A Day in the Life of a Project Manager | Indeed

What does a project manager really do? Learning about the daily life of a project manager—like coordinating tasks between departments, maintaining the organization of a project and ensuring deadlines are met—could help you decide if this is the right career for you.

In this video, we follow Gillian, a project manager for an agency in New York, as she shows you what a day in the life of a project manager is actually like, including work hours, work environment and job duties. She even shares the skills and education needed to be a successful project manager.

00:00 Introduction
00:16 What is a project manager?
00:45 Hybrid work life
01:11 Start of the workday
02:07 “Hamilton” account status meeting
03:03 Work from home tip
03:24 Routing projects to stakeholders
03:43 Who does a project manager work with?
04:01 What education is required for a project manager?
04:32 Favorite parts about the job
04:48 Routing “Hamilton” design projects
05:31 Training new project manager
05:50 Email automation system training
06:43 Wrapping up work
07:01 Updating project management software status
07:41 Project site visit
08:00 Project manager career advice

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[bengyfrancois]

This is how you do "A Day in the Life of I've seen many of these types of videos and at the end of them you never really truly know what the person does in the specified role. Instead you would just see people getting coffee or exercising and pretend to type on their workstations. On another note I work in project management as well and this was refreshing to see a project manager showcasing their day and what it takes to be a project manager outside of my industry. Goes to show that project managers have a place in every industry which is why I enjoy my career. Good job Indeed!!

[robertsampson]

Me in an interview:
What do you do as a project manager
me: I have been managing the projects

[keepproductive]

This is really smashing, being able to see the context of someone's work and how they craft a day - and what they do is unbelievably helpful! ⚡

[Mountaingirl]

This is incredibly helpful! I love how you really show us exactly what you do and not just give a general statement. This really gives us a bit more than an idea of what to expect.

[majortom]

Project Management is an excellent field to work in if you seek excitement, want to avoid dullness, find solving problems quickly to be satisfying, and a whole slew of other pluses. After twenty plus years in software, hardware, and business-related PM work I've retired and now teach PM online. This is an always-growing field where good PMs can earn excellent money and have plenty of opportunities.

[ididitwriter]

Good demo of a project manager's life. I've been a hybrid project manager for 11+ years and it's fascinating watching someone in the industry and how similar and different each industry is. All the best.

[kkluvdancey]

This is so awesome! Absolutely loved working with you and great to see your face :)

[nickisashkir]

Thanks for sharing! I got my PMP a few months ago. Haven't moved into a PM role, but, it has helped me in my current role for sure!

[EdServiceNowAdmin]

This is probably THE BEST "a day in the life" video I have seen. Great Job

[mariamayub]

That was one of the best day in the life videos I've ever watched, you actually showed us how the job is done. Those are the kind of questions I needed answered so I really appreciate that thank you!

[saraalnajar]

I liked this video very much; I wish to have more from this kind of video about each job in life as a series; this will help plenty of people to be close to the job itself, especially when shifting careers.

[ghostrecon]

Inspiring and motivational! This was also an informative and well explained video! Definitely will be looking into project management courses or what schools offer Project Management majors. Would love to know more about hybrid jobs after seeing this! Great work INDEED!

[ThrivingNotDying]

How cool is this?! I didn't know that you could work with Broadway shows as a PM. So much more appealing to me

[CBRRR]

Great video. Good to see what the day to day life is like for different roles. I've definitely noticed the difference when our team works with a good vs bad project manager.

[mohamedmiled]

Well done Gillian! Thanks for sharing with us your daily work. Much appreciated. Best wishes!

[piggy]

Wow! I live in Seattle and saw that billboard almost every day for the past couple months.

[ItsNerradT]

Had to circle back around to this video and say this plus some words of advice from other PMs sparked the interest. Got my foot in the door as a Media Project Manager! Very lucrative and I enjoy it.

[Heyitschima]

I loved this video as I am looking to pivot into PM. I had no idea you could work in broad way as a PM... sounds like such a fun job! Soooo is your company hiring for PM entry level roles? lol

[igweofor]

Thank you for this. I'm just beginning to find my feet in project management and this is a boost for me.

[lextacy]

I started an agency job on this very day this video was uploaded. This hits home omg.