Freelance Project Manager

Blink is looking for Freelance Project Managers to join our growing team. If you love working with innovative and exciting clients alongside creative individuals who are highly collaborative, this is the role for you!

Our Freelance Project Managers are key members of our client delivery project teams, working on UX research and user-centered design projects, alongside designers, researchers, directors, and account managers, to deliver excellence to our clients. This role will be responsible for keeping our team on the right track by monitoring the schedule, and budget, and helping to see and remove roadblocks that come up throughout the lifecycle of a project.

Our ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, a keen eye for detail, feel giddy around a beautifully organized Gantt chart, and a dedication to delivering extremely high-quality work. 

Freelance varies in length projects at Blink usually range from 1-4 months in length. Most opportunities are between 20-30 hours a week, but sometimes full-time needs arise as well.

These are all great opportunities to work with a diverse group of clients from various industries. Our client’s needs are always changing! While we may not have a need now - that could change next week. You can submit your information to us via this application and we'll reach out to you as those opportunities arise. 

Freelance - $55-$75/hr (1099)

What you'll be doing:

• Managing end-to-end projects through our project lifecycle (including strategy, research, design, and development.)
• Planning and tracking project profitability.
• Facilitating change management process – Announce, Quantify, Review, Inform, Pursue, Record.
• Creating project plans and ensuring timely completion of assigned projects. 
• Building relationships with clients and internal employees; facilitating collaboration across teams.
• Identifying opportunities to improve processes and promote consistency within the team. 

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of experience in project management or a related field. 
• Highly motivated with a focus on the details. 
• Strong collaboration and communication skills. Able to build rapport with our clients. 
• Exceptional writing skills. 
• Passionate about process, learning, collaborating, and growth.
• Ability to juggle multiple, varying projects in a fast-paced environment. 

Additional things that are exciting to us, but not required:

• Experience designing presentation decks in PowerPoint or Keynote. 
• Experience working with finance; reporting on project financial details like utilization, bill rate, cost rate, etc. 
• Experience working in a consulting firm.
• Knowledge of user-centered design, UX research, or UX generally.

If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can rock the role, we’d love to learn more about you. Please include in your cover letter and why you think you’d be a good fit! 

About us: 

Blink UX is a design consulting firm creating products that people use, love and remember. Blink has over two decades of experience in UX research, strategy, and design partnering with innovative industry leaders including Amazon, Chase, Gates Foundation, Google, Meta, and NASA. For more information visit blinkux.com.

Blink is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, veteran status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.