Wunderman Thompson – Project Intern

The Project Intern supports the team in running projects from beginning to end. He/She offers tactical support to Project Managers, Senior Project Managers and Program Managers in the execution of project deliverables. Individuals in this position must have the talent for overseeing all the small details that add up to fulfilling our commitment to client satisfaction. Candidate must have a passion for learning the project management discipline.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the discipline leads to ensure projects are completed within budget, timeline and scope
• Collaborate with discipline and project leads to develop accurate project schedules
• Collect, log and communicate resource time forecasting and track to actuals
• Organize and facilitate project team meetings (internal)
• Collect, organize and communicate project meeting notes and status reports
• Understand and control project scope and apply change management processes as required
• Identify and mitigate project risks
• Oversee successful and timely completion of project deliverables
• Define, communicate and monitor professional development goals to completion
  
  

Required Skills:

• Proven organizational and planning skills and must be detail oriented
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong desire to learn project management discipline and the emerging web industry
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint