Creative Manager

Our New Jersey client is seeking a remote contract opportunity for a Creative Manager who will be a key team member, coordinating creative project details and deliverables, scheduling, resourcing, and ensuring the quality and on-time delivery of all creative work.

Job Description:

• The Creative Project Manager will communicate directly with stakeholders and creative resources to ensure the highest quality of creative delivery.
• This role requires a combination of daily project management, strategic and critical thinking, strong communication skills, keen troubleshooting, and proactive problem solving.

Must haves:

• Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple projects, moving parts, and timelines
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• A meticulous attention to details
• Demonstrated ability to navigate within ambiguity.
• Confident in asking for help and escalating issues or concerns appropriately.
• Ability to facilitate and promote a calm, steady environment to enable and encourage the best work.
• Being an expert listener in all facets of your role and bringing proactive solutions to meet the needs of your team
• Ability to know the processes, and know when to be flexible
• Knowledge of MS Office, Smart sheets, a plus
• Multitask and calm demeanor.

Must Have Qualifications:

• 3 years of project management experience in a fast-paced ad agency or marketing department managing multiple cross functional projects simultaneously.
• Experience with using Asana for project management- 2 years and can demonstrate the tool
• Experience in multi-channel marketing environments with an understanding of creative production, including websites, videos, flyers, brochures, organic and paid media, and emails.
• Solid understanding of creative design, campaign management, and production processes with a proven ability to use analytical thinking and an innovative mindset to adapt project plans while delivering on time.
• Experience managing the full life cycle of creative development, from allocating creative resources to proofing with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the central point of communication for multiple concurrent projects ensuring all team members are on track with deliverables, providing project updates, identifying and troubleshoot timeline risks, and reviewing deliverables for accuracy against project scopes.
• Effectively and efficiently plan and prioritize all deliverables and resources working across projects based on scope of work and project goals.
• Communicate changes and provide status updates to internal stakeholders.
• Identify and proactively address any barriers that may cause delays.
• Effectively lead internal weekly status meeting.
• Build strong working relationships across the organization, establishing yourself with internal stakeholders as a trusted resource and advisor.
• Manage the file management system
• Understand the client product line and the client brand.

Skills:

• Highly organized with the ability to juggle multiple projects, moving parts, and timelines
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• A meticulous attention to details
• Demonstrated ability to navigate within ambiguity.
• Confident in asking for help and escalating issues or concerns appropriately.
• Ability to facilitate and promote a calm, steady environment to enable and encourage the best work.
• Being an expert listener in all facets of your role and bringing proactive solutions to meet the needs of your team
• Ability to know the processes, and know when to be flexible.

Qualifications:

• 3 years of project management experience in a fast-paced ad agency or marketing department managing multiple cross functional projects simultaneously.
• Experience with using Asana for project management
• Experience in multi-channel marketing environments with an understanding of creative production, including websites, videos, flyers, brochures, organic and paid media, and emails.
• Solid understanding of creative design, campaign management, and production processes with a proven ability to use analytical thinking and an innovative mindset to adapt project plans while delivering on time.
• Experience managing the full life cycle of creative development, from allocating creative resources to proofing with multiple stakeholders.