Creative Services Project Manager - Inhouse (Miami Gardens, FL)

El Dorado Furniture was established in South Florida in 1967, El Dorado Furniture has grown to become the largest Hispanic-owned furniture retail enterprise in the United States. With services offered all over the world, the family owned company is ranked among the top 50 furniture retailers in the country. There are currently 14 El Dorado Furniture Showrooms and 3 outlet centers in Florida.   

Summary 

Do you love to bring projects to life from concept to delivery? The Creative Project Manager is someone who has a strong background in creative project management and marketing, with a keen eye for design. You are laser-focused on completing projects and are deadline-driven. You'll work closely with the Creative Director as well as the creative and strategy teams; a young and vibrant team that is pushing the brand into the future. You'll be responsible for coordinating, initiating, presenting, and managing all design projects for a wide range of visual assets across print, video, web, and interactive for all El Dorado Furniture brands by delegating the appropriate work to the creative teams in order to ensure all deadlines are met.

Essential Responsibilities   

• Support the Creative Director in producing and conceptualizing creative projects.

• Manages the entire creative project life-cycle in a fast-paced environment and serves as the main point of contact for all creative and brand projects.

• Define the scope of creative projects (objectives, strategy, deliverables, schedule, and budget).

• Work closely with the creative teams to ensure the strategy team’s goals are met in visual and interactive design, by approving all artwork and assets for final distribution.

• Oversee and coordinate all projects using our project management tool.

• Oversee each phase of the internal and external approval process: including the approval of concepts, campaigns, copywriting, video storyboards, digital media assets, video outputs, design layouts, etc.

• Schedule creative reviews and other important team meetings, ensuring the right attendees are present, meetings start and finish on time, recapping, and distributing and sharing detailed notes.

• Assist the Creative Director in conceptualizing, developing, implementing and managing private labels within the El Dorado Furniture brand, i.e., Carlo Perazzi, Mattrress vendors, etc.

• Work closely with the Marketing & Advertising Leader to meet deadlines and finalize projects, productions, and campaigns.

• Collaborate across departments, and contribute creative ideas, to support the brand on multiple levels.

• Stay up-to-date on trends and production details that are relevant to our industry, including industry standards of excellence across print, motion, digital, and social platforms

Qualifications Required

• Capable of leading, managing, and executing all creative aspects of a project.

• Excellent organization skills, detail oriented and communication skills.

• Excellent project management skills and deadline-driven.

• Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and have a strong business acumen by meeting deadlines.

• Strong conceptual skills, including creative design solutions.

• Strong knowledge in digital design.

• Strong knowledge of and experience in corporate branding, layout, color theory and typography in both print and digital media.

• Work well in a team environment.

• Translate feedback appropriately.

• Ability to guide creative teams in ensuring editing style and color theory is that of El Dorado Furniture’s brand and other company private labels.

• Creative self-starter who is eager to explore new ways to visually communicate the brand identity.

• Great presentation and public speaking skills.

• Fluency in current graphic design practices and web production software, such as Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, and Adobe XD.

• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Preferred

• Certificates in Project Management

• Experience with website project management

• Strong background in marketing

• Strong Understanding of Adobe Suite

• Experience in photography and videography.

• Strong understanding of SEO and web traffic metrics.

• Strong knowledge & proficiency in UX/UI.

• Understanding in HTML5 and CSS3.

Required Education and/or Experience   

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Graphic Design and/or Advertising preferably from Design/Fine Art Institution.

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a creative corporate department or ad agency.

Candidates must present a PDF or Web-based portfolio of sample work to be considered.

Shift  

Monday - Friday   

Location

• Corporate Office setting

Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift up to 20 lbs

Work Environment  

 Corporate Office setting

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER  

El Dorado Furniture is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran or marital status, genetic information, citizenship, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status entitled to protection under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. DFWP. No questions on this Application are intended to secure information to be used for impermissible purposes. El Dorado Furniture is committed to complying with the Americans With Disabilities Act, as amended, and to providing reasonable accommodations to enable qualified applicants with disabilities to have equal opportunity to apply for job openings. Any applicant requiring assistance with our online application process or who needs to be accommodated due to a disability should contact Human Resources for assistance or request assistance from the location where you are applying. You may contact our Human Resources Recruiter at the following phone number 305-624-9700; dial “O” for the operator.

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