them to a project.
• Provides input on overall department practices and methodologies.
• Can independently develop and lead internal department process improvements.
• Act as a thought leader for best practices in project management, contributing to organizational efficiency.

People & Culture 

• Foster a collaborative and supportive team culture, creating a safe space for mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Participate in hiring processes, including interviewing and evaluating potential candidates.
• Serve as a resource for problem-solving and professional development for junior project managers.

Business Development Support 

• Represent project management expertise during client pitches and business development meetings.
• Have an awareness of potential new opportunities with current clients. Be able to hold basic conversations with clients about their possible future needs. Bring those opportunities to the AM when needed.

Ideal Candidates Will Have

• 4+  years of management web-based and Digital marketing projects 
• Knowledge of both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Great inter-department communication skills
• Extensive experience with client-facing and external communications. Strong soft skills needed to navigate typical client issues and challenges, collaborate where needed in order to resolve those challenges 
• Strong understanding of project management tools and how to best apply them to a project
• A strategic mindset – awareness of potential new opportunities with clients and the ability to hold conversations about possible future needs 
• Agency experience is highly preferred 

Location

Ideal Location: Remote (US)

Salary 

This position is open to candidates at multiple levels (Project Manager and Senior Project Manager). The salary range for this role is $80,000 - $100,000 commensurate with experience, level, and location.

At Teal, we use transparent salary bands to promote equity and clarity across our team. The range reflects flexibility for varying levels of seniority, with final offers determined based on each candidate’s skills, experience, and demonstrated expertise.

In addition, Teal provides a comprehensive benefits package, generous PTO, and a flexible, people-first workplace culture that supports balance and professional growth. (See below!) 

Benefits

At Teal, you’ll do meaningful work for mission-driven organizations while enjoying a collaborative, flexible, and values-driven workplace!

What We Offer

• Fully Remote & Flexible: 100% remote (U.S.-based) with work-from-home flexibility and flexible hours

• Time to Recharge: Flexible Time Off, unlimited sick leave, compassionate leave, and a company-wide winter break during the last week of the year

• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Financial Security: Company 401(k) with matching contributions

• Growth & Learning: Annual Continuing Education Stipend and professional development opportunities

• Culture & Balance: Flex Fridays—dedicated time for passion projects, learning, or signing off early for your well-being

 

Equal Opportunity Statement

If your experience doesn’t exactly match the qualifications listed, but you believe you’d thrive in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply and tell us why you’re the right person for the job.

We strongly encourage individuals from historically marginalized communities to apply—including Black and Indigenous people, people of color, immigrants, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals, and those who have been system-impacted.

Teal Media is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce and inclusive culture. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, disability, and veteran status. We are not offering US visa sponsorship at this time.